| Flobots – Handlebars Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Most everything has already been said. Two things I wanted to say: 1. The video for this song is amazing, I recommend everyone check it out on youtube. I disagreed with the theory that it was about two people, but the video is very clear that the different parts are about two people. I think it's more metaphorical than about two specific guys. 2. Everyone here seems to be missing the real meaning of the "split the atoms" line. Splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen is splitting a molecule, not an atom (if yeppp really did that, he/she would know the difference). When humanity learned to split the atom, the world was forever changed. The energy released was the key for the first hydrogen bomb. The pre-nuclear age is probably before all our time but I've talked to scientists who were involved in the project. When that happened, the world changed forever. This song is about the danger in too much power, and nuclear weapons put an unimaginable power source into the hands of fallible men. Originally it was thought that this would end war forever, but history has shown the opposite. Look at the mess we're in with rogue states and terrorists now having the potential to access nuclear material and weapons. We need to learn the lesson from that, because there are similar bad decisions being made right now in the world. Where will we be in another 50 years? |
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| Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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the woman on the world war 2 poster is rosie the riveter, not "proud mary." and this is a good song. |
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| Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc. Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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It sounds like some people are confused... the gorillaz aren't some people pretending to be cartoons. The members of the gorillaz are cartoons. It's a fake, virtual band. Some people seem to get this, but not everyone. rancidriley explained it quite well. The only thing I have to add is that you should check out Neil Gaiman's amazing interview of "the gorillaz" (or rather, the puppeteers?) for an explanation of why they decided to make a non-band, and what the implications are for the music business today. Plus, there's a hilarious quote about Jay-Z and zombies; and let's face it, Neil Gaiman is freakin awesome. wired.com/wired/archive/13.07/gorillaz.html?pg=2&topic=gorillaz&topic_set= |
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| Mercury Rev – Vampire Blues Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I already really liked the original Neil Young version, it wasn't until I heard this version that I realized what the song is actually about (the whole fossil fuel thing). Or it just sounds more politcally motivated & timely in this version, I guess, for some reason. Even though the words are the same as the original. | |
| Gorillaz – Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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It's interesting, most people (I'm loosely summing up) characterized the Happyfolk as "us" and the Strangefolk as "them." My initial gut instinct was the exact opposite. I mean, people obscuring their reality and hiding their true intentions, motivated by greed, sounds like Americans to me. And the notion that the average american is living in harmony with nature is absurd, not to metion, the Happyfolk were obscured from the rest of the world. I read it more as a more "primitive" culture. For example, say, Tibet. Buddhism leapt immediately to my mind because of the Three Jewels of Buddhism (the buddha, dharma, sangha) & the jewels in the song. Tibet would be obscured from the rest of the world for centuries, but then when "discovered" by us Westerners, suddenly "zen" is a marketing tool. Just look at the gluttony of products that promise to be spiritual or zen - zen teas, soap, green tea everything. As though simplicity and right living can be purchased to somehow fix the unhappiness and restless we all hide behind our dark glasses. And in our course of "mining" other cultures for what we want to fix ourselves, we invariably screw up things for the natives. Africa immediately pops into my head, a rich & varied, amazing continent pillaged & virtually destroyed for its diamonds. Look into the history of diamond mining in Africa and you'll know why I refused a diamond ring from my fiancee. I looked at it and saw blood. Okay, I'm getting a little riled up. Sorry. The basic premise could be applied to a lot of things - one particular line actually made me think of Vietnam for some reason. The point is, that disrupting a natural culture living in harmony to satisfy the needs of some external imperial society always results in disruption. Which, now that I think about it, could very well be applied to the middle east. I'm glad that people brought it up here, I didn't think of it. Of course, we're still not the Happyfolk. I think the last line is pleading with the average "small town" americans that what they think they want - false desires brought on by advertising - will not really bring happiness. And why are we oblivious to the bad things happening in the world? Our country has been committing all sorts of atrocities for decades, and the average citizen never even knows about it. "Where were you when it all came down on me?" |
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