# The Godfathers band - Birth, School, Work, Death

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 7, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-godfathers-band-birth-school-work-death/855183 "2020-06-07T01:29:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-godfathers-band-birth-school-work-death/855183/1 "2020-06-07T01:29:28Z")

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Something the other day reminded me of this song. Have not heard it for years but the 2nd guitar solo is incredible. Angry rock with a Clash-like vibe. I used to have the entire album, don’t remember if it was any good.

Was it?

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QO5dcW0P75M/maxresdefault.jpg "The Godfathers - Birth, School, Work, Death") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO5dcW0P75M)

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**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-godfathers-band-birth-school-work-death/855183/2 "2020-06-08T19:22:08Z")

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That album is very good and a couple of the others are good too. But that song is fantastic. I saw the guitarist play with Del Amitri a few times over the years. The Godfathers still tour the UK each year (bar this one).

MiM

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-godfathers-band-birth-school-work-death/855183/3 "2020-06-09T01:18:24Z")

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The album is very good and they were a fun live act back in the day.

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**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-godfathers-band-birth-school-work-death/855183/4 "2020-06-09T05:33:12Z")

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Check out John Prine’s song [We Are the Lonely](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0STMgGp7_s). Do you think maybe he was inspired by The Godfathers?

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**Author:** ![cieskokid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cieskokid/32/5374_2.png) [@cieskokid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cieskokid)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-godfathers-band-birth-school-work-death/855183/5 "2020-06-09T09:41:15Z")

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“Birth,School, Work, Death” is great but this song The Godfathers did ROCKS like mad: “UnReal World”, even more relevant 2day.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/g5wf34vIMuQ/maxresdefault.jpg "The Godfathers - Unreal World") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5wf34vIMuQ)

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**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-godfathers-band-birth-school-work-death/855183/6 "2020-06-09T22:31:32Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> The album is very good and they were a fun live act back in the day.

Indeed, they were. One of the few times I saw someone close with a Ramones cover and wasn’t disappointed.