Episodio 384: Judas Priest Breaking the law. Year 1980. English Version.-

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00:02:19 - Breaking the Law by Judas Priest is a timeless rock anthem, which has resonated with music enthusiasts for decades.

00:02:25 - Released in 1980 as part of their album, British Steel, this iconic song conveys a powerful message that reflects a universal feeling of rebellion and frustration.

00:02:44 - With its memorable guitar riff and passionate vocals, Breaking the Law captures the essence of the band's signature sound, and has become one of their most beloved songs.

00:02:59 - The song has left its mark in many places in popular culture.

00:03:03 - It was ranked number 40 on DH1's Top 40 Metal Songs list.

00:03:12 - The lyrics are breaking the law delves into the theme of rebellion against social norms.

00:03:17 - The song tells the story of a person who is pushed to the limit by the pressures and limitations placed on him.

00:03:23 - It serves as an anthem for those who have felt trapped or restricted, encouraging them to break free from the confines of a rigid and oppressive world.

00:03:36 - Breaking the law encapsulates the desire for liberation, inviting the listener to embrace his rebellious spirit and challenge the prevailing status quo.

00:03:46 - It has been covered by numerous artists of various genres.

00:03:50 - Notable covers include covers by bands such as Anthrax, Hailstorm and Motorhead, showing the songs enduring popularity and influence.

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00:04:34 - Guitarist Glenn Tipton recalled to Billboard magazine, we used to get together at various houses to write, and one day we started playing that riff and the song wrote itself.

00:04:43 - I think we wrote that song in about an hour Rob just started singing breaking the law and before we knew it

00:04:51 - We had a classic priest song

00:04:57 - Judas Priest bucked the trend of punk music in Britain, but this song has some influence from that genre at 233 it has the kind of propulsive drive and anarchist attitude you might find in a sex pistol song

00:05:14 - The promotional video deserves a separate paragraph where the priest boys pose as a gang of thieves armed with guitars to break into a bank and steal their own gold record.

00:05:29 - Rob Halford tries to put some punk attitude into the song.

00:05:33 - It was written by Rob Halford and the two guitarists of Judas Priest,

00:05:36 - Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing

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00:05:42 - I can't remember exactly where the type of break in the law came from but it was just me reading and seeing that there were portions of the British society that were not getting what they thought they were going to get and that's not because you're always handy things in a silver plate but you let to believe that when you leave school you're going to get a job or this and that and that and it wasn't happening so there was a lot of frustration

00:06:05 - So that was basically the template for the idea.

00:06:09 - The era was completely rushed out of working down, you know.

00:06:12 - It's a frustrating type of feeling.

00:06:15 - We're not condoning people to break the law.

00:06:18 - That's just like a euphemism for the feeling of frustration.

00:06:23 - But it was just a very simple direct sign.

00:06:28 - I don't think we really struggle that much with making it because it all springs off from that riff.

riff that's an absolutely unbelievable classic riff you know you you hear that there's a snare drum start you know so I mean a lot of things happening in that song but but it's just so direct and to the point I think sometimes we are misinterpreting and we're British and we've got a British sense of you there and that doesn't always click with the rest of the world. A lot of things we do are tongue-in-cheek. The thing about priests you know we take our work seriously we love what we do but there's you know if there's an opportunity to lighten things up a little bit and in those days it was the start of making videos for bands. So we didn't really have an idea of what was going to be presented to us by the director, but we saw the storyboard, you know, and K.K. and Glenn dressed in priest outfits with the guitar cases which were kind of a pseudonism for the mafia, you know, on the Al Capone days, something outside the poor in our shop, there's me and a

00:07:31 - British Steel was the first album in which this trio wrote every song as a team.

00:07:57 - I stick with what Glenn Tipton, that masterful guitarist of the band, said at the time.

00:08:02 - But the simple fact is, once you get on stage with the audience behind you, you never get tired a song like, Breaking the Law, with the audience singing along.

it is more exciting than ever.

00:08:42 - I've had him break from his broken, his anger hit my heart

00:08:48 - You don't know what it's like, you don't have a clue

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00:09:24 - You don't know what it's like

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00:10:05 - You're the only one who's left breaking the law, breaking the law, breaking the law, breaking the law...