Re: xdvr's post: I think this song is definitely political. Part of the greatness of phead is that the song is certainly not just political, but the political allusions to me are pretty clear: "soiled coin" can be related to the the "sordid" money that fuels much of the political arena, from lobbying to campaign contribution. Also, being a U.S. citizen, the "talons" remind me of the popular American icon of the bald eagle. Compare Toby Keith's lines of a song that alludes to George "coWboy" Bush and the U.S. response to 9/11:
Hey Uncle Sam put your name at the top of his list
And the Statue of Liberty
Started shakin’ her fist
And the eagle will fly
Man, it’s gonna be hell
When you hear Mother Freedom
Start ringin’ her bell
And it feels like the whole wide world is raining down on you
Brought to you Courtesy of the Red White and Blue
... to say nothing of the song's grim prescience regarding the current situation in Iraq in the line "Did you feed us tales of deceit"...
Re: xdvr's post: I think this song is definitely political. Part of the greatness of phead is that the song is certainly not just political, but the political allusions to me are pretty clear: "soiled coin" can be related to the the "sordid" money that fuels much of the political arena, from lobbying to campaign contribution. Also, being a U.S. citizen, the "talons" remind me of the popular American icon of the bald eagle. Compare Toby Keith's lines of a song that alludes to George "coWboy" Bush and the U.S. response to 9/11:
Hey Uncle Sam put your name at the top of his list And the Statue of Liberty Started shakin’ her fist And the eagle will fly Man, it’s gonna be hell When you hear Mother Freedom Start ringin’ her bell And it feels like the whole wide world is raining down on you Brought to you Courtesy of the Red White and Blue
... to say nothing of the song's grim prescience regarding the current situation in Iraq in the line "Did you feed us tales of deceit"...