Antares
22nd November 2019, 06:53 PM
A friend of mine is a very big fan of the depeche mode band. I liked sometimes to listen to the songs of this band in past, but recently I didn't 'cause actually it feels to me overly dark, yet interesting music. It seems like my vibrations don't resonate that much with their message. It seems to not "add" to my energy anything that I'm focused on.
But yesterday when we met he talked a lot about it, e.g. their latest album, and the singer from that band.
It really rarely happens to me when I hear others, but what he said in quite a short time span of 1 hour deeply stirred me - because of multiple things, put in together in his talk.
This unintended insight gave me a general view on many things... and I'm wondering whether some changes are actually badly needed now.
The depeche mode singer seemed to have a profound messages in his lyrics, particularly in the recent albums. When I read the lyrics from the latest album, I was surprised by the unexpected depth that they had, as I rarely pay attention the songs' lyrics (rather focusing purely on the music), not expecting much from them.
The songs entitled "Where is the revolution" and "Going backward" instantly drawn my attention, actually I don't know why. I was asking him what the lyrics are about, but he seemed to be not to knowledgable about it. However, when I read it, it's quite obvious what is this about.
See for instance these lyrics:
Armed with new technology Going backwards To a caveman mentality ... We have not evolved We have no respect We have lost control
We have lost our soul
Who's making your decisions You or your religion Your government, your countries ... Come on people You're letting me down Where's the revolution ... Your rights abused Your views refused They manipulate and threaten ... The train is coming So get on board
All obvious, except maybe the last line: what train?
Anyway, watching this band live told me about what they went through - actually, how their thoughts passed by when they were aging. Their music is very dark in sound (to me), and the band's members thoughts are so as well, as the lyrics indicate clearly.
He told me that the singer released his own solo albums - which were very sad, he said... and when he said it, something stirred me deeply once again during this short time span.
I recalled many other bands as such, who in previous decades were more optmistic about the future, then anger appeared, then helplesness replaced it, and finally decadence and sadness...
Is this where we are going to?
Are we going backwards?
Should a revolution happen?
My feeling is that we have missed probably something important, and it has been neglected for a way very long, more than a half of century at least. That the situation and technology have taken away our sight from what really matters.
But yesterday when we met he talked a lot about it, e.g. their latest album, and the singer from that band.
It really rarely happens to me when I hear others, but what he said in quite a short time span of 1 hour deeply stirred me - because of multiple things, put in together in his talk.
This unintended insight gave me a general view on many things... and I'm wondering whether some changes are actually badly needed now.
The depeche mode singer seemed to have a profound messages in his lyrics, particularly in the recent albums. When I read the lyrics from the latest album, I was surprised by the unexpected depth that they had, as I rarely pay attention the songs' lyrics (rather focusing purely on the music), not expecting much from them.
The songs entitled "Where is the revolution" and "Going backward" instantly drawn my attention, actually I don't know why. I was asking him what the lyrics are about, but he seemed to be not to knowledgable about it. However, when I read it, it's quite obvious what is this about.
See for instance these lyrics:
Armed with new technology Going backwards To a caveman mentality ... We have not evolved We have no respect We have lost control
We have lost our soul
Who's making your decisions You or your religion Your government, your countries ... Come on people You're letting me down Where's the revolution ... Your rights abused Your views refused They manipulate and threaten ... The train is coming So get on board
All obvious, except maybe the last line: what train?
Anyway, watching this band live told me about what they went through - actually, how their thoughts passed by when they were aging. Their music is very dark in sound (to me), and the band's members thoughts are so as well, as the lyrics indicate clearly.
He told me that the singer released his own solo albums - which were very sad, he said... and when he said it, something stirred me deeply once again during this short time span.
I recalled many other bands as such, who in previous decades were more optmistic about the future, then anger appeared, then helplesness replaced it, and finally decadence and sadness...
Is this where we are going to?
Are we going backwards?
Should a revolution happen?
My feeling is that we have missed probably something important, and it has been neglected for a way very long, more than a half of century at least. That the situation and technology have taken away our sight from what really matters.