I like the mindset that anyone, no matter how far beyond 'normal'/'acceptable' they may have strayed, is a fit subject for art, and that it's worth giving their mindscape a serious and compassionate look.
Reminds me of Bruce Springsteen's song 'Paradise', which takes on the perspective of a suicide bomber. Though that's a little more serious in mood than I take Devendra to be here.
Seems to me that Dev is in a good position to be as daring as he is in this song because of the general wackiness of his previous stuff, and the fact that he often takes on a persona for a song that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with himself, but is just something he found interesting.
I like the mindset that anyone, no matter how far beyond 'normal'/'acceptable' they may have strayed, is a fit subject for art, and that it's worth giving their mindscape a serious and compassionate look.
Reminds me of Bruce Springsteen's song 'Paradise', which takes on the perspective of a suicide bomber. Though that's a little more serious in mood than I take Devendra to be here.
Seems to me that Dev is in a good position to be as daring as he is in this song because of the general wackiness of his previous stuff, and the fact that he often takes on a persona for a song that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with himself, but is just something he found interesting.