Good people: False prophets play a large part in My Stars, but as Desperado70 indicated, the last words of the song comes from the original 1951 science fiction classic "THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL"
The song posits that once you strip away all the philosophy of existence (in humanoid form) relative to the universe and the tactical doctrine of "Mutually Assured Destruction", the movie's "protagonist" Klaatu is less a benefactor saving the Earth (and subsequently the universe) from itself, and more of a fascist forcing the will of unseen entities upon our planet in the name of doing "what's good for us". Instead of a benevolent- if somewhat dispassionate - Klaatu, the song asks what if instead he dropped all pretense, used the doubtless legions of disillusioned humans that would be attracted by his very existence as his own army, and along with his faithful companion wreaked destruction, threatening entire annihilation, if his every whim was not addressed.
The words "Gort- Klaatu barada nikto" are the words a confined/injured Klaatu has Patricia Neal's character Helen say to his helpful robot pal in order to rescue Klaatu. Gort, well, he makes a statement with his response.
Along the way ACG throw in colorful terms, sprinkling the song with imagery that suggests a tilted reality suitably skewed to this world and its themes, even if they weren't directly lifted from the film.
ACG, thank you so much for this and all your incredible work. What material.
"Come all you faithful..."
Good people: False prophets play a large part in My Stars, but as Desperado70 indicated, the last words of the song comes from the original 1951 science fiction classic "THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL" The song posits that once you strip away all the philosophy of existence (in humanoid form) relative to the universe and the tactical doctrine of "Mutually Assured Destruction", the movie's "protagonist" Klaatu is less a benefactor saving the Earth (and subsequently the universe) from itself, and more of a fascist forcing the will of unseen entities upon our planet in the name of doing "what's good for us". Instead of a benevolent- if somewhat dispassionate - Klaatu, the song asks what if instead he dropped all pretense, used the doubtless legions of disillusioned humans that would be attracted by his very existence as his own army, and along with his faithful companion wreaked destruction, threatening entire annihilation, if his every whim was not addressed. The words "Gort- Klaatu barada nikto" are the words a confined/injured Klaatu has Patricia Neal's character Helen say to his helpful robot pal in order to rescue Klaatu. Gort, well, he makes a statement with his response. Along the way ACG throw in colorful terms, sprinkling the song with imagery that suggests a tilted reality suitably skewed to this world and its themes, even if they weren't directly lifted from the film. ACG, thank you so much for this and all your incredible work. What material.