There was a boy who had too many toys and an ache inside of his bones.
He sought extrication through chemical vocation and now he answers to Jones.
It's deadly and alluring, the sound of pounding heat,
Enslaving all who dare succumb to the temptations of the forbidden beat.
Thinking today of what I want to say, thinking of inhibition and vice.
What they call straight I do relegate as I cautiously saltate along.
It's deadly and alluring, the sound of pounding heat,
Enslaving all who dare succumb to the temptations of the forbidden beat.
It thunders away at first light of each day and the simpleton lifestyle evolves
But soon enters dusk as the last surrey rusts and a new day upon us results.
It's deadly and alluring, the sound of pounding heat,
Enslaving all who dare succumb to the temptations of the forbidden beat.
Forbidden Beat [x7]
Version | Length | Release | Catalog ID | Country | Format | Year |
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Album version | ||||||
1:53 | Suffer | United States | 12" | 2022 | ||
1:53 | Stranger Than Fiction | United States | 12" | 2021 | ||
1:53 | Stranger Than Fiction | United States | 12" | 2021 | ||
1:53 | Suffer | United States | 12" | 2019 | ||
1:53 | Suffer | Europe | 12" | 2018 | ||
1:53 | Suffer | Europe | 12" | 2018 | ||
1:53 | Suffer | 86404-1TGN | United States | 12" | 2015 | |
1:53 | Suffer | E-86404 | United States | 12" | 2010 | |
1:53 | Suffer | E-86404 | United States | 12" | 2009 | |
1:53 | Suffer | Russia | CD | 2007 | ||
1:53 | Suffer | JBR 26167-071 | Malaysia | MC | 2002 | |
1:53 | Suffer | ESCA-6153 | Japan | CD | 1995 | |
1:53 | Suffer | 86404 | S-29118/19 | United States | 12" | 1994 | |
1:53 | Suffer | United States | 12" | 1994 | ||
1:53 | Suffer | United States | 12" | 1994 | ||
1:53 | Suffer | United States | 12" | 1989 | ||
1:53 | Suffer | E-86404-4 | United States | MC | 1988 | |
1:53 | Suffer | E-86404 | United States | MC | 1988 | |
1:53 | Suffer | United States | 12" | 1988 | ||
1:53 | Suffer | E-86404-2 | United States | CD | 1988 | |
1:53 | Suffer | United States | CD | 1988 | ||
1:53 | Suffer | 337 | Poland | MC | 1988 | |
1:53 | Suffer | 1136 | Russia | MC | 1988 | |
1:53 | Suffer | Indonesia | MC | 1988 | ||
1:53 | Suffer | N/A | Russia | MC | 1988 | |
1:53 | Suffer | Australia | CD | 1988 | ||
Live video, August 1989 | ||||||
Along The Way | 6414-9 | Europe | DVD | 2004 | ||
Along The Way | 86414-9 | United States | DVD | 2004 | ||
Along The Way | E86414-3 | United States | VHS | 1991 | ||
Along The Way | n/a | Germany | VHS | 1990 | ||
Remastered | ||||||
1:53 | Suffer | 601 | Yugoslavia | MC | 2019 | |
1:53 | Suffer | Europe | CD | 2004 | ||
1:53 | Suffer | United States | CD | 2004 | ||
1:53 | Suffer | Australia | CD | 2004 | ||
1:53 | Suffer | Brazil | 12" | 2004 | ||
1:53 | Suffer | 6390-2 | Brazil | CD | 2000 | |
Not specified | ||||||
1:53 | Suffer | E-6404-2 | Europe | CD | 1988 |
Song meaning | Forbidden Beat was written by Brett and Greg. Brett said it was (at least the first verse) autobiographical in terms of his drug addiction. Brett: "Forbidden beat is an anti-drug song, the allure of altering one's conscience." |
matthias25
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very clever songwriting here , shows that brett is a genious.
it's about addiction and the effects and struggle of it. 02/09/2014 at 01:34
very clever songwriting here , shows that brett is a genious.
it's about addiction and the effects and struggle of it. |
Recard86
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I think i read somewhere greg saying this song was about punkrock; the forbidden beat. Although for a while i got crazy ocd thought and thought this was about wife-beating haha, i always got a creepy feeling when listening to this song and sometimes had to skip it because of that. Yeah i'm an idiot
06/07/2011 at 14:06
I think i read somewhere greg saying this song was about punkrock; the forbidden beat. Although for a while i got crazy ocd thought and thought this was about wife-beating haha, i always got a creepy feeling when listening to this song and sometimes had to skip it because of that. Yeah i'm an idiot
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Warstub
The Same Person
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'Jones' always makes me think of Floyd Jones from Philip K. Dick's novel [i]The World Jones Made. [/i]
06/07/2011 at 00:55
'Jones' always makes me think of Floyd Jones from Philip K. Dick's novel The World Jones Made.
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theWizardsBaker
Lost Pilgrim
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This song is clearly about addiction; drugs or other: Jones is another name for Heroin -- "Fixin' for a jones" so to speak.
Brett's being clever here, using it as though it's a person's first name.
06/12/2009 at 20:37
This song is clearly about addiction; drugs or other: Jones is another name for Heroin -- "Fixin' for a jones" so to speak.
Brett's being clever here, using it as though it's a person's first name. |
Jack
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I think it's much more likely that it refers to the Straight Edge movement that was becoming big in punk rock at that time, shortly after Minor Threat's demo in '84.
09/04/2006 at 20:49
I think it's much more likely that it refers to the Straight Edge movement that was becoming big in punk rock at that time, shortly after Minor Threat's demo in '84.
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paulthruvandalism
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Is about someone succumbing to the forbidden beat: by doing drugs.
12/26/2004 at 13:16
Is about someone succumbing to the forbidden beat: by doing drugs.
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Jakass
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This is about the abuse of heroin, and more specifically, probably autobiographical in Brett's case. The forbidden beat refers to opium poppies (as beat is another term for crop) and it is about how a bored young man from a middle class background could self destruct when abusing this drug.
07/11/2004 at 11:41
This is about the abuse of heroin, and more specifically, probably autobiographical in Brett's case. The forbidden beat refers to opium poppies (as beat is another term for crop) and it is about how a bored young man from a middle class background could self destruct when abusing this drug.
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