01.11.2008, 04:37 AM | #1 |
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What do you get from the lyrics? I always thought it was kind of bleak, that they are so disillusioned with the current state they are just going to do whatever they do. Or am I wrong?
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01.11.2008, 04:54 AM | #2 |
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You're aware, I assume, that the song's working title was "J Masicis For President"?
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01.11.2008, 04:56 AM | #3 |
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No I was not aware of that.
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01.11.2008, 05:04 AM | #4 |
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Ah, that'll be because I got my facts very slightly wrong:
"...the song's working title was "Rock And Roll For President"; the song was supposedly written about a fantasy world where J Mascis is president." "Its (DDN's) opening track, Teen Age Riot, is a manifesto for the slackerdom that would reach its apotheosis with grunge's apathetic shoulder-shrug. Written as a tribute to J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr (who, along with Pixies and Sonic Youth, helped create the atmosphere that made Nirvana's success possible), it starts off with beautiful washes of guitar, before jump-starting with the most immediate riff the band had even written. It imagines a world in which Mascis, who comes "running in on platform shoes, with Marshall stacks, to at least just give us a clue", is the president. Hoping for a revolution - "it takes a teenage riot to get me out of bed right now" sang Moore - it was, in the end, instrumental in creating one." |
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01.11.2008, 05:04 AM | #5 |
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Yes, it is about a world where J Mascis is the leader of the US. Srsly.
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01.11.2008, 05:09 AM | #6 |
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Ah thanks for that sonicl.
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Glad to be of service. I think I'll go back to bed now.
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01.11.2008, 05:13 AM | #8 |
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Dammit, sonicl beat me to glory. SRS look at post time.
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01.11.2008, 07:07 AM | #9 |
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