BCIT
or other banal crap?
Even the really "deep" shit is about being a drunkard or a drug addict (a la "Hurt" by NIN) or having low self esteem.
Today I watched the Watchmen trailer and heard this old pumpkins song playing to it. If you listen carefully it talks about what it's like to be Batman. Basically the quandary of why someone should work so hard to save a world that's so fallen. Why should someone be a hero to the masses? How often is a theme like that ever present in a song?
There are so many interesting stories out there. Especially the Greek mythologies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPHXo8wS5zI
Sometimes I'll read poems like Lays of Ancient Rome that talk about heroism or things like that, and I'm just blown away. Here's a sample:
Then out spake brave Horatius,
the Captain of the Gate:
"To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his Gods
Have we as a culture become so self-obsessed that our art is suffering as a result?
Your thoughts
Even the really "deep" shit is about being a drunkard or a drug addict (a la "Hurt" by NIN) or having low self esteem.
Today I watched the Watchmen trailer and heard this old pumpkins song playing to it. If you listen carefully it talks about what it's like to be Batman. Basically the quandary of why someone should work so hard to save a world that's so fallen. Why should someone be a hero to the masses? How often is a theme like that ever present in a song?
There are so many interesting stories out there. Especially the Greek mythologies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPHXo8wS5zI
Sometimes I'll read poems like Lays of Ancient Rome that talk about heroism or things like that, and I'm just blown away. Here's a sample:
Then out spake brave Horatius,
the Captain of the Gate:
"To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his Gods
Have we as a culture become so self-obsessed that our art is suffering as a result?
Your thoughts