I'd disagree with both of you personally, in the early years was compared regularly to Oasis - with the gigantic buzz they created.
I would however agree with the symbolisation of the video being on the electric chair (that incidentally is only the American release).
As a sufferer of Asperger's Syndrome, not to mention a teenager I have always confided in it very well. People make the assumption that nearly all of McNamara's lyrics refer to the end of a relationship, but I argue that this in particular is much deeper than that.
The lyric 'All You Good Good People - listen to me', as well as 'I will make you glad if I am leaving first and crying' strongly suggests to me that it is possibly about feeling opressed as a child. At the school I was at I felt as if classmates and teachers tried to be better than me a lot of the time and it made me feel rather inadequate. A feeling a lot of people would share.
Incidentally also, it was the song I was about to sing at karaoke before I was barred from my local in Bristol for swearing. And the song really struck me then - feeling as if it was my fault when I knew it wasn't. That's what the song boils down to, methinks.
I'd disagree with both of you personally, in the early years was compared regularly to Oasis - with the gigantic buzz they created.
I would however agree with the symbolisation of the video being on the electric chair (that incidentally is only the American release).
As a sufferer of Asperger's Syndrome, not to mention a teenager I have always confided in it very well. People make the assumption that nearly all of McNamara's lyrics refer to the end of a relationship, but I argue that this in particular is much deeper than that.
The lyric 'All You Good Good People - listen to me', as well as 'I will make you glad if I am leaving first and crying' strongly suggests to me that it is possibly about feeling opressed as a child. At the school I was at I felt as if classmates and teachers tried to be better than me a lot of the time and it made me feel rather inadequate. A feeling a lot of people would share.
Incidentally also, it was the song I was about to sing at karaoke before I was barred from my local in Bristol for swearing. And the song really struck me then - feeling as if it was my fault when I knew it wasn't. That's what the song boils down to, methinks.
Shaun