Frank Black is a huge sci-if fan, and he wrote this song based on a triolgy of books about colonizing Mars from author Kim Stanley Robinson. Robinson wrote three books (first novellas), “Red Mars,” “Green Mars,” and “Blue Mars.” These novellas are references in the lyrics; “ When they do they're gonna make that green map blue.”
@Cheule Did you literally just write this 11 minutes ago? That’s so weird, because I was thinking about this song all day and couldn’t get it out of my mind. (EDIT: Never mind, “11m” is apparently 11 months, not minutes.) I’ve loved this album since it came out, and always assumed “Big Red” was about terraforming and colonizing Mars, but the “gonna turn that green map blue” part didn’t fit into that because Mars is, you know, red. The added context of the Kim Stanley Robinson novels makes it make sense. I haven’t read anything by that author; I’ll have...
@Cheule Did you literally just write this 11 minutes ago? That’s so weird, because I was thinking about this song all day and couldn’t get it out of my mind. (EDIT: Never mind, “11m” is apparently 11 months, not minutes.) I’ve loved this album since it came out, and always assumed “Big Red” was about terraforming and colonizing Mars, but the “gonna turn that green map blue” part didn’t fit into that because Mars is, you know, red. The added context of the Kim Stanley Robinson novels makes it make sense. I haven’t read anything by that author; I’ll have to check them out.
@Cheule Our little green planet getting hotter and hotter, the ice caps melting turning it bluer and bluer, and Big Red everywhere you look... Humanity never has been comfortable with fortune tellers, yet they have appeared over and over throughout history, all over the world. Would you speak an uncomfortable thought/truth/idea that others could not see (that you could not prove)? People might think your crrraaazzzzyyyyyyy lol But then, I got them fazer eyes locked on me. Teenager of the Year is one of my favorite albums. Saw him on tour for it at The Cats Cradle in Chapel Hill...
@Cheule Our little green planet getting hotter and hotter, the ice caps melting turning it bluer and bluer, and Big Red everywhere you look... Humanity never has been comfortable with fortune tellers, yet they have appeared over and over throughout history, all over the world. Would you speak an uncomfortable thought/truth/idea that others could not see (that you could not prove)? People might think your crrraaazzzzyyyyyyy lol But then, I got them fazer eyes locked on me. Teenager of the Year is one of my favorite albums. Saw him on tour for it at The Cats Cradle in Chapel Hill NC back in the day❤️
Frank Black is a huge sci-if fan, and he wrote this song based on a triolgy of books about colonizing Mars from author Kim Stanley Robinson. Robinson wrote three books (first novellas), “Red Mars,” “Green Mars,” and “Blue Mars.” These novellas are references in the lyrics; “ When they do they're gonna make that green map blue.”
@Cheule Did you literally just write this 11 minutes ago? That’s so weird, because I was thinking about this song all day and couldn’t get it out of my mind. (EDIT: Never mind, “11m” is apparently 11 months, not minutes.) I’ve loved this album since it came out, and always assumed “Big Red” was about terraforming and colonizing Mars, but the “gonna turn that green map blue” part didn’t fit into that because Mars is, you know, red. The added context of the Kim Stanley Robinson novels makes it make sense. I haven’t read anything by that author; I’ll have...
@Cheule Did you literally just write this 11 minutes ago? That’s so weird, because I was thinking about this song all day and couldn’t get it out of my mind. (EDIT: Never mind, “11m” is apparently 11 months, not minutes.) I’ve loved this album since it came out, and always assumed “Big Red” was about terraforming and colonizing Mars, but the “gonna turn that green map blue” part didn’t fit into that because Mars is, you know, red. The added context of the Kim Stanley Robinson novels makes it make sense. I haven’t read anything by that author; I’ll have to check them out.
@Cheule Our little green planet getting hotter and hotter, the ice caps melting turning it bluer and bluer, and Big Red everywhere you look... Humanity never has been comfortable with fortune tellers, yet they have appeared over and over throughout history, all over the world. Would you speak an uncomfortable thought/truth/idea that others could not see (that you could not prove)? People might think your crrraaazzzzyyyyyyy lol But then, I got them fazer eyes locked on me. Teenager of the Year is one of my favorite albums. Saw him on tour for it at The Cats Cradle in Chapel Hill...
@Cheule Our little green planet getting hotter and hotter, the ice caps melting turning it bluer and bluer, and Big Red everywhere you look... Humanity never has been comfortable with fortune tellers, yet they have appeared over and over throughout history, all over the world. Would you speak an uncomfortable thought/truth/idea that others could not see (that you could not prove)? People might think your crrraaazzzzyyyyyyy lol But then, I got them fazer eyes locked on me. Teenager of the Year is one of my favorite albums. Saw him on tour for it at The Cats Cradle in Chapel Hill NC back in the day❤️