Megadeth - Take No Prisoners

Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? y Rust In Peace son las grandes piedras preciosas del Thrash Americano de mediados y finales de los 80. No hay bandas con finaditos bajistas, ni agrupaciones con precursores cincuentones que puedan reclamar el trono de lo que se podría considerar como obvio en cuanto a reinado letrístico y de intrincada calidad musical.

Entre los grandes temas de aquella época se encuentra Take No Prisoners del disco Rust In Peace (1990) que ya cumplió 25 años! Take No Prisoners es una volátil canción lleno de furia política y queja social que encajaría en cualquier país del primer o tercer mundo como aún dirían algunos.

Este track no es un tema en contra de la música techno (algunos creen escuchar a Mustaine decir, 'Techno Shit') sino que habla en contra de la guerra y acerca de los soldados envíados a combatir por aquellos que crean los conflictos y cuyo único reconocimiento es decirles: agradece que llegaste vivo a casa.

Lyrics / Letras

Got one chance, infiltrate them
Get it right, terminate them
The Panzers will permeate them
Break their pride, denigrate them
And their people, retrograde them
Typhus, detriate them
Epidemic, devastate them
Take no prisoners, cremate them
Burn!

Going to war, give them hell
D-Day, next stop Normandy
Beginning of the end
We know how to and sure as shit we'll win
War is peace, sure man
A retreat for the damned
A playground for the demented
A heaven for those who walk this world
Bereft of heart and soul

Love and war, they say all is fair
Take his life but won't take his hair
Your body has parts, your country spares
By the way son, here's your wheelchair
He once had to be all he could be
Now he's nothing for no one, nowhere to see

Funny thing, he's like you and me
It's a funny thing, funny thing
Tears streak his solemn stare
Abandoned for wreckage, nobody cares
No one knew what would happen there
No one spoke, no one even dared
Don't ask what you can do for your country
Ask what your country can do for you

Solo - Friedman

Take no prisoners, take no shit!