This is the 1993 performance by Bill Hicks at the Dominion Theatre in London, which was given the title of 'Revelations'. There's some classic Hick's moments throughout, including 'Just A Ride', and this number about how, during the 1st Gulf War which was waged against Saddam Hussein over Kuwait, George Bush Senior's military only really served to disarm an army which they had armed for profit in the preceding years; You know we armed Iraq. I wondered about that too, you know. During the Persian Gulf war, those intelligence reports would come out: "Iraq: incredible weapons – incredible weapons." "How do you know that?" "Uh, well … we looked at the receipts. But as soon as that check clears, we're goin' in. What time's the bank open? Eight? We're going in at nine. We're going in for God and country and democracy and here's a fetus and he's a Hitler. Whatever you fucking need, let's go. Get motivated behind this, let's go!" |