This song, I believe, is a slap to all of those hollow artists out there who have found it's easy to be cool and edgy and sell lots of albums when you're constantly talking about how the government is so evil, despite the fact that they haven't truly put much thought into how to improve what's broken...aside from "impeach (insert patsy here)."
All these artists are doing nothing but cultivating a generation of youth who will rebel against anything so long as it's cool and never ever devote any of their brain-cells to independent thought.
To add to this, their treatment of really common aspects to political songs, like claims that the founding fathers would agree with the authors' sentiments and have a lot in common with them, are hilariously perfect. Since the author of this song happens to be Tenacious D, of course Benjamin Franklin was into getting naked and smokin weed. I almost wish they had used an even more nonspecific and uninspired issue to inaccurately represent than the environment, although it's still funny.
To add to this, their treatment of really common aspects to political songs, like claims that the founding fathers would agree with the authors' sentiments and have a lot in common with them, are hilariously perfect. Since the author of this song happens to be Tenacious D, of course Benjamin Franklin was into getting naked and smokin weed. I almost wish they had used an even more nonspecific and uninspired issue to inaccurately represent than the environment, although it's still funny.
I also like how they parody the pseduo-punk sound and then switch tracks thematically to parody excruciatingly saccharine...
I also like how they parody the pseduo-punk sound and then switch tracks thematically to parody excruciatingly saccharine patriotic ballads. Both types of songs rely on drumming up emotions around some vague political ideals or oversimplifying issues because for a lot of people seem to think just mentioning them is poignant songwriting, even if the writer fails to make a worthwhile point or if the lyrics are artistically vapid. Either case is a tried and true songwriting formula and the result is naive, insincere and meaningless drivel.
This song, I believe, is a slap to all of those hollow artists out there who have found it's easy to be cool and edgy and sell lots of albums when you're constantly talking about how the government is so evil, despite the fact that they haven't truly put much thought into how to improve what's broken...aside from "impeach (insert patsy here)."
All these artists are doing nothing but cultivating a generation of youth who will rebel against anything so long as it's cool and never ever devote any of their brain-cells to independent thought.
Awesome, compared to bullshit...indeed.
To add to this, their treatment of really common aspects to political songs, like claims that the founding fathers would agree with the authors' sentiments and have a lot in common with them, are hilariously perfect. Since the author of this song happens to be Tenacious D, of course Benjamin Franklin was into getting naked and smokin weed. I almost wish they had used an even more nonspecific and uninspired issue to inaccurately represent than the environment, although it's still funny.
To add to this, their treatment of really common aspects to political songs, like claims that the founding fathers would agree with the authors' sentiments and have a lot in common with them, are hilariously perfect. Since the author of this song happens to be Tenacious D, of course Benjamin Franklin was into getting naked and smokin weed. I almost wish they had used an even more nonspecific and uninspired issue to inaccurately represent than the environment, although it's still funny.
I also like how they parody the pseduo-punk sound and then switch tracks thematically to parody excruciatingly saccharine...
I also like how they parody the pseduo-punk sound and then switch tracks thematically to parody excruciatingly saccharine patriotic ballads. Both types of songs rely on drumming up emotions around some vague political ideals or oversimplifying issues because for a lot of people seem to think just mentioning them is poignant songwriting, even if the writer fails to make a worthwhile point or if the lyrics are artistically vapid. Either case is a tried and true songwriting formula and the result is naive, insincere and meaningless drivel.