20 Dollars Lyrics

"20 Dollars" protests the Iraq war and communicates the sentiments of some protesters who feel so strongly and so hurt that they see the oil as nothing more than the blood of the people who live in Iraq being sacrificed in exchange. The comment "20 Dollars" a barrel" was something which powerful media owner Rupert Murdoch stated about the war on Iraq -he said that the best thing to come of it would be "20 dollars a barrel", despite perpetuating the now apparent myth that "weapons of mass destruction" were the true reason to invade the country. The song is fast and is sang in an r&b pop fashion, consisting of a first singer who then morphs into another character both performed by the vocally diverse Frederick Roussel. The second singer sounds like a man from the jazz age, or somebody on Fox news reading a broadcast out to people. Frederick combines humor with a strong subject matter in order to help listeners who would otherwise find it difficult to understand or confront, as he does in many of his songs.