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Change Of Ideas
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Written by: Greg Graffin
Released in: 1989
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Well the sheaves have all been brought, but the fields have washed away,
And the palaces now stand where the coffins all were laid,
And the times we see ahead, we must glaze with rosy hues,
For we don't wish to admit what it is we have to lose.

Millenia in coming, the modern age is here.
It sanctifies the future, yet renders us with fear.
So many theories, so many prophecies,
What we do need is a change of ideas.

When we are scared we can hide in our reveries but
What we need is a change of ideas.
Change of ideas, change of ideas,
What we need now is a change of ideas.

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Versions
Version Length Release Catalog ID Country Format Year
Album version
0:56 No Control E-86406-1 United States 12" 2010
0:56 No Control E-86406-1 United States 12" 2009
0:56 No Control Russia CD 2007
0:54 All Ages n/a Malaysia MC 1995
0:54 All Ages 86443-4 United States MC 1995
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0:54 All Ages 86443-1 United States 12" 1995
0:54 All Ages Europe 12" 1995
0:54 All Ages ESCA 6405 Japan CD 1995
0:54 All Ages 6443-2 Europe CD 1995
0:54 All Ages 86443-2 United States CD 1995
0:54 All Ages EP 86443 United States 12" 1995
0:56 No Control ESCA-6154 Japan CD 1995
0:56 No Control E-86406-2 Australia CD 1995
0:54 All Ages 86443 Europe MC 1995
0:54 All Ages M 630196 Indonesia MC 1995
0:54 All Ages Philippines MC 1995
0:54 All Ages 86443-2 Australia CD 1995
0:54 All Ages OXX 1173-1 Brazil CD 1995
0:56 No Control E-86406-1 United States 12" 1994
0:56 Generator / No Control MG 2242 Poland MC 1992
0:56 No Control E-86406-4 United States MC 1989
0:56 No Control E-86406-1, E 001 Germany 12" 1989
0:56 No Control E-86406-1 United States 12" 1989
0:56 No Control 6406-2 Europe CD 1989
0:56 No Control E-86406-2 United States CD 1989
Live
1:00 Tested DRA 486986 1 Germany 2x12" 1997
1:00 Tested Esca 6658 Japan CD 1997
1:00 Tested DRA 486986 2 Germany CD 1997
1:00 Tested DRA 486986 4 | 485019 4 Poland MC 1997
1:00 Tested 486986-4 Turkey MC 1997
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1:00 Tested 486986-2 Australia CD 1997
1:00 Tested 758.329 / 2-486986 Brazil CD 1997
1:00 Tested DRASAMPCD39522 Germany CD 1997
Live in Germany, 1995
0:54 A Walk MATTCD031 Australia CD 1996
0:54 A Walk DRA 663180 2 Germany CD 1996
Live Loreley Festival 1996
The Grey Race - Video EP Europe DVD 2003
Remastered
0:56 No Control n/a United States MC 2004
0:56 No Control Europe CD 2004
0:56 No Control 86702-2 United States CD 2004
0:56 No Control 6702-2 Europe CD 2004
0:56 No Control E-86702-2 Australia CD 2004
Video live 1991
Big Bang n/a Europe DVD 2004
Big Bang 24030-423 Europe VHS 1992
Video live @ Palladium, 11/20/2004
Live At The Palladium 6659-9 Europe DVD 2006
Live At The Palladium 86659-9 United States DVD 2006
Live At The Palladium H-716 China DVD 2005
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0:54 Punk Rock Songs (The Epic Years) n/a Malaysia MC 2009
0:54 Punk Rock Songs (The Epic Years) EDCI 80030 Japan CD 2002
0:54 Punk Rock Songs (The Epic Years) EPC 507628 9 Germany CD 2002
0:54 Punk Rock Songs (The Epic Years) South Korea CD 2002
0:54 Punk Rock Songs (The Epic Years) EICP-96 Japan CD 2002
Info from 'The Answer'
Song meaning Greg's answer to a guy who proposed selectively killing those that destroy the rainforests, etc: "I can appreciate your disgust with people who terrorize the rainforests and other ecosystems, I too am angered by it. But killing key people will not reverse the course of mankind. In fact, killin... More
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Pineapple_Pokopo
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07/11/2004 at 11:47
"Change of ideas, change of ideas, what we need now is a change of ideas"- It's pretty clear here, that through the redundancy of the chorus, they are trying to emphasize the opposite.
Samhain138
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07/11/2004 at 11:47
This song is referring to how the future is not looking good for the human race. It seems to focus on how the earth's resources are dwindling away and that the earth is becoming overpopulated. With the world not being able to support this large population of of human beings, a change of ideas is much needed to help solve this problem.
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