This song is against all forms of ideology, which specifically includes religion but also politics. He is saying that there is something wrong with breaking up the world into rigid categories that separate people, as ideologies tend to do. Here we have a celebration of everything that defies or resists categorization. The line, "party, party, party, party, party, party, now afterparty!" is mocking the idea that political parties represent anything meaningful or close to the truth. As in the beginning--
First time I had read the Bible
It had stroke me as unwitty
I think it may started rumor
That the Lord ain't got no humor
To him, religion is humorless, narrow, and like the blind followers of the party line, leads to a "Nazi uniformity" that is actually dangerous and potentially harmful.
Do you have sex maniacs
Or schizophreniacs
Or the astrophysicists in your family?
Was your grandma anti anti?
Was my grandpa bounty bounty?
They ask in embassy!
This is the type of ludicrous questioning he or perhaps his ancestors may have been subjected to back in Russia, but also it could apply to the suspicion and coldness an immigrant feels directed towards him in a new country. The song mentions an embassy, but it could be anywhere.
String theory is "super" because in his mind, it's anti-ideology: unpredictable, free, spontaneous, rule-bending, and revolutionary. Some people want to live inside an ideology, so he imagines living inside string theory ("Put me inside SSC..."), where all the exclusions and controls of daily life can disappear. But I think we can all relate to this desire for a split-free existence, where the part is not separate from the whole, and where the rules work differently or not as we assumed.
Choas theory supersedes string theory but both are far superior to the ridiculous science in the bible. Science has all but been wiped out by discredit over and over again by different religious/political quests- in the form here as an "embassy" that tries to deny you access, therefore, gaining power. Like the scientific method that has to discount every option before reaching a conclusion. Facts take years of concentrated effort to prove or you can just lie, like spies do.
Choas theory supersedes string theory but both are far superior to the ridiculous science in the bible. Science has all but been wiped out by discredit over and over again by different religious/political quests- in the form here as an "embassy" that tries to deny you access, therefore, gaining power. Like the scientific method that has to discount every option before reaching a conclusion. Facts take years of concentrated effort to prove or you can just lie, like spies do.
Party Party Party- Afterparty is my favorite part because it unites these two themes of politics and...
Party Party Party- Afterparty is my favorite part because it unites these two themes of politics and religion. It's like replying "yes, please" to the question of "Sex?".
"Are you politically active?"
"Yes. I vote Afterparty!"
If we collectively decide to stop giving our time and energy to power-hungry politicians and god-worship, what are we left to awe at but ourselves- We're amazing! They'll still exist, but I don't care. I'm in too busy awe-ing myself.
This song is against all forms of ideology, which specifically includes religion but also politics. He is saying that there is something wrong with breaking up the world into rigid categories that separate people, as ideologies tend to do. Here we have a celebration of everything that defies or resists categorization. The line, "party, party, party, party, party, party, now afterparty!" is mocking the idea that political parties represent anything meaningful or close to the truth. As in the beginning--
First time I had read the Bible It had stroke me as unwitty I think it may started rumor That the Lord ain't got no humor
To him, religion is humorless, narrow, and like the blind followers of the party line, leads to a "Nazi uniformity" that is actually dangerous and potentially harmful.
Do you have sex maniacs Or schizophreniacs Or the astrophysicists in your family? Was your grandma anti anti? Was my grandpa bounty bounty? They ask in embassy!
This is the type of ludicrous questioning he or perhaps his ancestors may have been subjected to back in Russia, but also it could apply to the suspicion and coldness an immigrant feels directed towards him in a new country. The song mentions an embassy, but it could be anywhere.
String theory is "super" because in his mind, it's anti-ideology: unpredictable, free, spontaneous, rule-bending, and revolutionary. Some people want to live inside an ideology, so he imagines living inside string theory ("Put me inside SSC..."), where all the exclusions and controls of daily life can disappear. But I think we can all relate to this desire for a split-free existence, where the part is not separate from the whole, and where the rules work differently or not as we assumed.
Choas theory supersedes string theory but both are far superior to the ridiculous science in the bible. Science has all but been wiped out by discredit over and over again by different religious/political quests- in the form here as an "embassy" that tries to deny you access, therefore, gaining power. Like the scientific method that has to discount every option before reaching a conclusion. Facts take years of concentrated effort to prove or you can just lie, like spies do.
Choas theory supersedes string theory but both are far superior to the ridiculous science in the bible. Science has all but been wiped out by discredit over and over again by different religious/political quests- in the form here as an "embassy" that tries to deny you access, therefore, gaining power. Like the scientific method that has to discount every option before reaching a conclusion. Facts take years of concentrated effort to prove or you can just lie, like spies do.
Party Party Party- Afterparty is my favorite part because it unites these two themes of politics and...
Party Party Party- Afterparty is my favorite part because it unites these two themes of politics and religion. It's like replying "yes, please" to the question of "Sex?".
"Are you politically active?" "Yes. I vote Afterparty!"
If we collectively decide to stop giving our time and energy to power-hungry politicians and god-worship, what are we left to awe at but ourselves- We're amazing! They'll still exist, but I don't care. I'm in too busy awe-ing myself.