THE SLACKERS - INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMINAL

There’s one moment at the end of this album that completely strikes a nerve in me every time I hear it. It’s extremely difficult to explain in a way that will do it justice, but I have to try. I want everyone to hear it. It gave me goose bumps the first time I heard it, and that doesn’t happen often.
The song itself is called \"Crazy\", and expresses a self-explanatory sentiment toward the world about us. Musically, it’s uptempo and determined, with a sort of looming storm cloud feel to it. Lyrically, it sums up every feeling of confusion and disillusionment I’ve ever had with the world (and all the people who fuck it up) as simply and sweetly as possible. Especially this one particular verse; the verse that just plain knocks me dead every time I hear it.
Lead singer Vic Ruggiero begins the verse, asking, \"Can you tell me where it started?\" Immediately after, fellow vocalist Marc Lyn inquires, \"Was man meant to be brokenhearted?\" And trombonist Glen Pine begs, \"Why does God put me in danger,\" only to be joined by Ruggiero and Lyn for the three-part harmonized end of that sentence, \"when Satan’s only human nature?\"
It’s sung quickly, as one sentence, but by three voices. And something in the way they sing it, over the music they play beneath it, that makes it as powerful and valid as every Bob Marley record, Beat novel, political manifesto, or philosophical discussion you’ve ever devoured.
\"Crazy\" is one of a mere five songs that make this E.P. (Thought Squad Records), but those mere five put most of the full-lengths out there to shame. And at a time when everyone is disillusioned, something like this is exactly what the world needs: short, sweet, and pulling no punches.