The grand epic...not really about nuclear fallout, though. It's about hysteria over what seems to be the end of the world.
The British folk melody carries the first third of the song, as the news spreads to every house in this village. When the ground starts shaking - an earthquake, rare in Britain - the townspeople panic, and their reactions range from hiding in their fallout shelters to suicide. Unfortunately for that last couple, the world didn't end...
Basically, it's about something that is all too real in modern society - the sensationalization of disaster. The Deepwater oil spill is the worst in U.S. history, so it gets daily coverage; the seafood business is down a lot more than expected because of the false assumption that ALL Gulf seafood is tainted by oil.
The lyrical twist is a stroke of genius, and truly explains why The Final Frontier takes time to understand. The first listen to this song felt anti-climactic, because the world didn't actually end...but now I understand why it sounded that way. A masterpiece.
The grand epic...not really about nuclear fallout, though. It's about hysteria over what seems to be the end of the world.
The British folk melody carries the first third of the song, as the news spreads to every house in this village. When the ground starts shaking - an earthquake, rare in Britain - the townspeople panic, and their reactions range from hiding in their fallout shelters to suicide. Unfortunately for that last couple, the world didn't end...
Basically, it's about something that is all too real in modern society - the sensationalization of disaster. The Deepwater oil spill is the worst in U.S. history, so it gets daily coverage; the seafood business is down a lot more than expected because of the false assumption that ALL Gulf seafood is tainted by oil.
The lyrical twist is a stroke of genius, and truly explains why The Final Frontier takes time to understand. The first listen to this song felt anti-climactic, because the world didn't actually end...but now I understand why it sounded that way. A masterpiece.