In a sense you're right that it is about shitty 9-5's. But I think the larger point Aesop tries to make in a number of songs (9-5er's anthem, big bang, labor days, tugboat complex pt. 1,2,3 etc. ) is similar to Marx's "Alienation of Labor" (its a short essay with a lot of great points.. check it out) which is that the modern and post-modern societies are brainwashed into thinking that 9-5 and wage labor are ideal for most people which is in fact quite questionable. Also, check out Ishmael by Daniel Quinn which is literally a book version of Big Bang (on Float). The point being that since the agricultural revolution ("fertile circle turned fertile crescent, via bad investment") civilizations have been building without considering their ultimate direction and similarly workers produce and produce for capital which is ultimately valueless. Sorry if this sounds like my philosophy, seriously if you listen it's in tons of Aesop songs though.
this is my favorite Aesop song. He's the only rapper i've found who lays it down with such depth, insight, purpose and meaning.
Keep the discussion up! I want to hear what more people have to say because i can't figure out all the lines, especially in this song.
Yeah, I'd say 9-5 day in day out labour is Aesop's most recurring theme in his stuff. I love analysing Aesop's songs but I have to say not all of it has to have a meaning.
Yeah, I'd say 9-5 day in day out labour is Aesop's most recurring theme in his stuff. I love analysing Aesop's songs but I have to say not all of it has to have a meaning.
I mean we could take it line by line and try and decide what he's getting at and we'd probably find that some lines don't seem to have much of a point/are just there for poetry value/just sounds nice. But treating all the lines as one big.. well.. song, we can get the message or at least some layers of the message, uknow?...
I mean we could take it line by line and try and decide what he's getting at and we'd probably find that some lines don't seem to have much of a point/are just there for poetry value/just sounds nice. But treating all the lines as one big.. well.. song, we can get the message or at least some layers of the message, uknow?
In a sense you're right that it is about shitty 9-5's. But I think the larger point Aesop tries to make in a number of songs (9-5er's anthem, big bang, labor days, tugboat complex pt. 1,2,3 etc. ) is similar to Marx's "Alienation of Labor" (its a short essay with a lot of great points.. check it out) which is that the modern and post-modern societies are brainwashed into thinking that 9-5 and wage labor are ideal for most people which is in fact quite questionable. Also, check out Ishmael by Daniel Quinn which is literally a book version of Big Bang (on Float). The point being that since the agricultural revolution ("fertile circle turned fertile crescent, via bad investment") civilizations have been building without considering their ultimate direction and similarly workers produce and produce for capital which is ultimately valueless. Sorry if this sounds like my philosophy, seriously if you listen it's in tons of Aesop songs though.
this is my favorite Aesop song. He's the only rapper i've found who lays it down with such depth, insight, purpose and meaning.
Keep the discussion up! I want to hear what more people have to say because i can't figure out all the lines, especially in this song.
Yeah, I'd say 9-5 day in day out labour is Aesop's most recurring theme in his stuff. I love analysing Aesop's songs but I have to say not all of it has to have a meaning.
Yeah, I'd say 9-5 day in day out labour is Aesop's most recurring theme in his stuff. I love analysing Aesop's songs but I have to say not all of it has to have a meaning.
I mean we could take it line by line and try and decide what he's getting at and we'd probably find that some lines don't seem to have much of a point/are just there for poetry value/just sounds nice. But treating all the lines as one big.. well.. song, we can get the message or at least some layers of the message, uknow?...
I mean we could take it line by line and try and decide what he's getting at and we'd probably find that some lines don't seem to have much of a point/are just there for poetry value/just sounds nice. But treating all the lines as one big.. well.. song, we can get the message or at least some layers of the message, uknow?
amazing stuff, no? :D
amazing stuff, no? :D