Love the band, Love the Song ... and I just saw them perform on the "Buried Alive" tour Nov. 23rd in Estero, Florida and "Critical Acclaim" was the 2nd song in the set.
Until a few minutes ago, I too thought this was a "two sided" song with lyrics that could be interpreted as critical of BOTH the President (who, at the time the song was written in 2007, was George Bush) and Democrats (or, frankly, people of ANY political party who merely complain and gripe about the government but are too lazy to do anything about it).
Unfortunately for me (since I'm a registered Democrat - but more "middle of the road" than 100% Liberal) ... Shadows has said that the song is COMPLETELY pro-Republican, and solely aimed at criticizing Liberals and Democrats. In the link below to YouTube video of a radio station interview (where he's accompanied by Synyster Gates), Shadows makes it crystal clear that he has a lot of animosity toward Liberals (and he also implies that this is the position of the band as a whole).
I'm a bit surprised to hear this ... but it's still a great song.
@christoq We had liberal crap here (non US) a few years back too, now we´ve got a lot of right wing oingo boingo going round. I'm somewhere in the middle, left wing in some issues, right wing in others. What I get from the interview is that it´s about basically, people like us. A shout out to normal people who want to get real (and realistic); who try not to be the ones that ´know the most´ but do the least.
@christoq We had liberal crap here (non US) a few years back too, now we´ve got a lot of right wing oingo boingo going round. I'm somewhere in the middle, left wing in some issues, right wing in others. What I get from the interview is that it´s about basically, people like us. A shout out to normal people who want to get real (and realistic); who try not to be the ones that ´know the most´ but do the least.
A quick jot down of what Matt says in the interview (please forgive any mistakes):
The question is:...
A quick jot down of what Matt says in the interview (please forgive any mistakes):
The question is: why did you put this song out first.
Matt´s part of the reply:
Musically, you know, we thought it kicked ass.
And then lyrically you know, like, especially living in the coast, I'm just so sick of so much like... liberal crap shoved down our throats. Like, there´s a lot of real people in the middle of the country that do a lot for this country and we´re just giving a shout out to those people. The people in the armed forces, the people that are... you know, growing our food, the people who are driving trucks to make sure everyone´s fed, the people. The people that just eh.. that are the heartbeat of this country, so that´s what this song is about. I´m so sick of all these bands complaining about everything and doing all this stuff, but... I guess we´re just complaining on the other side.
Love the band, Love the Song ... and I just saw them perform on the "Buried Alive" tour Nov. 23rd in Estero, Florida and "Critical Acclaim" was the 2nd song in the set.
Until a few minutes ago, I too thought this was a "two sided" song with lyrics that could be interpreted as critical of BOTH the President (who, at the time the song was written in 2007, was George Bush) and Democrats (or, frankly, people of ANY political party who merely complain and gripe about the government but are too lazy to do anything about it).
Unfortunately for me (since I'm a registered Democrat - but more "middle of the road" than 100% Liberal) ... Shadows has said that the song is COMPLETELY pro-Republican, and solely aimed at criticizing Liberals and Democrats. In the link below to YouTube video of a radio station interview (where he's accompanied by Synyster Gates), Shadows makes it crystal clear that he has a lot of animosity toward Liberals (and he also implies that this is the position of the band as a whole).
I'm a bit surprised to hear this ... but it's still a great song.
Here's the link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qInS9JO6wQs
I always thought this was against the West Borro Baptist church. Meh.
I always thought this was against the West Borro Baptist church. Meh.
@christoq We had liberal crap here (non US) a few years back too, now we´ve got a lot of right wing oingo boingo going round. I'm somewhere in the middle, left wing in some issues, right wing in others. What I get from the interview is that it´s about basically, people like us. A shout out to normal people who want to get real (and realistic); who try not to be the ones that ´know the most´ but do the least.
@christoq We had liberal crap here (non US) a few years back too, now we´ve got a lot of right wing oingo boingo going round. I'm somewhere in the middle, left wing in some issues, right wing in others. What I get from the interview is that it´s about basically, people like us. A shout out to normal people who want to get real (and realistic); who try not to be the ones that ´know the most´ but do the least.
A quick jot down of what Matt says in the interview (please forgive any mistakes): The question is:...
A quick jot down of what Matt says in the interview (please forgive any mistakes): The question is: why did you put this song out first.
Matt´s part of the reply: Musically, you know, we thought it kicked ass. And then lyrically you know, like, especially living in the coast, I'm just so sick of so much like... liberal crap shoved down our throats. Like, there´s a lot of real people in the middle of the country that do a lot for this country and we´re just giving a shout out to those people. The people in the armed forces, the people that are... you know, growing our food, the people who are driving trucks to make sure everyone´s fed, the people. The people that just eh.. that are the heartbeat of this country, so that´s what this song is about. I´m so sick of all these bands complaining about everything and doing all this stuff, but... I guess we´re just complaining on the other side.