It may appear that it is against or for something but that's not at all what the songwriter means. It is about labeling and sayings that we hear everyday on the airwaves that are meaningless and don't provide direction of any kind for changing the world. In the 2000's the media has brought this to an all new art form. Just watch any of the cable news channels and after a half hour see if you can list anything that they said that helps anyone seek a solution.
The song highlights labeling "hairies/fairies, rich/poor, black/white", conflicts "tax the rich til their rich no more", and desperation "pollution.. no solution" that is played constantly in our media. All of those media assets and the money they generate provide nothing to help chnage the world nor provide us with some insight on what we can do to change the world. The songwriter wants to change the world but doesn't know what to do.
So maybe the song is about shutting off the noise from the media and start to change the world in your own way from what you can do for the greater good. See things clearly about saving the whole world and not looking for the conflicts between the labels the media, politicians and others create.
That's a retty radical idea. Politicians would be against it since they would not be able to leverage their positions (left, right or indifferent) and media outlets would fear that their viewership would drop if the three or four faces on their split screens all agreed with each other.
It reminds me aof a line from a Hendrix song "I'm the one that's going to die when it is time for me to die so let me live my life the way I want to". i originally thought that this meant to be a revolutionary. What I later realized is that it is about setting aside the media and labeling, and it is about living your life.
@yippie Thank you for the general comment.
It makes sense for me of this song that I don't remember hearing before today ( 10/16/2021).
From my perspective, it seems as if none of the problems have been solved. I would take the refrain's advice, but with much prayer: that the all- knowing and all-loving God in whom I believe will direct me in doing the good that I can, and bless others of good will.
@yippie Thank you for the general comment.
It makes sense for me of this song that I don't remember hearing before today ( 10/16/2021).
From my perspective, it seems as if none of the problems have been solved. I would take the refrain's advice, but with much prayer: that the all- knowing and all-loving God in whom I believe will direct me in doing the good that I can, and bless others of good will.
It may appear that it is against or for something but that's not at all what the songwriter means. It is about labeling and sayings that we hear everyday on the airwaves that are meaningless and don't provide direction of any kind for changing the world. In the 2000's the media has brought this to an all new art form. Just watch any of the cable news channels and after a half hour see if you can list anything that they said that helps anyone seek a solution.
The song highlights labeling "hairies/fairies, rich/poor, black/white", conflicts "tax the rich til their rich no more", and desperation "pollution.. no solution" that is played constantly in our media. All of those media assets and the money they generate provide nothing to help chnage the world nor provide us with some insight on what we can do to change the world. The songwriter wants to change the world but doesn't know what to do.
So maybe the song is about shutting off the noise from the media and start to change the world in your own way from what you can do for the greater good. See things clearly about saving the whole world and not looking for the conflicts between the labels the media, politicians and others create.
That's a retty radical idea. Politicians would be against it since they would not be able to leverage their positions (left, right or indifferent) and media outlets would fear that their viewership would drop if the three or four faces on their split screens all agreed with each other.
It reminds me aof a line from a Hendrix song "I'm the one that's going to die when it is time for me to die so let me live my life the way I want to". i originally thought that this meant to be a revolutionary. What I later realized is that it is about setting aside the media and labeling, and it is about living your life.
So what do you think?
I think you have the only intelligent response here. I created an account just to tell this. Thank you!
I think you have the only intelligent response here. I created an account just to tell this. Thank you!
Ditto and amen.
Ditto and amen.
Now that you mention how the lyrics tie in with the "...but I don't know what to do," I actually agree it's mocking.
Now that you mention how the lyrics tie in with the "...but I don't know what to do," I actually agree it's mocking.
@yippie Thank you for the general comment. It makes sense for me of this song that I don't remember hearing before today ( 10/16/2021). From my perspective, it seems as if none of the problems have been solved. I would take the refrain's advice, but with much prayer: that the all- knowing and all-loving God in whom I believe will direct me in doing the good that I can, and bless others of good will.
@yippie Thank you for the general comment. It makes sense for me of this song that I don't remember hearing before today ( 10/16/2021). From my perspective, it seems as if none of the problems have been solved. I would take the refrain's advice, but with much prayer: that the all- knowing and all-loving God in whom I believe will direct me in doing the good that I can, and bless others of good will.