Its like a head-on collision between burbling electronics, techno space rock operatics, a behemothic string colossus with a monstrous Rachmaninovian piano interlude.
To me it's the music of the future, it's asking questions about the universe, it's translating the language of chaos so humans can understand that this is our chance to change the world, that tiny insignificant events (like the repeated D at the beginning of the song) can flourish into the phenomenal hugeness of the beautiful piano solo and the song's massive conclusion.
It's all about casuation and change, it's apocalyptic and terrible, but at the same time it's giving us a chance. This is our time, our time is NOW.
"Your number has been called" It's like you've been chosen to fight in this epic and final battle, it's filmic and heroic, but maybe its suggesting a future society where we will all have numbers, and will have to struggle against each other to "be the best."
It forecasts a huge and climatic end to everything, but far from conveying gloominess it's fantastic and heart-attack inducing.
I saw this live at Earls Court.
At the end, we all fell over.
-:-
"...but maybe its suggesting a future society where we will all have numbers, and will have to struggle against each other to 'be the best.'"
"...but maybe its suggesting a future society where we will all have numbers, and will have to struggle against each other to 'be the best.'"
I'm pretty sure that's right now in a US capitalist society at least (odds are in the UK too). We've got social security numbers. A number that is our identity on all official forms, basically.
I'm pretty sure that's right now in a US capitalist society at least (odds are in the UK too). We've got social security numbers. A number that is our identity on all official forms, basically.
This song is everything
Its like a head-on collision between burbling electronics, techno space rock operatics, a behemothic string colossus with a monstrous Rachmaninovian piano interlude.
To me it's the music of the future, it's asking questions about the universe, it's translating the language of chaos so humans can understand that this is our chance to change the world, that tiny insignificant events (like the repeated D at the beginning of the song) can flourish into the phenomenal hugeness of the beautiful piano solo and the song's massive conclusion.
It's all about casuation and change, it's apocalyptic and terrible, but at the same time it's giving us a chance. This is our time, our time is NOW.
"Your number has been called" It's like you've been chosen to fight in this epic and final battle, it's filmic and heroic, but maybe its suggesting a future society where we will all have numbers, and will have to struggle against each other to "be the best."
It forecasts a huge and climatic end to everything, but far from conveying gloominess it's fantastic and heart-attack inducing. I saw this live at Earls Court. At the end, we all fell over. -:-
"...but maybe its suggesting a future society where we will all have numbers, and will have to struggle against each other to 'be the best.'"
"...but maybe its suggesting a future society where we will all have numbers, and will have to struggle against each other to 'be the best.'"
I'm pretty sure that's right now in a US capitalist society at least (odds are in the UK too). We've got social security numbers. A number that is our identity on all official forms, basically.
I'm pretty sure that's right now in a US capitalist society at least (odds are in the UK too). We've got social security numbers. A number that is our identity on all official forms, basically.