Snappy title. Whered they get it?
The accepted notion follows: It relates to Marx’s statement that “religion is the opiate of the masses.” People relied on the church for direction in their lives, and carried on with their lives. Marx felt that the church kept people from “waking up and smelling the coffee.” This is one of the themes of the CD: the band makes fun of the way people let others think for them. That is, it’s one thing to have religious beliefs, but it’s another thing to let someone else interpret those beliefs and force them on you.E2. Dammit, the first song doesn’t start for ten seconds after I hit play!Yeah, the band does this a whole lot, filling in the beginning of a track with some form of ear candy.E3. In “Hush”, I don’t understand this one line … “People tell me what to say / what to think and what to play.”This makes sense since the song and the video both seem to deal with censorship of music.
The accepted notion follows: It relates to Marx’s statement that “religion is the opiate of the masses.” People relied on the church for direction in their lives, and carried on with their lives. Marx felt that the church kept people from “waking up and smelling the coffee.” This is one of the themes of the CD: the band makes fun of the way people let others think for them. That is, it’s one thing to have religious beliefs, but it’s another thing to let someone else interpret those beliefs and force them on you. E2. Dammit, the first song doesn’t start for ten seconds after I hit play! Yeah, the band does this a whole lot, filling in the beginning of a track with some form of ear candy. E3. In “Hush”, I don’t understand this one line … “People tell me what to say / what to think and what to play.” This makes sense since the song and the video both seem to deal with censorship of music.
