So What! Lyrics
And I've been to Brighton
I've been to Eastbourne too
So what, so what
And I've been there
And I've been every fucking where
So what, so what
Well who cares, who cares what you do
Who cares, who cares about you
You, you, you
And I've sucked rock
And I've even sucked an old man's cock
So what, so what
And I've fucked a goat
I've had my cock right down its throat
So what, so what
So what, so what you boring little cunt
Well who cares, who cares what you do
Who cares, who cares about you
You, you, you, you
And I've drunk this
And I've spewed up on a pint of piss
So what, so what
I've had speed
I've jacked up until I bleed
So what, so what
So what, so what you boring little cunt
Well who cares, who cares what you do
Who cares, who cares about you
You, you, you, you
And I've had lice
And I've had the pox and that ain't nice
So what, so what
And I've fucked that
And I've even fucked a schoolgirl's twat
So what, so what
So what, so what you boring little cunt
Who cares, who cares about you
Who cares, who cares about you
You, you, you, you....
it's about not giving a fuck it's a great song.. and because of the british accent is sounds sort of polite.. like you could take those guys home to meet your parents
So What?" is a song written by the British punk band the Anti-Nowhere League. The song first appeared as the B-side of the band's debut 7" single "Streets of London", in 1981.
The song was written, according to the band, after sitting in a pub one night and hearing two men try to out do each other with stories of past experiences. The song is therefore a retort to people who tell embellished stories to make themselves appear better than the other person they are in conversation with.
The obscene lyrical content of the song caused the British police to seize all copies of the single from the band's distributors under the Obscene Publications Act and remove all copies from sale [1]. The word "fuck" appeared in the first line of the song. The song has subsequently been appended to various CD reissues of the We Are... The League album and has become somewhat of an anthem for the band. Lyrics in the song include references to bestiality (I fucked a sheep/I fucked a goat...) and acquiring Sexually Transmitted Diseases (I've had the crabs, I've had the lice/I've had the clap...).
The song was famously covered by Metallica and released as a B-side to the "Sad But True" single and later included on the Garage Inc. album; it is also a bonus track on the Asian version of the Black Album. "So What?" would go on to become an in-concert standard for the band. James Hetfield, lead singer of Metallica, blew out his voice box while performing the song live in 1992.
this song is about a group of drunken people in a bar arguing
Who said having a british accent is polite?
According to one of their live albums, this song is about one of those people that claim to have every fucking thing under the sun, no matter how stupid it is.
I suppose it could also mean rockstars and celebrities using drink, drugs and sex as a way to get notoriety but as the song says So what?
This song was inspired by the overhearing of two drunken braggarts in a pub trying to one-up one another.
Fair do's for Metallica covering a lot good stuff when they do covers. Unfortunately, some of us are old enough to remember the original. Awesome simplification and power. This track just makes me smile enormously.