I just read a review where the writer called this an"Anti Trump anthem"....I don't know if that's his interpretation but AIC has never,that I know of made blatant political songs.. most likely it has several layers of subjective meaning.
To me it's referencing drugs, religion,fame, all things people worship until they live it or live through it.
I know Jerry is Athiest,this song gives me Devil Put Dinasaurs Here vibes,but,just my interpretation.
@DoubleD777 Sounds like a lazy reviewer; a reviewer with a hammer and everything looks like a nail; or a reviewer who is looking to find that.
@DoubleD777 Sounds like a lazy reviewer; a reviewer with a hammer and everything looks like a nail; or a reviewer who is looking to find that.
I suppose the song could be about a traveling preacher. That would tie it back to the last album (it could be a traveling con-man or shady circus)
I suppose the song could be about a traveling preacher. That would tie it back to the last album (it could be a traveling con-man or shady circus)
But yeah, I think Alice In Chains tends to take an experience(s) or feeling(s) and generalize it. I can't imagine they would go the other way and take a generalizeable and trap it in a specific's cage.
But yeah, I think Alice In Chains tends to take an experience(s) or feeling(s) and generalize it. I can't imagine they would go the other way and take a generalizeable and trap it in a specific's cage.
I didn't get the impression that Jerry...
I didn't get the impression that Jerry was specifically atheist. The last album indicates he's a skeptic of religion, but I have a feeling he believes in something bigger than himself. Not saying that is capital G God.I could definitely be wrong though. I'm not basing that on anything specific.
I just read a review where the writer called this an"Anti Trump anthem"....I don't know if that's his interpretation but AIC has never,that I know of made blatant political songs.. most likely it has several layers of subjective meaning. To me it's referencing drugs, religion,fame, all things people worship until they live it or live through it. I know Jerry is Athiest,this song gives me Devil Put Dinasaurs Here vibes,but,just my interpretation.
@DoubleD777 Sounds like a lazy reviewer; a reviewer with a hammer and everything looks like a nail; or a reviewer who is looking to find that.
@DoubleD777 Sounds like a lazy reviewer; a reviewer with a hammer and everything looks like a nail; or a reviewer who is looking to find that.
I suppose the song could be about a traveling preacher. That would tie it back to the last album (it could be a traveling con-man or shady circus)
I suppose the song could be about a traveling preacher. That would tie it back to the last album (it could be a traveling con-man or shady circus)
But yeah, I think Alice In Chains tends to take an experience(s) or feeling(s) and generalize it. I can't imagine they would go the other way and take a generalizeable and trap it in a specific's cage.
But yeah, I think Alice In Chains tends to take an experience(s) or feeling(s) and generalize it. I can't imagine they would go the other way and take a generalizeable and trap it in a specific's cage.
I didn't get the impression that Jerry...
I didn't get the impression that Jerry was specifically atheist. The last album indicates he's a skeptic of religion, but I have a feeling he believes in something bigger than himself. Not saying that is capital G God.I could definitely be wrong though. I'm not basing that on anything specific.
@DoubleD777
@DoubleD777
@nutshell02 I saw in an interview a long time ago he said he was Athiest but who knows,lyri
@nutshell02 I saw in an interview a long time ago he said he was Athiest but who knows,lyri
Lyrically it sounds pretty Nihilistic,in general not just the song
Lyrically it sounds pretty Nihilistic,in general not just the song