The term "Son of Sam" doesn't have relation to Manson or Bundy, only Berkowitz, who didn't rape his victims. Berkowitz was a very detached killer. It wasn't about power or revenge, it was about attention for the Son of Sam.
For anyone who's focused on Max's writing for any real length of time, it increases the unlikelihood of this song being as you described it. Max has always written about personal experiences. The farthest he's strayed was "Horrorscope." And all of his post-Eve 6-breakup writing is incredibly sincere, and incredibly personal.
Also, why would Max write such a sympathetic song about such a bad person? And I didn't think "secret love" was synonymous with rape. Plus, there are the live lyrics; the brief coda Max adds onto the song. "Up on the altar; I'm sinking in." Face it, Max is a very skilled and very cryptic writer. He writes songs to express his feelings towards certain people that have affected him. Being able to stretch connections between the connotations of certain phrases and terms doesn't give any credibility to the argument.
Also, what's your rationale for thinking this is about "Friend of Mine"s attacker? Anyway?
You kind of got my thoughts on it there...basically, I think that Max is singing about someone he knows who isn't a great person, but Max speaks in sympathy, not anger. He sees the events that led to the person becoming who they are, and he feels for the guy's pain, but offers a plea to pull it together and realize who he is and what he does to other people.
You kind of got my thoughts on it there...basically, I think that Max is singing about someone he knows who isn't a great person, but Max speaks in sympathy, not anger. He sees the events that led to the person becoming who they are, and he feels for the guy's pain, but offers a plea to pull it together and realize who he is and what he does to other people.
Selfisheather, I think you're...way off.
The term "Son of Sam" doesn't have relation to Manson or Bundy, only Berkowitz, who didn't rape his victims. Berkowitz was a very detached killer. It wasn't about power or revenge, it was about attention for the Son of Sam.
For anyone who's focused on Max's writing for any real length of time, it increases the unlikelihood of this song being as you described it. Max has always written about personal experiences. The farthest he's strayed was "Horrorscope." And all of his post-Eve 6-breakup writing is incredibly sincere, and incredibly personal.
Also, why would Max write such a sympathetic song about such a bad person? And I didn't think "secret love" was synonymous with rape. Plus, there are the live lyrics; the brief coda Max adds onto the song. "Up on the altar; I'm sinking in." Face it, Max is a very skilled and very cryptic writer. He writes songs to express his feelings towards certain people that have affected him. Being able to stretch connections between the connotations of certain phrases and terms doesn't give any credibility to the argument.
Also, what's your rationale for thinking this is about "Friend of Mine"s attacker? Anyway?
You kind of got my thoughts on it there...basically, I think that Max is singing about someone he knows who isn't a great person, but Max speaks in sympathy, not anger. He sees the events that led to the person becoming who they are, and he feels for the guy's pain, but offers a plea to pull it together and realize who he is and what he does to other people.
You kind of got my thoughts on it there...basically, I think that Max is singing about someone he knows who isn't a great person, but Max speaks in sympathy, not anger. He sees the events that led to the person becoming who they are, and he feels for the guy's pain, but offers a plea to pull it together and realize who he is and what he does to other people.