Converting Vegetarians Lyrics
Cooking the next step.
Converting vegetarians.
Cooking the next step.
Converting vegetarians.
Minding the gap since 1996.
Keeping it in the right track.
Feeling it in my mind back.
Seeing it every day every day.
Keeping it in the right track.
Feeling it in my mind back.
Seeing it every day, aaah.
Never again will I sell out.
Converting vegetarians.
Into the midnight giving it to you.
I don't know, it just feels right.
Never again will I sell out.
Converting vegetarians.
Into the midnight giving it to you.
I don't know, it just feels right.
Cooking the next step.
Converting vegetarians.
Cooking the next step.
Converting vegetarians.
Minding the gap since 1996.
Keeping it in the right track.
Feeling it in my mind back.
Seeing it every day every day.
Keeping it in the right track.
Feeling it in my mind back.
Seeing it every day, aaah.
Never again will I sell out.
Converting vegetarians.
Into the midnight giving it to you.
I don't know, it just feels right.
Never again will I sell out.
Converting vegetarians.
Into the midnight giving it to you.
I don't know, it just feels right.
FujiFlame's analysis seems compelling, but I would like to add a different perspective:
IMO Vegetarians are psy.trance consumers. Converting vegetarians is the attempt to convert Infected Mushroom traditional audience to a more mainstream appealing music type, manifested itself in the second CD, which is experimental in nature, contains lyrics, more downbeat, and is far from what IM were famous for – high beat psy.trance. Minding the gap since 1996 – being there, minding, the “gap” between the mainstream music culture and the psy.trance evolutionary path. Never again will I sell out – will they be able to repeat their success formulae? Cooking the next step – preparing their entrance into their new and different type of music production, which is slightly distanced from their traditional psy.trance.
It is a well known fact that trance parties where this type of music is playing, and coming from Israel I was fortuned to attend more than one - more often than not exhibit some soft of a nature theme, and people are tripping their brains off on whatever they can find. This obviously includes the famous hallucination mushrooms - the so called Infected Mushrooms. Mushrooms, and thus naturists, and hence – vegetarians are a common theme for psy.trance culture. I’ve been following Infected since 1996, and Converting vegetarians is the first album where a more mainstream melodic beats and themes found itself into their songs. Who would believe- they even have lyrics! I remember an article read back in 2000, how IM are the best Psy.Trance band in the world, yet that just seems not to be enough for making a real monetary breakthrough. They just have to appeal to more mainstream music tastes. And I remember reading the duo talking about their aspirations on the topic. IMO – converting vegetarians marks the time of their revolution.
I think this song is all about the "revolution" that trance music has created. A "vegetarian" is someone who hasn't yet delved into the juicy flesh of the electronic music world, and I think what Duvdev (did he write it?) means to say in this song is that they have reached the pinnacle of confidence in their music... They have the artistic prowess and charismatic delivery to convert those whose ears still cannot adapt to this change, but surely will. Into the midnight...
"Mind the Gap" is a sign that is extremely common in the london underground. It can be found in other transit systems. With those words I believe they are pretty much saying prepare for the ride. In 1996 is when the duo actually met each other. This indeed was a breakthrough but not until 1998 when "The Gathering" was released. Personally, I think the "revolution" also might have something to do with the political situations in Israel - Where the government stopped worrying about shutting down parties as they figured people were safer at parties than at home due to violence and such.
From what I've noticed, people nowadays make the choice to become a Vegetarian just because it labels them so, not because its what they feel is right for them and their body, and so they follow the guidelines: no products from animals. They seem to feel that their decision to not eat a burger here or there actually makes a difference in animals' lives...but whether or not they choose to eat the meat, the cow has nonetheless been killed, and someone else will just come along and eat that burger for them. The same could be said for religion nowadays, the way that people choose a religion based on the label, not their true beliefs. IMO, a vegetarian has the right to be a vegetarian if they have rational reasons for not putting meat into their bodies (i.e. seeing it as unclean for the soul, etc.). Thinking that not eating meat saves animals' lives is just irrational in today's age...not to mention, it would seem that many of the animals on this earth are here simply for us to eat...it's delicious and often nutritious.
IMO, vegetarians label themselves as someone that doesn't eat meat because they care about the animals that are used to make those products. I think these people are simply longing to be accepted. They feel that if a vegetarian were to know that they ate animal products, there's one more person in the world that wouldn't accept them, regardless of the fact that the many non-vegetarians are already accepting. Why not win both over: become a vegetarian, and they suddenly have the vegetarians on their side, and its not like the non-vegetarians are going to hold anything against you -- they accept that its a decision that the individual made for their life. What the people who label themselves on this basis fail to realize is that not being a vegetarian isn't going to be looked down upon by a rational vegetarian, because they understand that people make decisions for their own lives based on their own desires; the vegetarians that wont be accepting are the ones that are just like the person I've been speaking of -- that calls themself a vegetarian because of the group they're suddenly placed in by making the 'decision'.
In the music world, a vegetarian is someone that chooses to listen to certain styles of music because of the label it creates for them, not because its truly what they want for themselves. They typically listen to rock, rap, country, or hip-hop, depending on which group they're trying to fit into. Unfortunately, this could be said for most people in today's society, with the way people are just longing to be accepted. To most of these people, the idea of electronica (their 'meat') is simply taboo. As soon as they enjoy that electronica, they're suddenly no longer accepted by most of their peers. The problem is that there's irrational thinking involved. People are just too damned worried about what other people think to make decisions for themselves because its what they want for themselves. By enjoying this meat, they wouldn't be accepted by their irrationally-vegetarian peers, but that's not what matters -- if its what they enjoy, they should just go with it, especially since the rational people in this world will accept them for who they are.
We're not talking about just any meat here, either. We're talking the filet mignon of the music world; IMO, CD2 of Converting Vegetarians is the best CD I've ever heard from any artist...and I've heard A LOT. I've been all over many, various styles of music and artists and their unique perspectives...but nothing has ever sounded like CD2 of Converting Vegetarians. While it's not what's 'accepted', it's undeniably good, according to anyone I've ever met that's listened to it, whether its 'their style' or not. The beats are just the most successfully blended — though incredibly bizarre — sounds I've ever heard. I completely agree with whoever said that this is the pinnacle of IM's confidence in their music. The fact of the matter is, any 'Vegetarians' that listen to these CD's are bound to be opened to a whole new world of understand regarding music...that the style doesn't matter...its the music the matters — and as obvious as a statement as that may seem to many of you out there, it's something that isn't observed by most of the people in today's horribly corrupted society.
"From what I've noticed, people nowadays make the choice to become a Vegetarian just because it labels them so, not because its what they feel is right for them and their body, and so they follow the guidelines: no products from animals. They seem to feel that their decision to not eat a burger here or there actually makes a difference in animals' lives...but whether or not they choose to eat the meat, the cow has nonetheless been killed, and someone else will just come along and eat that burger for them. The same could be said for religion nowadays,...
"From what I've noticed, people nowadays make the choice to become a Vegetarian just because it labels them so, not because its what they feel is right for them and their body, and so they follow the guidelines: no products from animals. They seem to feel that their decision to not eat a burger here or there actually makes a difference in animals' lives...but whether or not they choose to eat the meat, the cow has nonetheless been killed, and someone else will just come along and eat that burger for them. The same could be said for religion nowadays, the way that people choose a religion based on the label, not their true beliefs. IMO, a vegetarian has the right to be a vegetarian if they have rational reasons for not putting meat into their bodies (i.e. seeing it as unclean for the soul, etc.). Thinking that not eating meat saves animals' lives is just irrational in today's age...not to mention, it would seem that many of the animals on this earth are here simply for us to eat...it's delicious and often nutritious."
Everything that you've just said is completely untrue. Being a vegan DOES save animals' lives, because it lowers the demand for meat. Corporations will only make as much meat as they know people will consume, and with more vegans and vegetarians, less meat is being consumed than if they were eating meat, and so it lowers the demand. Corporations then have to make less meat, and so fewer animals are bred. Peta.com has a running count of how many animals have been saved (or, prevented from being bred) by vegans that day (which is often in the millions) and the average vegan saves 100 animals a year. How is seeing eating meat as unclean for the "soul" rational? No one can even prove that a soul exists. Eating meat is, though, extremely unhealthy for the body. Animals were not put on Earth for us to eat. That's an extremely childish and simplistic worldview. There is a scientific explanation for both humans and non-human animals being here, and there is substantial scientific evidence that humans are actually herbivores. If we were carnivores, or even omnivores, we would have sharp teeth for ripping flesh rather than dull ones for grinding plant material. We would have short intestinal tracts to prevent us from absorbing saturated fat, rather than our winding ones that take food on a three-day long journey. We would have speed, night vision, strength, and the ability to hunt without tools- none of which we have. Not to mention that meat is NOT nutritious in any way- it's incredibly bad for you. Research has shown that vegetarians are 50 percent less likely to develop heart disease, and they have 40 percent of the cancer rate of meat-eaters. Plus, meat-eaters are nine times more likely to be obese than vegans are. The consumption of meat, eggs, and dairy products has also been strongly linked to osteoporosis, Alzheimer's, asthma, and male impotence. Scientists have also found that vegetarians have stronger immune systems than their meat-eating friends; this means that they are less susceptible to everyday illnesses like the flu. Vegetarians and vegans live, on average, six to 10 years longer than meat-eaters. A plant-based diet is the best diet for kids, too: Studies have shown that vegetarian kids grow taller and have higher IQs than their classmates, and they are at a reduced risk for heart disease, obesity, diabetes, and other diseases in the long run. Studies have shown that even older people who switch to a vegetarian or vegan diet can prevent and even reverse many chronic ailments. http://www.goveg.com/healthConcerns.asp
Being a vegan or vegetarian is much better for the environment, your body, and the animals. I'm not saying that you have to be one; I'm just saying that you should do some actual research before you voice your unfounded opinions.
As 'soul points out, vegetarianism DOES save animal lives. Or more accurately, causes less animals to be bred for slaughter. They're never born in the first place, so they don't get killed at a young age to be eaten.
As 'soul points out, vegetarianism DOES save animal lives. Or more accurately, causes less animals to be bred for slaughter. They're never born in the first place, so they don't get killed at a young age to be eaten.
Even one vegetarian in the world would make a difference, but there are hundreds of millions. In our masses, we choose not to eat meat, so all those millions of animals are not bred. One person eats a lot of animals worth of meat in their life. I can't remember how many, but it's been researched and documented. Farmers don't spend...
Even one vegetarian in the world would make a difference, but there are hundreds of millions. In our masses, we choose not to eat meat, so all those millions of animals are not bred. One person eats a lot of animals worth of meat in their life. I can't remember how many, but it's been researched and documented. Farmers don't spend money breeding animals that aren't going to sell, slaughterhouses and supermarkets try not to produce and purchase more meat than they can sell. Otherwise would waste money. Businesses try to reduce wastage, and producing meat for millions of vegetarians to leave on the shelf would be throwing away a fortune. Meat's expensive!
On your primary issue, you're putting too much weight on personal experience, specifically, this one annoying friend you have. Not all vegetarians are like that. Most of us are grown-ups! Teenagers do all sorts of stupid things to be accepted, and plenty of stupid things come out of their mouth. It's not sensible to judge ANYTHING on the opinions of people like that!
Actually, 'soul, going by the teeth, and by our history, humans are omnivores. We DO have pointy sharp teeth for ripping meat! And saturated fat is a valuable source of energy. For the first hundred thousand years or so (depending on what you define as a modern human... basically the whole of history up til 1,000 years ago, or, for the obesity epidemic, just 30 years or so ago), eating TOO MUCH food was never a problem! Still isn't for most of the world, where most are starving, and half of the rest are eating themselves to death. Saturated fat...
Actually, 'soul, going by the teeth, and by our history, humans are omnivores. We DO have pointy sharp teeth for ripping meat! And saturated fat is a valuable source of energy. For the first hundred thousand years or so (depending on what you define as a modern human... basically the whole of history up til 1,000 years ago, or, for the obesity epidemic, just 30 years or so ago), eating TOO MUCH food was never a problem! Still isn't for most of the world, where most are starving, and half of the rest are eating themselves to death. Saturated fat causing heart disease was never an issue when people lived hungry and died of disease at 35!
On the other hand, it's a pretty stupid person who lets his teeth dictate his ethics or his lifestyle. You're very right about the environment though. It takes 8lbs of grain to produce 1lb of beef. That's a massive waste of calories, which is why people in poor countries don't eat a lot of meat! It also take 100x as much water to produce one calorie's worth of meat, than it does to make 1 calorie's worth of plant-based food.
Animal sewage is a huge pollutant, the whole animal rearing industry is an environmental catastrophe! Methane, produced by burping cows (!), is 20x worse than carbon dioxide for trapping heat through the greenhouse effect. It's a serious source of pollution.
Finally, food animals nowadays are generally fed antibiotics their whole lives, every day. It's cheaper than waiting for them to get ill. This obviously produces resistant bacteria, and the horrendous and unnatural overcrowding allows diseases to spread like wildfire. Something like 80% of battery hens have Salmonella. As well, cattle are filled up with growth hormones, to make them grow bigger quicker. These chemicals remain in the meat. Which means you eat them! Massive amounts, way more than is natural in any animal, including people! Animal welfare standards are bad enough, but the hygiene standards, from rearing the animals through slaughtering them and selling the meat, are horrific! And many companies in the business fail the standards. Meat is one of those foods, where if you knew what went on, you wouldn't be able to eat it.
And nobody likes to think about what's in a hotdog before they eat one!
Many many health problems in people can be attributed to eating meat. Vegetarians are just healthier.
It's no sacrifice to me. I don't miss meat. And even if I did, the price the animals pay is too high just to satisfy my palate. Indians eat very little meat, many are vegetarian, and they have some of the most varied and tasty foods in the world! Similarly many East Asians eat little meat, and especially little mammal meat. When you compare the world's cuisine, to a steak or a hamburger, meat looks really dull. Meat IS really dull!
I think this is that they will make good music no matter what "never again i will sell out"- "Into the midnight giving it to you." I think its people playing Infected's music at a bar or whatever...dancin u know... So, yeah i think is about Infected making music.
if you guys really know infected mushroom, you know that they began from 1996. what they are trying to say in this song is that they formed a revolution. "Minding the gap since 1996." how much they have done since 1996. i love this song. i love this album. absolutely amazing band. and all you guys got to keep in mind just because this group are called infected mushroom doesn't mean that they do drugs. in this song vegetarians means staying off the drugs.
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all you guys got to keep in mind just because this group are called infected mushroom doesn't mean that they do drugs. in this song vegetarians means staying off the drugs.
all you guys got to keep in mind just because this group are called infected mushroom doesn't mean that they do drugs. in this song vegetarians means staying off the drugs.
IMO it's the people not taking drugs that they're trying to convert. They're diving into sounds that appeal to the mainstream, and once they've got em hooked they can give em anything and they'll love it.
IMO it's the people not taking drugs that they're trying to convert. They're diving into sounds that appeal to the mainstream, and once they've got em hooked they can give em anything and they'll love it.
I have plenty of hunches Infected Mushroom has drug experience. As someone who has taken psychedelics and listened to their music for years, there's just too many quirks about their music...
I have plenty of hunches Infected Mushroom has drug experience. As someone who has taken psychedelics and listened to their music for years, there's just too many quirks about their music that suggests it, from song titles to the very rhythms and noises that make the songs. I can't listen to B.P Empire (the album in full) without thinking "these guys were on some SHIT when they made this!" I'd be surprised if anyone could. Classical Mushroom is also pretty out there.
i have two interpretations of this song: the first one is the main one that is well discussed from fans; converting non-psytrance fans (vegetarians) into Infected's music and bands alike. the second one is that the song is about manipulation; someone is well-renowned as being a very clever, slick person who is manipulative and very patronising/self centred. however, they have recently become insane (get it?) and becomes too human - kind, understanding and self-aware. yet they are determined to just be a psycho (also get it?) "This is the time of the revolution" means that this character is ready to 'take over' and become this sort of boastful, spiteful person "Never again will i sell out" means that they will never become soft again and is determined to become a horrible, shitebag of a person they aspire to be.
there's a rumor that the line "cooking the next step" is actually "cocaine the next step", but Inf. Shroom decided to use "cooking the next step" in the lyrics. i don't know which revolution he's talking 'bout tho.
'never again will i sell out' thats probably what the song is about...the rest is probably just drugged out metaphores. whats up with the whole 1996 thing? amazing song
It means that infected r converting vegetarians,who r people who just smoke pot and hav natural stuff like mushies into the hardarse man made shit(hence cooking the next step) and making a revolution of hardcore pingers for there music.O and didn't they start up in 1996?