I'm the chairman of the board.
I'm a Lincoln monologue, I'm livin' like a God,
I'm bored.
Just another slimy bore.
and spend my cash until the end,
'cause I'm bored!
I'm bored!
I'm the chairman of the board.
I'm sick of all my kicks. I'm sick of all the stiffs, I'm sick of all the dips, I'm bored.
'cause I'm bored!
I'm bored!
Just another dirty bore!
Alright now, face, come out and bore me!
I am sick of all my kicks! I'm sick of all the stiffs, I'm sick of all the dips, I'm sick!
I'm sick when I go to sleep at night, I'm still sick in the broad daylight,
'Cause I'm bored!
I'm bored!
I'm the chairman of the board!
Wrong and wrong. Iggy Pop is known for his brilliant sarcasm. When society accommodates you with everything you could possibly have, your life lacks substance. This song also expresses the shallowness of boredom and how "bored" has become just one of those words that mean nothing and that people merely throw around as a euphemism for their emptiness. Moreso a very poetic satire of a bourgeois plane of existence than an expression of real boredom. Boredom is simple. It's the way people use the word that is complicated.
interesting, infinity.
interesting, infinity.
but i think the earlier posters right. this is just a song about boredom.
but i think the earlier posters right. this is just a song about boredom.
Did anybody else get the impression he was bored after listening this over the years..?
IM BOOOOOOOOOOOOORED
this song obviously has a deep meaning, i think it means when you don't have anything to do, you get bored. he must be bored.
Yeah, or like he can't find anything interesting in his life anymore, cause all the things he used to like don't mean much to him anymore
I always thought it was "lengthily" monologue and living like a "dog".
@koolkitties It is. The lyrics are "I'm a lengthy monologue, I'm livin' like a dog". Most of the lyrics on the net are riddled with errors.
@koolkitties It is. The lyrics are "I'm a lengthy monologue, I'm livin' like a dog". Most of the lyrics on the net are riddled with errors.
@koolkitties Funnily enough I always heard it as "Lincoln monologue", which would be unfair because Lincoln's Gettysburg address has just 271 words, compared with Edward Everett's oration on the same day that droned on for hours and hours
@koolkitties Funnily enough I always heard it as "Lincoln monologue", which would be unfair because Lincoln's Gettysburg address has just 271 words, compared with Edward Everett's oration on the same day that droned on for hours and hours
I think that Iggy is sure that because he is bored, his value is lower and he feels like nothing. Just one bored human being without purpose, without meaning.