| The Offspring – Change The World Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Hey guys!! Great responses.....Most songs have many meanings to the writer...this one has ONE......It is about Brett Gurewitz and the bands perspective on the way he did them wrong during the controversial split from Epitaph Records to signing with Sony Records....Article from 1997--------- Dexter Holland said he began reading reports and hearing rumors that Epitaph's owner, punk musician Brett Gurewitz, was being courted by major-label princes seeking to buy a share of the company. The Offspring had refused even to talk to the majors, Holland said. We felt really betrayed, like we couldn't trust him anymore. We thought we'd be sold off like a [expletive] commodity. It was so far from where we started with this guy," in what the Offspring had regarded as a "brotherhood of Epitaph." If the band was going to be treated as a commodity instead of a blood brother, Holland said, it would choose its own buyer; hence its decision last year to leave Epitaph for Columbia Records, which offered lucrative advance bonuses and royalty rates....Dexter said: "At the time,Epitaph was worth 40 million and 30 million of it was from our SMASH record,so if Brett was going to consider outside business deals,we thought we should be there to be part of the discussion.But we werent." Back to present day......This song was directly written, lyrically anyway as a "this is who you REALLY are--a kind of FUCK YOU!! to brett gurewitz",who of course was thought of as a punk svengali so to speak since he was the owner/operator of Epitaph,founding member of Bad Religion and discoverer and signer of Rancid,Offspring,and Pennywise...You dont want to change the world Like you say You're in it for yourself No one else You're ready Saving yourself You're gonna change the world You're ready Saving yourself You're gonna change the world.....is a direct reference to their feelings that Gurewitz was a phony.They were going to dedicate the song to him,but were threatened with a lawsuit if they did.....So,instead they called their album Ixnay On The Hombre,which of course translates to---FUCK THE MAN....many songs on this album are lyrically about the feud and bitter media split with Gurewitz. |
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| The Offspring – Change The World Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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