A protest song about Neoliberalism. Being told "this is the time to buy", amid all the chaos, is the ultimate symbol of it. All the insanity when people lose their material things (new mink stole), when they find themselves out of the social loop (put me back in my cage) are more comments on the wrongness of the world. It's a place to live your life... if you want to live an unfulfilling life that is controlled in every aspect through consumerism.
A protest song about Neoliberalism. Being told "this is the time to buy", amid all the chaos, is the ultimate symbol of it. All the insanity when people lose their material things (new mink stole), when they find themselves out of the social loop (put me back in my cage) are more comments on the wrongness of the world. It's a place to live your life... if you want to live an unfulfilling life that is controlled in every aspect through consumerism.
@2oontown seems to be the most plausible explanation, as DEVO regularly critises exactly this aspect of society
@2oontown seems to be the most plausible explanation, as DEVO regularly critises exactly this aspect of society