While many famous American bands display their skills within that style, Fr… Read Full Bio ↴While many famous American bands display their skills within that style, France’s BLACK BOMB A has been the only official crossover delegation in its country for 23 years.

With 7 albums, 1 EP and 2 live DVDs under the belt, the band built an expanding carreer around their timeless style. The receipe is easy as ABC : a powerful and groovy rhythm section, groundshaking riffs, backed by two amazing vocalists : one digging deep into the abyss while the other one is flirting with hysteria.

Black Bomb A played more than 1000 gigs (among which 2 Hellfest shows in 2012 and 2018) which left hordes of fans drained of their blood, and totally devoted to the band. The interchange of energy between BBA and its audience is one hell of an amazingly contagious live experiment,

The band will be back on October 12, 2018 with a new album produced by Francis Caste, simply titled « Black Bomb A ». Enough said, when the band’s monicker itself is already synonymous with headbutt.

Burn
Black Bomb A Lyrics

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Yeah
Push the button down
Yeah
Push the button down

Burn, burn TV burn
Nobody will be saved
Burn, burn TV burn

Nobody knows the side effects
Burn, burn TV burn
We are the willing victims
Burn, burn TV burn
TV : Drug of the nation

I want it more
I always want it more and more
I need it again
your screens lobotomize me
I want it more
I always want it more and more
Coz your screens erase me

No need to learn.
Life through screens.
All is fake, just some conditioning.
There's no reality anymore
No need to learn.
Life through screens.
All is fake, just some conditioning.
There's no reality anymore

Burn, burn TV burn
TV: a virus which divides us
Burn, burn TV burn
TV takes us high, attracts us
Burn, burn TV burn
Like a needle driven through my veins
Burn, burn TV burn
Hypnotic, narcotic, cathodic
Coz your screens erase me

No need to learn.
Life through screens.
All is fake, just some conditioning.
There's no reality anymore
No need to learn.
Life through screens.
All is fake, just some conditioning.
There's no reality anymore

Burn, burn TV burn
Your world, a remote control
Burn, burn TV burn
Your life is under control
Burn, burn TV burn
Your wife get bored by your side
Burn, burn TV burn
Your hands grip tightly armchairs
Burn, burn TV burn
When your spirit is touched
Burn, burn TV burn
By GOD-TV

Channel one
Your eyes are still staring at the magic box
Channel two
Fucking information lead you astray
Channel three
So many years, watching the same stupid shows
Channel four
Sex, violence give as your daily bread

I want it more
I always want it more and more
I need it again
your screens lobotomize me
I want it more
I always want it more and more
Coz your screens erase me

No need to learn.
Life through screens.
All is fake, just some conditioning.
There's no reality anymore
No need to learn.
Life through screens.
All is fake, just some conditioning.
There's no reality anymore

Yeah
Push the button down
Yeah
Push the button down
Yeah

Push the button down
Push

Overall Meaning

Black Bomb A's song "Burn" is a scathing critique of television and the ways in which it has come to shape and control our lives. The lyrics are a call to arms, urging listeners to push the button and turn off the television, to resist the allure of the hypnotic screen that erases our individuality and replaces it with fake, conditioned perceptions of the world. Throughout the song, the band emphasizes the power of television to divide and control us, to turn us into "willing victims" who are addicted to the "hypnotic, narcotic, cathodic" world of the TV screen.

The "Burn" lyrics are striking for their raw intensity and their refusal to pull any punches. The band uses a variety of metaphors and images to convey the extent to which television has invaded and transformed our lives, turning us into passive consumers of a never-ending stream of fake images and emotions. They describe TV as a "virus" and a "drug of the nation," depicting it as a powerful force that has the ability to shape our desires, our fears, and our sense of what is real. Throughout the song, the band urges us to resist this power, to push the button and take back control of our lives.

Line by Line Meaning

Burn, burn TV burn Nobody will be saved
The singer wants to eradicate television as he believes that it is a medium that cannot save anyone.

Burn, burn TV burn Nobody knows the side effects
The singer believes that people are unaware of the negative impacts that television has on the human mind and body.

Burn, burn TV burn We are the willing victims
The singer condemns the fact that people voluntarily subject themselves to the damaging effects of television.

Burn, burn TV burn TV: Drug of the nation
The singer compares television to a drug, one that people consume without realizing the extent of its negative effects.

Your screens lobotomize me
Television programs dull the singer's mind and implant false realities.

Coz your screens erase me
The singer feels that watching television is causing him to lose his individuality and personhood.

All is fake, just some conditioning
The singer believes that there is no true reality, only what is projected on screens and what people accept as 'normal'.

TV: a virus which divides us
The singer views television as a damaging force that causes conflict and division among people.

TV takes us high, attracts us
The singer implies that people are addicted to the images they see on television, and continue to consume it despite its negative effects.

Hypnotic, narcotic, cathodic
The singer characterizes television as hypnotic and narcotic, causing people to lose sense of reality and experience a cathartic effect.

Your world, a remote control
The singer accuses people of letting television dictate their lives and control their actions.

Your life is under control
The singer believes that by consuming television, people are allowing others to control their actions and choices.

Your wife get bored by your side
The singer implies that by watching television, people are causing those around them to feel disinterested and disengaged, creating distance in relationships.

When your spirit is touched, by GOD-TV
The singer suggests that even spirituality is being overtaken by the dominance of television.

Fucking information lead you astray
The singer criticizes the misinformation spread by television, causing people to be led away from the truth.

Sex, violence give as your daily bread
The singer highlights the prevalence of sexually explicit and violent content on television, which has become normalized and consumed by the public.

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