Firesetsboy, you said exactly what I was thinking when I was reading that other interpretation, so right on.
Expulsive, are you serious? You seem more interested in inserting your own political leanings into the conversation than anything else. You criticize his songwriting as "oversimplification" as if you're not guilty of that yourself in your little review. The comment "he's fallen into the all too familiar trap of emphasising the 'story' (as in, a factual and objectively viewed narrative) in 'history'" makes it completely obvious that you've missed the point entirely. And the whole Marxist/feminist thing? Come on man, go back to watching Sean Hannity. Did you steal this album from your grandson or something?
Anyway, I think Firesetsboy described this song pretty well. As it says at the beginning of the hilarious Hollywood comedy Braveheart, "History is written by those who have murdered heroes."
Firesetsboy, you said exactly what I was thinking when I was reading that other interpretation, so right on.
Expulsive, are you serious? You seem more interested in inserting your own political leanings into the conversation than anything else. You criticize his songwriting as "oversimplification" as if you're not guilty of that yourself in your little review. The comment "he's fallen into the all too familiar trap of emphasising the 'story' (as in, a factual and objectively viewed narrative) in 'history'" makes it completely obvious that you've missed the point entirely. And the whole Marxist/feminist thing? Come on man, go back to watching Sean Hannity. Did you steal this album from your grandson or something?
Anyway, I think Firesetsboy described this song pretty well. As it says at the beginning of the hilarious Hollywood comedy Braveheart, "History is written by those who have murdered heroes."