Button Basher
09-22-2004, 10:42 PM
I'm in a crazy thinking mood so here goes.
There's a drum 'n' bass track that I love called 'We want your soul' (the remix by Ed Rush and Optical).
What I love about this track is that it has a message, and that's pretty irregular in DnB. The main vocal line is a creepy, almost robotic womans voice talking about 'your lives, your homes, your cars, your cash' etc, listing items to the point where it sounds like a cheesy, subliminal TV ad, accompanied by a sample of what sounds like evil schoolgirls shouting 'we want your soul'.
I was talking to my mate about it whilst smoking one time and I explained my theory. The tune was made by an American producer but I feel it reflects on most countries with an economy. It's saying how our lives revolve entirely around commercialism, it's everywhere we look and we accept it. We always want the latest cars, clothes, technology, etc because it's constantly in front of us, infecting our brains and making us the way we are.
There's a vocal sample during the break in the track that goes "Go back to bed America, your government has you covered, here, watch this and shutup. Your free to do as we tell you!". It's like it's saying the government uses commercialism to distract us from the real truth, we're just drones.
Think about it, why do we abide by the laws and rules of society? They've been planned and layed down by people who are considered to be more important then the rest of us. We call it society but it's just restriction. Laws are there to control us, commercialism is there to make sure we don't complain! I'm doing my very best not to sound like a paranoid hippy but what kind of deep things could our governments be planning? They control our lives in the way they manipulate what we see on TV and billboards, etc and what we hear on the radio. There are communities on Earth that have no government and no commercialism and are said to live in peace, they don't wake up in the morning and think about what to wear, the thought doesn't even pass them by. We talk about how it's wrong that there are cults and movements in existance that give extreme punishment to people who follow the "wrong" religion or whatever. We call it tyranny but who's to say we don't have our own tyranny right here? Obviously not in the same sense, but a whole, organised web of subliminal messages, rules and restrictions that we consider to be fair but in reality only lead to one theory; We're only free to do as we're told.
To maybe explain my point better, consider how there are arguments on this site concerning the laws behind gun control and cannabis. People are pissed that they get arrested for smoking draw like it's a bad thing and they get pissed at the thought of being denied the right to own firearms. The main argument is that human beings should be allowed to do as they please but what if I don't want to be part of a world that revolves around status, money and what's considered acceptable and unacceptable? I'm not allowed, I don't have a say.
This is a really crazy theory and I don't expect most people to understand it. Basically, i'm not happy with the kind of country I live in and although I could be much worse off, I like to believe there's a much better definition of 'society' out there waiting to be discovered, even if it means waiting for the Earth to be destroyed and start anew.
Now does ANYONE know what the FUCK I just said :D ? My mate got me on this but i'm basically contradicting our accepted way of life so it's a toughy.
What you guys think?
There's a drum 'n' bass track that I love called 'We want your soul' (the remix by Ed Rush and Optical).
What I love about this track is that it has a message, and that's pretty irregular in DnB. The main vocal line is a creepy, almost robotic womans voice talking about 'your lives, your homes, your cars, your cash' etc, listing items to the point where it sounds like a cheesy, subliminal TV ad, accompanied by a sample of what sounds like evil schoolgirls shouting 'we want your soul'.
I was talking to my mate about it whilst smoking one time and I explained my theory. The tune was made by an American producer but I feel it reflects on most countries with an economy. It's saying how our lives revolve entirely around commercialism, it's everywhere we look and we accept it. We always want the latest cars, clothes, technology, etc because it's constantly in front of us, infecting our brains and making us the way we are.
There's a vocal sample during the break in the track that goes "Go back to bed America, your government has you covered, here, watch this and shutup. Your free to do as we tell you!". It's like it's saying the government uses commercialism to distract us from the real truth, we're just drones.
Think about it, why do we abide by the laws and rules of society? They've been planned and layed down by people who are considered to be more important then the rest of us. We call it society but it's just restriction. Laws are there to control us, commercialism is there to make sure we don't complain! I'm doing my very best not to sound like a paranoid hippy but what kind of deep things could our governments be planning? They control our lives in the way they manipulate what we see on TV and billboards, etc and what we hear on the radio. There are communities on Earth that have no government and no commercialism and are said to live in peace, they don't wake up in the morning and think about what to wear, the thought doesn't even pass them by. We talk about how it's wrong that there are cults and movements in existance that give extreme punishment to people who follow the "wrong" religion or whatever. We call it tyranny but who's to say we don't have our own tyranny right here? Obviously not in the same sense, but a whole, organised web of subliminal messages, rules and restrictions that we consider to be fair but in reality only lead to one theory; We're only free to do as we're told.
To maybe explain my point better, consider how there are arguments on this site concerning the laws behind gun control and cannabis. People are pissed that they get arrested for smoking draw like it's a bad thing and they get pissed at the thought of being denied the right to own firearms. The main argument is that human beings should be allowed to do as they please but what if I don't want to be part of a world that revolves around status, money and what's considered acceptable and unacceptable? I'm not allowed, I don't have a say.
This is a really crazy theory and I don't expect most people to understand it. Basically, i'm not happy with the kind of country I live in and although I could be much worse off, I like to believe there's a much better definition of 'society' out there waiting to be discovered, even if it means waiting for the Earth to be destroyed and start anew.
Now does ANYONE know what the FUCK I just said :D ? My mate got me on this but i'm basically contradicting our accepted way of life so it's a toughy.
What you guys think?