"They'll burn down the synagogues at six o'clock"
This is the one line I've never fully understood. Or, at least, I never fully understood why it was in this song.
This seems to be another reference to the result of apathy: the Germans of Hitler's time didn't do anything to stop Kristallnacht or the march of Nazism ("They'll burn down the synagogues at six o'clock...") and we are just as passive today ("...and we'll all go along like before...") A brilliant but very bleak song.
This seems to be another reference to the result of apathy: the Germans of Hitler's time didn't do anything to stop Kristallnacht or the march of Nazism ("They'll burn down the synagogues at six o'clock...") and we are just as passive today ("...and we'll all go along like before...") A brilliant but very bleak song.
@kevinbrighton This refers to the six o\'clock news, not litereally burning down at that time but the exposure that most people will get to the event, casually watching the nightly news.
@kevinbrighton This refers to the six o\'clock news, not litereally burning down at that time but the exposure that most people will get to the event, casually watching the nightly news.
"They'll burn down the synagogues at six o'clock" This is the one line I've never fully understood. Or, at least, I never fully understood why it was in this song.
This seems to be another reference to the result of apathy: the Germans of Hitler's time didn't do anything to stop Kristallnacht or the march of Nazism ("They'll burn down the synagogues at six o'clock...") and we are just as passive today ("...and we'll all go along like before...") A brilliant but very bleak song.
This seems to be another reference to the result of apathy: the Germans of Hitler's time didn't do anything to stop Kristallnacht or the march of Nazism ("They'll burn down the synagogues at six o'clock...") and we are just as passive today ("...and we'll all go along like before...") A brilliant but very bleak song.
@kevinbrighton This refers to the six o\'clock news, not litereally burning down at that time but the exposure that most people will get to the event, casually watching the nightly news.
@kevinbrighton This refers to the six o\'clock news, not litereally burning down at that time but the exposure that most people will get to the event, casually watching the nightly news.
@brian0001 I think you've nailed it, thank you!
@brian0001 I think you've nailed it, thank you!
@brian0001 I think you've nailed it, thank you!
@brian0001 I think you've nailed it, thank you!