At the 21st Century Breakdown tour in Albany (awesome show, get tickets if you can find them), Billy Joe actually gave an insight into what the song means. He said to throw your hands up if you were tired of your boss, your job, being stuck behind a computer, hearing and seeing the same recycled songs, shows, commercials, and being bombarded with corporate, political, and religious messages every hour of the day at every corner. Then he said that he was sick of it too, and that it never seems to end because we live in 'The Static Age'.
So, in other words, the 'static' is the saturation of our lives with ads, political garbage, bad news, and never being left to create our own thoughts about things, express our own opinions without having the 'right' answers poured down our throats on the radio, on tv, and the internet, etc.
At the 21st Century Breakdown tour in Albany (awesome show, get tickets if you can find them), Billy Joe actually gave an insight into what the song means. He said to throw your hands up if you were tired of your boss, your job, being stuck behind a computer, hearing and seeing the same recycled songs, shows, commercials, and being bombarded with corporate, political, and religious messages every hour of the day at every corner. Then he said that he was sick of it too, and that it never seems to end because we live in 'The Static Age'.
So, in other words, the 'static' is the saturation of our lives with ads, political garbage, bad news, and never being left to create our own thoughts about things, express our own opinions without having the 'right' answers poured down our throats on the radio, on tv, and the internet, etc.
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