I think this song is less anti-war and more of a wake-up call on how people are totally willing to ignore all the bad things going on in the world (such as a war) yet pay close attention to this unbelievably unimportant things in comparison.
We buy and consume readily, and partially to the discretion of our government and its minions in the media and business (or is it the other way 'round?), which in the end only contributes to supporting causes such as war and violence which we should be fighting.
So while people are out there dying in a war, dying for us, we just blindly look away while we listen to commercial pop tunes and concern ourselves with our everyday materialism, and all the government and media is willing to do is support this and all of our other non-dissent-like actions.
This song is easily summed up with the lyrics "we're buying everything that they're selling" because no matter what it is: propaganda or toys, we spend ourselves on them willingly.
Different but good style for the Bandits. 'cept I sorely miss the horns, because damn, could they add some funk or sex to a song that might otherwise just fall flat.
I think this song is less anti-war and more of a wake-up call on how people are totally willing to ignore all the bad things going on in the world (such as a war) yet pay close attention to this unbelievably unimportant things in comparison.
We buy and consume readily, and partially to the discretion of our government and its minions in the media and business (or is it the other way 'round?), which in the end only contributes to supporting causes such as war and violence which we should be fighting.
So while people are out there dying in a war, dying for us, we just blindly look away while we listen to commercial pop tunes and concern ourselves with our everyday materialism, and all the government and media is willing to do is support this and all of our other non-dissent-like actions.
This song is easily summed up with the lyrics "we're buying everything that they're selling" because no matter what it is: propaganda or toys, we spend ourselves on them willingly.
Different but good style for the Bandits. 'cept I sorely miss the horns, because damn, could they add some funk or sex to a song that might otherwise just fall flat.