Actually, Phoebe101 is correct. It is "hour after hour". The second "hour", however, is a pun and is taken both ways, "hour" and "our".
Okay, this song is great. It took major contemplation and arguements with my English class, but we figured out its meaning. Think of this song, if you will, as a factory's assembly line. The assembly line begins with pieces and progressively builds upon those pieces to create a finished product. This song begins in pieces as well. "Work it." "Make it." etc. After a bit, newer, slightly more complex 'pieces' are added, but the whole of the meaning and structure is still incomplete. "More than hour." "Hour never." etc. Finally, the song hits the final and most complex 'sentence' verse. This verse is finely structured compared to the earlier, rougher stanzas. It is efficient and to the point, thought vague, as it can be. Efficiency comes in the pun with "hour". It would take more words to include the true meaning.
The mechanical voice and constant, pulsating beat in this song greatly add to the effect of an assembly line.
Okay, now with that out of the way, the meaning:
Efficiency/Perfection. That is what this song is about. Working harder; making the product better, ever faster, makes the workers prosper. The workers strive to make their products more efficient, both tangible and intangible products. The work towards efficiency makes everything better superficially.
However, the next line reveals the catch. More than ever, hour after hour, our work is never over.
"More than ever." Each time the product is improved, a new, better, more efficient process is revealed. Every time the product is updated, a new improvement can be put on it. "More than ever" shows the fanatic strive towards the perfection.
"Hour after hour" Continous work.
"[Our] work is never over." The continous strive for effecient perfection is never over. New ideas and advances are always being made.
That staza's meaning as a whole is left up to the individual listener to decide. Whether the listener enjoys contast work for perfection, leaving out the love and joy of living or does not like the idea of striving for something unobtainable while losing out on all the fun of life.
@LeCavalier
I really like your interpretation of this song, I've had a lot of similar ideas to your reasoning. I would like to add a little more weight to your explanation.
Ever heard of the movie "Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem"? It was a movie with no dialogue, and its soundtrack was the entire album Discovery front-to-back. It told the story of an alien band that was taken from their home planet, sent to earth, made to look and act humanly, and turned into a worldwide hit. I won't ruin the ending for you!
In the part of the...
@LeCavalier
I really like your interpretation of this song, I've had a lot of similar ideas to your reasoning. I would like to add a little more weight to your explanation.
Ever heard of the movie "Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem"? It was a movie with no dialogue, and its soundtrack was the entire album Discovery front-to-back. It told the story of an alien band that was taken from their home planet, sent to earth, made to look and act humanly, and turned into a worldwide hit. I won't ruin the ending for you!
In the part of the movie where "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" is played the aliens (unconscious) are run through a completely automated sequence where they are removed of their alien clothes, painted and hair dyed to look human, removed of their alien memories, dressed in human clothes, and implanted with mind control devices. The idea of an assembly line fits in well with the automated process, and later on in the movie it is revealed that this process has been performed 5,554 times before, hence "Hour after Hour" and "Our work is never over."
In addition, the idea that the items being worked on are being made better also fits. The aliens had an amazing musical sound in the movie; a sound "Harder, Better, Faster, and Stronger" than others' work. The aliens were worked upon to be good enough to perform to a human audience.
Well, that's my thinking anyway.
@LeCavalier I agree to an extent.... Realize though at the end the human sounding robotic voice is cutting out a lot and actually gets hard to hear. So, that would represent that everything were doing is going electronic and people aren't really as necessary (robots creating things and doing most of the work) and at the end you get to start hearing how it starts to get more clear again as humans realize that we still need to have the control.
@LeCavalier I agree to an extent.... Realize though at the end the human sounding robotic voice is cutting out a lot and actually gets hard to hear. So, that would represent that everything were doing is going electronic and people aren't really as necessary (robots creating things and doing most of the work) and at the end you get to start hearing how it starts to get more clear again as humans realize that we still need to have the control.
Finally, the very last line "Our work is never over" has a very deep and distinguished sound as to the idea of a downgrading tone to people who thought robots and electronics could replace humans and it's very decisive.
Actually, Phoebe101 is correct. It is "hour after hour". The second "hour", however, is a pun and is taken both ways, "hour" and "our".
Okay, this song is great. It took major contemplation and arguements with my English class, but we figured out its meaning. Think of this song, if you will, as a factory's assembly line. The assembly line begins with pieces and progressively builds upon those pieces to create a finished product. This song begins in pieces as well. "Work it." "Make it." etc. After a bit, newer, slightly more complex 'pieces' are added, but the whole of the meaning and structure is still incomplete. "More than hour." "Hour never." etc. Finally, the song hits the final and most complex 'sentence' verse. This verse is finely structured compared to the earlier, rougher stanzas. It is efficient and to the point, thought vague, as it can be. Efficiency comes in the pun with "hour". It would take more words to include the true meaning.
The mechanical voice and constant, pulsating beat in this song greatly add to the effect of an assembly line.
Okay, now with that out of the way, the meaning:
Efficiency/Perfection. That is what this song is about. Working harder; making the product better, ever faster, makes the workers prosper. The workers strive to make their products more efficient, both tangible and intangible products. The work towards efficiency makes everything better superficially.
However, the next line reveals the catch. More than ever, hour after hour, our work is never over.
"More than ever." Each time the product is improved, a new, better, more efficient process is revealed. Every time the product is updated, a new improvement can be put on it. "More than ever" shows the fanatic strive towards the perfection.
"Hour after hour" Continous work.
"[Our] work is never over." The continous strive for effecient perfection is never over. New ideas and advances are always being made.
That staza's meaning as a whole is left up to the individual listener to decide. Whether the listener enjoys contast work for perfection, leaving out the love and joy of living or does not like the idea of striving for something unobtainable while losing out on all the fun of life.
Any other additions or points I've missed?
Amazing. Thank you so much.
Amazing. Thank you so much.
i love this interpretation
i love this interpretation
@LeCavalier I really like your interpretation of this song, I've had a lot of similar ideas to your reasoning. I would like to add a little more weight to your explanation. Ever heard of the movie "Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem"? It was a movie with no dialogue, and its soundtrack was the entire album Discovery front-to-back. It told the story of an alien band that was taken from their home planet, sent to earth, made to look and act humanly, and turned into a worldwide hit. I won't ruin the ending for you! In the part of the...
@LeCavalier I really like your interpretation of this song, I've had a lot of similar ideas to your reasoning. I would like to add a little more weight to your explanation. Ever heard of the movie "Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem"? It was a movie with no dialogue, and its soundtrack was the entire album Discovery front-to-back. It told the story of an alien band that was taken from their home planet, sent to earth, made to look and act humanly, and turned into a worldwide hit. I won't ruin the ending for you! In the part of the movie where "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" is played the aliens (unconscious) are run through a completely automated sequence where they are removed of their alien clothes, painted and hair dyed to look human, removed of their alien memories, dressed in human clothes, and implanted with mind control devices. The idea of an assembly line fits in well with the automated process, and later on in the movie it is revealed that this process has been performed 5,554 times before, hence "Hour after Hour" and "Our work is never over." In addition, the idea that the items being worked on are being made better also fits. The aliens had an amazing musical sound in the movie; a sound "Harder, Better, Faster, and Stronger" than others' work. The aliens were worked upon to be good enough to perform to a human audience. Well, that's my thinking anyway.
i love when people make really extremely long comments
i love when people make really extremely long comments
@LeCavalier I agree to an extent.... Realize though at the end the human sounding robotic voice is cutting out a lot and actually gets hard to hear. So, that would represent that everything were doing is going electronic and people aren't really as necessary (robots creating things and doing most of the work) and at the end you get to start hearing how it starts to get more clear again as humans realize that we still need to have the control.
@LeCavalier I agree to an extent.... Realize though at the end the human sounding robotic voice is cutting out a lot and actually gets hard to hear. So, that would represent that everything were doing is going electronic and people aren't really as necessary (robots creating things and doing most of the work) and at the end you get to start hearing how it starts to get more clear again as humans realize that we still need to have the control.
Finally, the very last line "Our work is never over" has a very deep and distinguished sound as to the idea of a downgrading tone to people who thought robots and electronics could replace humans and it's very decisive.