I think it's quite sad that so much attention has been paid to the whole Blaise Bailey thing. It's obvious the guy is a fraud, a plagiarist and a down right idiot as well. The band didn't know about his plagiarism until they were interviewed and the interviewer brought up the fact it was from an Iron Maiden song. It's perhaps not coincidence, then, that Godspeed stopped putting in the vocal samples for Yanqui, don't you think? Perhaps they were embarrassed for putting it on and taking this guy's words as gospel and as a mirror to the meaning they put in the music. Which is understandable.
But it's not necessary. Whilst we can go on and on about how it makes the song ironic, (which, to a certain extent, is true), it doesn't take away the beauty and power of the music, or the piece of art as a whole. I still get chills at the last segment, they are just one of the most sublime bands of all time. And this is when they started developing the Godspeed trademark of crescendo to the extent that you can hear on Lift yr skinny fists and Yanqui. It's just a bit disappointing that you can't take that guy's message as so pertinent.
I think it's quite sad that so much attention has been paid to the whole Blaise Bailey thing. It's obvious the guy is a fraud, a plagiarist and a down right idiot as well. The band didn't know about his plagiarism until they were interviewed and the interviewer brought up the fact it was from an Iron Maiden song. It's perhaps not coincidence, then, that Godspeed stopped putting in the vocal samples for Yanqui, don't you think? Perhaps they were embarrassed for putting it on and taking this guy's words as gospel and as a mirror to the meaning they put in the music. Which is understandable.
But it's not necessary. Whilst we can go on and on about how it makes the song ironic, (which, to a certain extent, is true), it doesn't take away the beauty and power of the music, or the piece of art as a whole. I still get chills at the last segment, they are just one of the most sublime bands of all time. And this is when they started developing the Godspeed trademark of crescendo to the extent that you can hear on Lift yr skinny fists and Yanqui. It's just a bit disappointing that you can't take that guy's message as so pertinent.