Gabriel is making social comment on the extent and influence of media, ironic considering the song appears early on one of the most adventurous and seminal multimedia explorations at that time. Lenny Bruce, a highly contrivetial comic and social commentatory, banned for his radical observations, is having time off. Marchal Mcluchan, one of the greatest american accademics of media, very heavy stuff, is compared to light weight, popular froth and is shown to be uncharacteristicly disinterested, head buiried etc. Sirens called mariners to their death, some believe they are the source of the mermaid legend, but theres no ships sailing.The cheerleaders wands smell like cyinide, the gas used to execute in the gas chambers, as was Caryl Chessman, a convicted kidnapper, although huge media uproar surronded his execution and doubt as to his guild. He was the last person executed under the "Little Lindbergh" law, brought in following the kidnapping of the baby Lindbergh, where bodily harm was caused to the kidnap victim. Them we have Howard Hughes, a man torn between desparate seclusion and media spotlight, a man whose legacy and interest in his eccentric life style still are a cause of media interest, not least a Hollywood blockbuster. All these character have attracted media and public interest and Gabriel draws them together into a fantacy parade to reinforce the power of image on drawing people into certain opinions and perhaps actions. Rael, a character of multi personality , decends throught the album into a characture of social unrest and the personalities of this song set a perfect scene for how people are influuenced by external factors.
@harliquin I guess that sirens are the speakers that yale ads in your ear since early morning attracting a buyer, who is a sailor on the ship of his soul. Therefore, according to Joyce and therefore Mcluhan if all ad is pornographic, attracting with instincts, then in can steal your soul and lure it to the rocks of consumerism.
@harliquin I guess that sirens are the speakers that yale ads in your ear since early morning attracting a buyer, who is a sailor on the ship of his soul. Therefore, according to Joyce and therefore Mcluhan if all ad is pornographic, attracting with instincts, then in can steal your soul and lure it to the rocks of consumerism.
Gabriel is making social comment on the extent and influence of media, ironic considering the song appears early on one of the most adventurous and seminal multimedia explorations at that time. Lenny Bruce, a highly contrivetial comic and social commentatory, banned for his radical observations, is having time off. Marchal Mcluchan, one of the greatest american accademics of media, very heavy stuff, is compared to light weight, popular froth and is shown to be uncharacteristicly disinterested, head buiried etc. Sirens called mariners to their death, some believe they are the source of the mermaid legend, but theres no ships sailing.The cheerleaders wands smell like cyinide, the gas used to execute in the gas chambers, as was Caryl Chessman, a convicted kidnapper, although huge media uproar surronded his execution and doubt as to his guild. He was the last person executed under the "Little Lindbergh" law, brought in following the kidnapping of the baby Lindbergh, where bodily harm was caused to the kidnap victim. Them we have Howard Hughes, a man torn between desparate seclusion and media spotlight, a man whose legacy and interest in his eccentric life style still are a cause of media interest, not least a Hollywood blockbuster. All these character have attracted media and public interest and Gabriel draws them together into a fantacy parade to reinforce the power of image on drawing people into certain opinions and perhaps actions. Rael, a character of multi personality , decends throught the album into a characture of social unrest and the personalities of this song set a perfect scene for how people are influuenced by external factors.
Marshall McLuhan was Canadian
Marshall McLuhan was Canadian
@harliquin I guess that sirens are the speakers that yale ads in your ear since early morning attracting a buyer, who is a sailor on the ship of his soul. Therefore, according to Joyce and therefore Mcluhan if all ad is pornographic, attracting with instincts, then in can steal your soul and lure it to the rocks of consumerism.
@harliquin I guess that sirens are the speakers that yale ads in your ear since early morning attracting a buyer, who is a sailor on the ship of his soul. Therefore, according to Joyce and therefore Mcluhan if all ad is pornographic, attracting with instincts, then in can steal your soul and lure it to the rocks of consumerism.