This song mocks the concept of postmodernism and postmodern man. Here Devo speaks about a man who comes evolutively after the post-modern man, the man who lives in a post-modern society, full of cash, credit cards, cars, cameras and any material items which fill his life.
And in the chorus it says "I don't have that so I'm doing it the hard way... like a post post-modern man".
I see it as if the post-modern man has used up his resources and has ended up on the street, with nothing... then the post post-modern man is the impoverished man, the one who didn't know that pockets have a bottom...
This song mocks the concept of postmodernism and postmodern man. Here Devo speaks about a man who comes evolutively after the post-modern man, the man who lives in a post-modern society, full of cash, credit cards, cars, cameras and any material items which fill his life. And in the chorus it says "I don't have that so I'm doing it the hard way... like a post post-modern man". I see it as if the post-modern man has used up his resources and has ended up on the street, with nothing... then the post post-modern man is the impoverished man, the one who didn't know that pockets have a bottom...