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Band:Manic Street Preachers
Song:The Intense Humming Of Evil
Album:The Holy Bible(1994)
Tabber:Rob Sherrington
verse part 1
e-0------1------
verse part 2
e-0--0-0--0-1--1-1--1
bridge
e-2--2-2--2-3--3-3--3-4--4-4--4-5--5-5--5-
e-6--6-6--6-7--7-7--7-8--8-8--8-9
chorus
no bass
middly/end bit
e-0------3------
outro
e-2--2-2--2-3--3-3--3-4--4-4--4-5--5-5--5-
e-6--6-6--6-7--7-7--7-8--8-8--8-9--9-9--9- x2
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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nick Average |
#1 by nick allison at Mar 18, 1972 at 3:58 PM EST |
| One of the most frightening songs I have ever heard. Imagine this played at someone's funeral, everyone would leave the church! Anyway, has anybody heard the US Mix of this, which personally I think is better than the original, despite what the band says. There is some added voiceover in the chorus that I'm sure is impossible to decipher, but does anyone by chance know what it says? Even if I have know idea what the voice is saying it still sounds cool and really increases the impact. | |
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l2aVeN-5 String Wanna Be |
#2 by l2aVeN-5 Stringed Mother F***er at Mar 24, 1972 at 9:15 AM EST |
| Arbeit Macht Frei means work equals/brings freedom. this is a VERY haunting song, this album has changed my life forever. btw the sample at the beginning is a sample from a narration from the Nurumberg trials of people who had committed war crimes. it's EXACT source i don't know. | |
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bob Average |
#3 by bob polein at Nov 2, 1972 at 10:57 PM EST |
| Ooops sorry 'no' not 'know'. Apologies, just finished uni exams and I'm a little bit tipsy...well the song is about the Holocaust obviously. About the Nuremberg trial soundbite, I know the dude speaking is condeming the acts of the Nazis, and rightfully so, but there is something about his speech that makes him sound sinister, almost as evil as the perpetrators... | |
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Joe Average |
#4 by Joe G at Jul 3, 1978 at 4:05 PM EST |
| Today is the 60th anniversary of Auschwitz (the camp with arbeit macht frei or work liberates inscribed into the gates). I believe now more that everybody needs to hear this song, to hear the soundtrack to the intense humming of evil that went on in these camps of death. One of the most, if not the most, important Manics songs. It's changed my life forever. | |
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Jeremy Wanna Be |
#5 by Jeremy Lehman at Jan 6, 1984 at 3:46 AM EST |
| 'Arbeit macht frei' is also inscribed on the gates of Sachsenhausen concentration camp... perhaps it can be found at all the former camps. | |
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Old Jigi Average |
#6 by Old Jigi at May 9, 1987 at 4:05 AM EST |
| I agree that the song is haunting, but not so much because it's a reminder of Nazi atrocities - I mean, what is the author trying to get at? 'Lives that wouldn't have changed a thing' simply implies futility, it's almost a celebration of death. There's also a suggestion of hypocrisy, which I think is the really troubling thing. Remember, the Nazis weren't just killing the Jews, they were also using the able ones as slave labour - it's not all that different to what goes on in African sweatshops, is it? | |
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Hudson Lead Player |
#7 by Hudson Ryan at Dec 6, 1989 at 6:04 AM EST |
| Maidanek and Oscwecim [more commonly known, of course, as Auschwitz] were two Nazi death camps in Poland. This entire song is loaded with references to Dachau: Sigmund Rascher was Joseph Mengele's equivalent there, Arbeit Macht Frei was the adage inscribed on the gate, Harthheim castle was an extermination site for invalids prior to the war. The song was apparently inspired by a visit the band paid to Dachau and Belsen. So there you go. | |
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sam Wanna Be |
#8 by sam smith at Apr 26, 1990 at 2:58 AM EST |
| If you were impacted by this song, as most people would be, then visit Oswięcim near Kraków in Poland if you get the chance. The concentration camp (Auschwitz) is partially accessible to the public for visiting. It's one of the most harrowing experiences I've had and really opened my eyes to the horrors of Nazi wartime - it makes you listen to this song with a new perspective. | |
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tommy Average |
#9 by tommy h at Nov 3, 1994 at 5:34 AM EST |
| this song freaks me out, although its great. where does the spoken sample at the start come from, obviously a film but from whiich one? | |
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alex Average |
#10 by alex czelowalnik at Feb 24, 2000 at 2:38 AM EST |
| sorry to say this but the opening sample has been written wrongly it is: The court has come. The court of the Nations and into the courtroom will come the martyrs of majdanek and oswecim. From the ditch of kerch the dead will rise, they will arise from the graves, they will arise from flames bringing with them the acrid smoke and the deathly odour of scorched and martyred europe. And the children they too will come, stern and merciless. The butchers had no pity on them. Today the victims will rejusge the butchers Today the tear of the child is the judge, the grief of the mother is the prosecutor this is an exerpt from the Nuremburg Trial in 1946 (i think). this is an AMAZING song, its quite simple really, its about the Holocaust, mainly focusing around the concentration camp Dachau. i could tell you what every single word means and what every sentance is about but that would spoil the wonder of the manics lyrics | |
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AfroMan Average |
#11 by AfroMan at Mar 24, 2000 at 10:47 PM EST |
| "I am strongly in favour of using poison gas against uncivilised tribes..." Winston Churchill, 1920 | |
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katie Average |
#12 by katie focner at Mar 12, 2001 at 1:48 AM EST |
| Though the details and so on about Dachau are interesting, I think the ending to the song is key. It's similar to Mausoleum in that it's about the amnesia which is so tempting for everyone when it comes to the Holocaust. Everyone is keen to forget, to "drink it away". "Every tear is false" is obviously an exaggeration, but it points the finger at us as well as Churchill. | |
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Nathaniel Average |
#13 by Nathaniel Harty at Jul 30, 2002 at 2:38 AM EST |
| Arbeit Macht Frei directly translated means 'work free' or, 'work liberates' | |
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Rignald Average |
#14 by Rignald Tromp at Nov 30, 2003 at 5:19 PM EST |
| the line "arbeit macht frei" means work makes the workers free. it's almost a sarcastic look at what the nazis were doing... that's what the line means on the live version on the 10th edition. the whole song is obviously about the hollocaust and the concentration camps... i also agree with the churchill argument because he was an alcoholic but the song is very chilling which fits the topic i suppose | |
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