To me this songs has two purposes. one that in music lyrics arent necesarilly essential if you are a good musican. The point of the song is that it doesnt matter what this song is about or any song is about as long as it has a good hook. if the song sounded bad and had great lyrics it would never be as popular. second it has criticism of pop music today and MTV's part in the cheapening of art. The most interesting part of the song is the allusion to peter pan. It shows how the hook of a song brings you back just like Captain hook brought peter back to never never land. The structure of the song is important to notice becasue right after he makes the peter pan reference (the first meaningful lyric in the song) the band bursts into the solo and then the final verse which says all he really wants to say. It's interesting that he speaks this part rather quickly as if to assume that it doesnt matter how important his words are the audience just wnats to get to the hook. A rather obscure song that i remember from a kid that i listen to now and realize how right popper really is that lyrics arent as important as the sound... mentioning that he played with phish a band with little emphasis on the lyrics makes me look at the song as being less critical of the pop industry.
@Fairweather Excellent take . John is basically trolling the average music and also the average music fan (they bob their head but don’t listen to the music ) . He puts an exclamation point on this by trolling the music industry and the average listener by making this a hit , by spelling out exactly what he is doing , but the listener won’t notice and not only that but he ironically “ sold out “ and made a 3 minute diddy to prove this and it was a top hit . It’s genius level and hysterical and it...
@Fairweather Excellent take . John is basically trolling the average music and also the average music fan (they bob their head but don’t listen to the music ) . He puts an exclamation point on this by trolling the music industry and the average listener by making this a hit , by spelling out exactly what he is doing , but the listener won’t notice and not only that but he ironically “ sold out “ and made a 3 minute diddy to prove this and it was a top hit . It’s genius level and hysterical and it sounds amazing as he uses the tricks of the trade to insure that it does
To me this songs has two purposes. one that in music lyrics arent necesarilly essential if you are a good musican. The point of the song is that it doesnt matter what this song is about or any song is about as long as it has a good hook. if the song sounded bad and had great lyrics it would never be as popular. second it has criticism of pop music today and MTV's part in the cheapening of art. The most interesting part of the song is the allusion to peter pan. It shows how the hook of a song brings you back just like Captain hook brought peter back to never never land. The structure of the song is important to notice becasue right after he makes the peter pan reference (the first meaningful lyric in the song) the band bursts into the solo and then the final verse which says all he really wants to say. It's interesting that he speaks this part rather quickly as if to assume that it doesnt matter how important his words are the audience just wnats to get to the hook. A rather obscure song that i remember from a kid that i listen to now and realize how right popper really is that lyrics arent as important as the sound... mentioning that he played with phish a band with little emphasis on the lyrics makes me look at the song as being less critical of the pop industry.
@Fairweather Excellent take . John is basically trolling the average music and also the average music fan (they bob their head but don’t listen to the music ) . He puts an exclamation point on this by trolling the music industry and the average listener by making this a hit , by spelling out exactly what he is doing , but the listener won’t notice and not only that but he ironically “ sold out “ and made a 3 minute diddy to prove this and it was a top hit . It’s genius level and hysterical and it...
@Fairweather Excellent take . John is basically trolling the average music and also the average music fan (they bob their head but don’t listen to the music ) . He puts an exclamation point on this by trolling the music industry and the average listener by making this a hit , by spelling out exactly what he is doing , but the listener won’t notice and not only that but he ironically “ sold out “ and made a 3 minute diddy to prove this and it was a top hit . It’s genius level and hysterical and it sounds amazing as he uses the tricks of the trade to insure that it does