Ok, the Mark Chapman reference is a calling for somebody to do something really drastic (like kill). But remember this is tongue and check so its sarcasm.
Second, Jimmy doesn't want the weak emo bands to die; (they will die when nobody buys thier shit anyway)
This brings it down to who does jimmy want dead (sarcastically, and only iconically).
Jimmy wants whoever started the emo craze to die so everybody would stop looking up to this one band and try to be like this one band. (the root of imitation bands needs something to imitate of off.)
Of course he never names one single band for this, but think of this song as a continuation of "I hate jimmy page."
Does Jimmy really hate Jimmy page, No
But Jimmy hated how a generation of guitarist all sounded the same because they all looked up to the same guy, Jimmy Page.
Overall point of the song is: Its ok to have inspirations, but if all you're gonna do is just imitate and never really create your own sound, you are part of the problem and not the solution. The music world would be stangnet, with new fans liking slightly different versions of the same shit.
To put the seriousness of this message, not even Jimmy says he is the solution:
"Don't look to me
I do not lead
I'm just in front
And their all following
Some other mother fucker
Without the balls or cojones
To take a hold of the reins
And use them"
This message could be said of a lot of things besides music. In every form of entertainment, if all you're gonna do is imitate what you like, then you're part of the problem. Its not hard to imitate what MSI has done before, and that is why MSI has to evolve their own sound. Yes we will never get the 'tight' era back, but its for our own good.
Ok, the Mark Chapman reference is a calling for somebody to do something really drastic (like kill). But remember this is tongue and check so its sarcasm.
Second, Jimmy doesn't want the weak emo bands to die; (they will die when nobody buys thier shit anyway)
This brings it down to who does jimmy want dead (sarcastically, and only iconically).
Jimmy wants whoever started the emo craze to die so everybody would stop looking up to this one band and try to be like this one band. (the root of imitation bands needs something to imitate of off.)
Of course he never names one single band for this, but think of this song as a continuation of "I hate jimmy page."
Does Jimmy really hate Jimmy page, No
But Jimmy hated how a generation of guitarist all sounded the same because they all looked up to the same guy, Jimmy Page.
Overall point of the song is: Its ok to have inspirations, but if all you're gonna do is just imitate and never really create your own sound, you are part of the problem and not the solution. The music world would be stangnet, with new fans liking slightly different versions of the same shit.
To put the seriousness of this message, not even Jimmy says he is the solution: "Don't look to me I do not lead I'm just in front And their all following
Some other mother fucker Without the balls or cojones To take a hold of the reins And use them"
This message could be said of a lot of things besides music. In every form of entertainment, if all you're gonna do is imitate what you like, then you're part of the problem. Its not hard to imitate what MSI has done before, and that is why MSI has to evolve their own sound. Yes we will never get the 'tight' era back, but its for our own good.
Cheek week their stagnant
Cheek week their stagnant
Slow down.
Slow down.