A great song - one of Rainbow's lyrical high points. With technology, industry, over-population, pollution, and the arms race all running at full speed (and seemingly out of control), it looked like the end of the world was at hand. Rainbow (Roger Glover specifically, I believe) commented on this situation. The frenetic verses lay out his case with the choruses presenting the defense. The final line of the song undercuts the defense wonderfully and simply - "Can it?".
I appreciate the rhythmic quality of the lines in this song, the cool rhyming scheme, and the words themselves. This is a smart and very underrated song.
A great song - one of Rainbow's lyrical high points. With technology, industry, over-population, pollution, and the arms race all running at full speed (and seemingly out of control), it looked like the end of the world was at hand. Rainbow (Roger Glover specifically, I believe) commented on this situation. The frenetic verses lay out his case with the choruses presenting the defense. The final line of the song undercuts the defense wonderfully and simply - "Can it?".
I appreciate the rhythmic quality of the lines in this song, the cool rhyming scheme, and the words themselves. This is a smart and very underrated song.