What I noticed with ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐จ, is that Iโm struggling to even put all my reflections on a certain song in one post!
In most of the songs, there are definitely more than one theme touched, and each of them deserves a profound discussion. (That happened when I wrote about ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ admitting that I was only talking of one side of its meaning โ and you kindly suggested your other opinions).
Today, I want to talk to you about a song which clearly leads us two different directions โ connected, of course, but still divided between the verses.
๐Itโs ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
I remember this song being simplified by the reviewer to something like โthe song about the animals dancing in the forestโ โฆ
Wellโฆ The ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ seems to be a primary one here, and it certainly is.
โช โช โชA joyful atmosphere โ underlined with an upbeat melody - is broken with a warning of a disaster being foreseen.
๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ข๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: Try Better Next Time for me is very much my song about the environment. You know, it's a disillusioned, disappointed song. Itโs very disappointed in humanity. It's basically saying, good riddance, humanity, try better next time, you know, next time you come back and get a chance to live on this beautiful planet, you know, try better. It's a story about people who live underground, about growing fins and going back to the water. It's a very disillusioned song about the climate disaster presented in a sort of three minute Weezer-ish kind of pop-punk thing. If you dig deeper, it's one of the more disturbing songs because it's talking about an extinction event next, you know, the extinction of human beings, but is presented in an extremely jolly, upbeat happy, catchy way which is something that we do quite well, present something quite depressing in an upbeat fashion.
(๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐โ 25๐กโ, 2022)
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| Photo credit: Mads Perch |
๐บ๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐?
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐
Doesnโt that remind you anything?
"๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ..."
The whole quote is from 2009 and speaks about the peak of addiction problems around the Meds timeโฆ
๐ข๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: After so many gigs being drunk or high, I realize how much I disrespected the public. Today, all that I feel on stage is true, while until now all my emotions were distorted by what I was taking ... It exacerbated my discomfort: I was on stage, in front of dozens of people with my face on their T-shirt, who were screaming "I love you" while I hated myself. I wanted to shout to them: "You would not like me if you knew me ..."
(๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ฆ 2009)
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| Photo credit: Henry Ruggeri |
A painful confession is immediately followed by the attempts to justify such a behavior with being unable to cope with moments of hopelessness and helplessness.
๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐ ๐ป๐ฐ๐๐...
๐ข๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง: Like the other tracks, I wanted to express myself more honestly about what I think of the world today. I wanted to capture all the confusion that surrounds it. This song is based on the theory of evolution. An animal or an insect adapts to its environment, while a human being adapts it according to his moods. What is implicit in this, even beyond what my lyrics or the cover of this record suggest, is that nature will always eventually take over. The world we destroy day after day will return to its wild state when we disappear, which at this rate may happen sooner than expected. How can I not get the Monday blues when I think about this? (laughs)
(๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐ #74, ๐๐๐๐โ 2022)
A bitter laugh thoughโฆ
โช โช โชThe third verse brings us back to the post-apocalyptic story.
๐ขBrian delivers an equally open broadside on the environment crisis, on the scathingly titled, โTry Better Next Timeโ โ obviously, there will be no second chances after planetary destruction. โIt talks about growing fins, and going back to the water,โ he says, โwhich is also a nod to Captain Beefheartโs โThe Spotlight Kidโ obviously.โ
He believes that our reckless attitude towards our own living space is simply an extension of our insubstantial culture. โI wonder how disposable everything is going to become until essentially the next disposable thing is us,โ he muses. โIs there another species on this planet that deserves an extinction event more than humans? Just look at the way we behave and what weโve done to our climate. Shouldnโt Mother Nature just wipe us out and give our planet back to the animals?โ He smiles.
(๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ, ๐๐๐๐โ 15, 2022)
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| Photo credit: Ana Garcia |
(๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐พ, ๐น๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ 1๐ ๐ก, 2022)
๐ซโ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐โ โก โ๐ฐ'๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โ
An overwhelming awareness of the global crisis, the feeling of some kind of personal responsibility for the consequences of humankind actions become unbearable.
๐ฐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐ฐ'๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐ซTo me, these lines feel strongly connected to the ones from ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐๐.
๐ฐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
โญ๏ธThe video Iโm sharing with you tonight was recorded at the ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ฒ๐ง๐๐ฌ concert on ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐๐๐๐. Donโt forget to comment if youโve been there.
Video by Dave And Ames
Post by Olga
