Lyric discussion by Lem 

To clarify, Alderaan is the name of a planet in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Remember the one that got blown up by the Death Star? I think it was where Leia was brought up. And yes, I agree with everyone else on the meaning ofthe song, the Peppers are telling everyone what hollywood is really like, and that despite the expensive special effects, ie.plastic surgery and Space: The Final Frontier, all the fascinating beauty is just cosmetic, covering up the greed, vanity, drug lust and hunger for power.

@Lem I always assumed that the line "Alderaan's not far away" was a reference to the famed "a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away..." Star Wars intro (the equivalent of "Space: the final frontier" in Star Trek).

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