| Rush – The Trees Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Or an overly simple analogy. You know, like equating the extensive history and very real grievances of labor movements as "haters working together to destroy successful people". Plays well to simple minds, I suppose. |
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| Rush – The Trees Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Those who have judged this a conservative libertarian analogy of owner vs. labor relations (using Oaks as "owners" and maples as "workers") are entirely correct. Though I feel that those who side with the "then Neil's" point of view are missing an inherent flaw in the argument that's actually made even clearer in the song itself. You see, when the Oaks "just shake their heads" and...well...shrug (purposeful Rand Reference on my part), and as the lyrical narrator denotes the plight of the maples with sarcasm, they both forget, or simply deny the maples their legitimate grievance: that they, like the Oaks, require sunlight to live, and are fighting for their livelihood. Therefore to simply paint it as a matter of simple jealousy is an act that's undertaken with either ignorance, or willful dishonesty. Either way a gross oversimplification. And I say the "then Neil", because I think he has grown into a slightly different kind of intellectual than he was then, as tends to refer to himself these days as a "left leaning libertarian". That is to say he's traveling a path often tread by the likes of Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn. He has also stated that he does not always agree with Ayn, and that those who feel he is one of her disciples should take note that he is no one's disciple. |
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| Lamb of God – Walk with Me in Hell Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Now it's true that half the magic of music is that the listener can infer whatever meaning they choose to a song. Whatever. But it's hilarious that Christians like you are trying so desperately to make a Christian song out of this track that has been so clearly stated by the band (i.e. the "horses mouth") to be a song about ending co-dependency. Given the lyrics and their past song themes, it's also pretty damn easy to gather that the co-dependency they wish to see ended, and that this song opines for, is the end to the nonsensical clinging to perversely idiotic and profoundly detrimental religious beliefs. End of story. It could only ever be a song about what you have claimed if Jerry Falwell had somehow used his Fairy Tale Magic to occupy the collective member's brains and bodies. | |
| Manic Street Preachers – (It's Not War) Just The End Of Love Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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You have to be wary of taking lyrics at face value with the Manics. Always look for underlying meanings that often hold political relevance. With this one, I think they weave a relationship motif that's meant to represent adversarial foreign policy. For instance in the video you see a Cold War era chess match depicted. I think the Cold War and it's legacy is one of the stories told here, along with holding relevance to other global conflicts (like say, Israel and Palestine, the United States and it's global adversaries, etc.). Not one of my favorites. I can't get over the "sitcom theme" feel of it. |
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| Manic Street Preachers – Freedom Of Speech Won't Feed My Children Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Mayhaps, you came into this with a bias fueled by your own lack of education and misinformed take on the subject of Socialism/Communism, and therefor could never be relied upon to give the meaning of this song, as is apparent in your claim of this song being representative of fascism hiding behind anti-fascism -(so you either have to be pro-fascist or you're a fascist, eh?) I think what you right wingers mean to tell us is that we are to believe only you lot when you proclaim that you are not the fascists, a heritage that is unfortunately (for your ilk) inextricable from your politics. It seems you conservative types have perverted the term amongst your circles to the extent that you've forgotten that the term "fascism" denotes a system of governance that requires a list of criteria be met. That it doesn't simply denote someone who is pro-government or pro social reform, i.e anyone on the left. And besides all that, if heart disease is the price to pay, you're willing to pay it? Either you mean you're willing to have the less fortunate pay it (typical), or you're simply an idiot. Blackemma, I think you have the right idea about the song/album...for the most part, but I've heard the Manics be as often critical as anything else concerning the Labour Party, and I think regardless they are still anarchists at their core. It is not impossible to hold the one view whilst putting selective support behind a political party. As is often the case with the Manics, you have several themes covered in a song, and subsequently if you were take every comment from "my nothing" to "ramshotel" and combine them, you'd have the meaning of the song. Pretty cool how that almost always works out. This is a very intellectual band, and I think one of the more important bands in music history. |
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