| Steely Dan – Godwhacker Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I can see the religious interpretations as well as the Bush / Saddam Hussein connection, too. If you stop and think about it, the song is about taking down any given high-level formidable opponent, whether it's an arch-criminal, kingpin or a dictator. Every criminal of significant achievement I've ever dealt with eventually gets a bit of a god-complex (hence the reference to someone who was cool in the beginning then got too full of the stank attitude). The song is almost a like an allegorical pair of sunglasses that can be worn to look at whatever you're dealing with. Me personally, I deal in IT security, so I see myself as a Godwhacker when on the hunt to take down some cybercriminal or to thwart a hack attack. | |
| Steely Dan – Everything Must Go Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This song is also a perfect synopsis for any geek entrepreneur that was part of the Dot-com rollercoaster of the 90s -- jumped into business with what seemed like a great idea, lived like a rock star for a few years and when the bottom dropped out of the dot-com stocks, everything went to hell. The song is a mirror of how I felt during those days when the boardrooms and lavish offices were empty, only the owners were left to deal with the bankruptcy attorneys, and the asset liquidators lazily came into the picture to take it all away to auction. |
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