Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Another song from the scrapped Power of Suck sessions, recorded with Kim Deal and then left off the final Under the Bushes Under the Stars album.
The title “Cocksoldiers” (without their postwar stubble) was also used in some early tracklists for an edited version of “Sheetkickers”, though the offic...
[Verse]
If you could imagine this
You're not to blame
This is one thing that you missed
I know it's not the same
Bathe your wounds in healing oils
Poison in rain
I'm the scavenger of spoils
Too proud to plead insane
[Chorus]
And realize the entertainment
Rise above the self-containment
Compromise will be the arrangement
For cocksoldiers and their postwar stubble
They dream tonight
[Verse]
But if you could imagine this
You're not to blame
This is one thing that you missed
I know it's not the same
[Chorus]
And realize the entertainment
Rise above the self-containment
Compromise will be the arrangement
For cocksoldiers and their postwar stubble
They dream tonight
[Chorus]
And realize the entertainment
Rise above the self-containment
Compromise will be the arrangement
Cocksoldiers and Their Postwar Stubble was written by Robert Pollard.
Cocksoldiers and Their Postwar Stubble was produced by Kim Deal.
Guided by Voices released Cocksoldiers and Their Postwar Stubble on Tue Nov 19 1996.
Bassist Jim Greer on the mixing of the song:
“Cocksoldiers And Their Postwar Stubble” was a Memphis track that ended up on SHB, too, but we didn’t bother to remix that (I had tried the last reserves of Bob’s patience), which is a shame, although if you want to hear what “Official Ironmen” and “Don’...