| Bad Religion – Misery and Famine Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I'm surprised no one got this already. I guess they don't teach enough science history in schools these days. And here I thought the punk movement was concerned with education. Pythagoras (you know his Theorem, I hope) taught a concept that the music of stringed instruments was governed by the motions of heavenly bodies. 1,600~ years later, Johannes Kepler wrote a book whose name I've forgotten (Harmonice Mundi according to Wikipedia). He believed that not only do planets move in a sort of musical harmony, they actually emit signature tunes. Kepler claimed that Earth's song was Mi Fa Mi, which proved that our planet is wrought with MIsery and FAmine. There you have it. Does the song make a little more sense now? I hope so. These ideas seem pretty ridiculous today and I highly doubt Greg Graffin believes in such nonsense. I see this song as a tribute to Kepler and Pythagoras. Both were men who enhanced humanity with their insight into the unknown. No pun intended. |
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