Sergeant Slaughter (07): I Don't Want It [REMASTERED]

A song with lyrics by Nils Tietgen that rails against capitalism, religion, mass media and militarism. It comes from a January 4, 1990, rehearsal of the Kiel, West Germany, punk band Sergeant Slaughter, held in the basement machine shop of a youth center. Recorded on a primitive 1989 Sony Walkman (portable cassette player) using its built-in microphones. This version was remastered in July, 2025. The result is still far from perfect, but considering the quality of the source recording, it's a great improvement. You can hear the unremastered version of this song here: https://youtu.be/IlBw0acMh6w Nils Tietgen (guitar and vocals), Scott Sadowsky (bass), Ted Fröhlich † (drums). Lyrics Copyright (c) 1990 by Nils Tietgen. Music Copyright (c) 1990 by Nils Tietgen, Scott Sadowsky and Ted Fröhlich. You can download a ZIP file with four of the booklets the band produced from https://www.sadowsky.cl/files/Sergeant-Slaughter/Sergeant-Slaughter-Booklets.zip. These contain lyrics, photographs, drawing, quotes and other things, and were distributed at gigs and elsewhere. At least as of several years ago, Nils could be found at https://www.youtube.com/@schallundrauchmusic _____ LYRICS: You ask me why I'm complaining, or why I'm not content, you ask me what bugs me in this free land. Well, I'm going to tell you, listen to me, these are some of the things that make me not free... I don't want any of your money, you can stick it in your purse, and I don't wanna waste my life by being the best or first. I won't sell my dignity, that seems to me the worst - I will never sell myself until the world will burst. And I don't want your TV, but you force it on us. Who is not influenced by this brainwash box? The news is half information, the ads make your mind get lost, the media propaganda makes us obey our boss. And I don't want your Bible, your dogma of religion, your book of rules, it's made for fools and orders mental repression. ...