RamTatTa - D.O.A. – Live Free Or Die

There are days when the fly on the wall annoys you. You get upset about everything you really shouldn't be upset about because it's absolute nonsense. But today was one of those days. And when a few idiots cross my path on such a day, I sometimes feel like making a scene like Charlton Heston and screaming for loose gun laws, then buying myself a big gun if guns are allowed and going on a rampage according to all the rules of the art. But what trivialities led me to such thoughts? Before the next album review, here’s a little digression. I'm standing at the red light. Suddenly the light turns green, but I, being the attentive guy, look left one more time and notice that three cars haven't made it through the intersection yet. Well, I have green, but come on. Let those guys through. A young mother with her stroller handles it differently. She stomps off, gesticulating wildly while pointing at the green light. This inflexible insistence on being right just pisses me off. I have green and I'm now riding on my right. The barrel would have already smoked for the first time. Later at Kaufhof-Saturn, the following scene: An old lady is yelling at the security guard between the checkout and the escalator, demanding that he pack her groceries into a bag. He tells her she has to do it herself, to which she asks him why he is just standing there. He replies that he is working, and she gets upset. "Yes, I see that you are working." Good day. One black man, please. Really! Where are we here? I would have loved to wrap her groceries around her neck. The second bullet would have had to be pulled from her body. Then I read a few reports in the newspaper that finished me off. Let me quickly quote one: "[...] The man was on his way home [...], when he saw three teenagers smoking at a subway station. He approached the young men and pointed out the smoking ban. [...] One of the boys pulled out a knife and stabbed the 42-year-old multiple times." Well, I would say: His own fault! For such stupidity and naivety, he actually deserved a stab from me. First of all, I think the guy should mind his own business instead of playing platform sheriff, and secondly, I believe you can tell when there might be trouble if you approach teenagers in a condescending way. Sure, the knife-stabbing nonsense is in no way proportional to the action of the whiner, but if you're that stupid, you shouldn't be surprised if you

eventually kick the bucket because of your stupidity. End of digression. Yes, the new album by D.O.A. with the nice title LIVE FREE OR DIE. There are 20 songs to listen to here. The songs come across short, punchy, and varied, but I find that some melodies sound like they've been heard before. And I don't mean the cover versions, which I think are really well done. BAD MOON RISIN' by Creedence Clearwater Revival becomes a super punk hit here, as does Barry McGuire's EVE OF DESTRUCTION. With FUCKED UP BUSH, they cover themselves, showing what this is all about

thematically. Titles like WE DON'T NEED NO GOD DAMN WAR and STAND UP NOW are further signs that things are politically and socially critical here. There's also a lyric sheet, which I always find very important. Overall, you can let the album play through even if only a few songs will make it onto my Walkman tape.

D.O.A.

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