1) Face to Face … Read Full Bio ↴There are at least four artists named Face To Face:
1) Face to Face is a punk rock band from California. Formed in 1991, the group was initially signed by Dr. Strange Records, later moving to Fat Wreck Chords. Their first big hit "Disconnected" was played by KROQ and appeared in the movies Tank Girl and National Lampoon's Senior Class Trip. Their song "Devil You Know (God is a Man)" appeared in an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Season 1) and on the accompanying series soundtrack album.The group recently reformed after disbanding in 2004. During the break various members collaborated on projects such as Viva Death, The Legion Of Doom and Trever Keith's solo record.
2) Face to Face was a new wave Boston, Massachusetts quintet. Guitarist Stu Kimball formed the band in New Hampshire during the late '70s with a close group of talented friends. They moved to Boston in 1980 and were signed by Epic Records in 1982. Their highest reaching single was "10-9-8" from their self-titled first album, which peaked at #38 on the Billboard Hot 100. They disbanded in 1988, approximately one year after switching labels to PolyGram Records. Laurie Sargent went on to record as a solo artist and is currently part of Twinemen.
Bandmembers:
Laurie Sargent (vocals)
Stuart Kimball (guitars/keyboards)
Angelo Petraglia (guitars/keyboards), identified on the albums as simply Angelo
John Ryder (bass)
Billy Beard (drums)
3) Face To Face is also a French heavy-metal band founded in 1990 in Paris. Some mebers of this band also played with Trust, Warning or Attentat Rock.
4) Face To Face is also a South African pop band from the eighties. Face to Face lasted 18 months, but in that time the band became a household name, with hit records, a Sarie Award for Song of the Year with 'Here We Are' (1984), sold-out gigs and posters adorning teenybopper bedrooms across the nation. It was a right royal rave and the five musicians who made up the band – Keith McFarlane, brothers Simon Le Fevre and John Le Fevre, Simon Fellows and Jarrod Aston – became instantly recognisable personalities.
Wasted Life
Face to Face Lyrics
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Go out there and fight to save this land
Be a people's soldier
Paramilitary gun in hand
I won't be a soldier
I won't take no orders from no one
Stuff their fucking armies
Killing isn't my idea of fun
They want to waste my life
They want to waste my time
They want to waste my life
And they've stolen it away
I could be a hero
Live and die for their 'important' cause
A united nation
Or an independent state with laws
And rules and regulations
That merely cause disturbances and wars
That is what I've got now
All thanks to the freedom-seeking hordes
I'm not gonna be taken in
They said if I don't join, I just can't win
I've heard that story many times before
And every time I threw it out the door
Still they come up to me
With a different name but same old face
I can see the connection
With another time and a different place
They ain't blond-haired or blue-eyed
But they think that they're the master race
They're nothing but blind fascists
Brought up to hate and given lives to waste
The lyrics of Face to Face's song Wasted Life deal with a narrator's refusal to become a soldier, even if it means fighting to save his land. The first verse outlines the agency that the singer possesses, claiming that he won't take orders from anyone and that he has no interest in joining the military. In the chorus, the singer laments that "they" want to waste his life, time, and future - "they" likely referring to the government or higher-ups that are pushing for military engagement. The second verse takes on a more political tone, with the singer refusing to engage in violence for the sake of a cause or an independent state. Rather than following "rules and regulations that merely cause disturbances and wars," the singer sees through the propaganda tactics of those in power, recognizing that previous wars have killed and destroyed without a lasting positive impact.
Line by Line Meaning
I could be a soldier
I have the potential to fight in a military regiment for my country
Go out there and fight to save this land
Participate in active warfare to protect my homeland
Be a people's soldier
Represent the civilians by being part of the military force
Paramilitary gun in hand
Carrying weapons and being part of a military-style unit
I won't be a soldier
I choose not to pursue a career as a military soldier
I won't take no orders from no one
I don't believe in following orders from anyone, not just the military
Stuff their fucking armies
I don't agree with the concept of militaries or warfare
Killing isn't my idea of fun
I don't enjoy or condone violence and murder
They want to waste my life
The government or authority figures want me to risk my life for their own gain
They want to waste my time
The government or authority figures want to control my life and use my time for their own benefit
And they've stolen it away
The government or authority figures have taken away my freedom and choices
I could be a hero
I have the potential to be someone who fights for a noble cause and is revered by others
Live and die for their 'important' cause
Sacrifice my life for the government's agenda that they make sound significant
A united nation
People that are chained together for the common good of the state
Or an independent state with laws
A nation that governs themselves, yet operates based on a set of regulations
And rules and regulations
The laws that society construes and should abide by
That merely cause disturbances and wars
Regulations that occasionally create distractions and conflicts instead of benefits
That is what I've got now
The current state of my situation is governed by these rules and regulations
All thanks to the freedom-seeking hordes
The people who strive for personal liberty and rights end up causing the governing systems to be more scrutinizing
I'm not gonna be taken in
I won't inevitably become part of the system that I don't believe in
They said if I don't join, I just can't win
The legislators will hold back opportunities if I don't conform and work for them
I've heard that story many times before
I have come across common and clichéd phrases before
And every time I threw it out the door
I disregard or reject the arguments every single time
Still they come up to me
The authorities continue to approach and coerce me
With a different name but same old face
With different phrasing or branding, yet still containing the same intentions
I can see the connection
I understand their motives and reasoning behind the mission disguised to confuse
With another time and a different place
This method of manipulation has been employed before in the past or in a different location
They ain't blond-haired or blue-eyed
The group approaches me aren't necessarily of the purported ethnicity
But they think that they're the master race
They believe that they hold higher power and are superior to others, regardless of race
They're nothing but blind fascists
These people are nothing but unthinkingly patriotic, encouraging a dictatorial, authoritarian style of government or social organization
Brought up to hate and given lives to waste
Raised to despise other worldviews and opinions while being sent to senselessly sacrifice their existences
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Written by: JAKE BURNS
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