2.) The Jesus reference is entirely intentional. U2 does that.
3.) It's about fame. During the POPMart tour they played this one in concert. On the giant screen they put up a lot of images of dead celebrities. Marilyn Monroe (Warhol-style), Janis Joplin, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, John Belushi, Kurt Cobain...
The message could not be clearer. The video, with the Batman: TAS style animation made a little story out of Bono being split into The Fly and Mr. Macphisto. Because metaphorically that is what the song is about. The Fly and Mac were Bono's satirical take on celebrity... The Fly being the obnoxious prick who thinks he rules the world because he sold a few records, and MacPhisto being the same guy old, fat, tired, and playing Vegas. Elvis in the sideburn, jumpsuit years, a few cheeseburgers too many. When it's become just a joke.
"It takes a crowd to cry."
And yes, there's the Screwtape angle, and Bono's conviction "Mock the devil, and he will flee from you."
So "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" is sort of the conundrum of being famous. A media darling, a pop-cultural icon, prostituted to the public and finally used up and cast aside, forgotten, or dead. The dead celebrities onscreen were meant to remind us just how lethal fame can be. Because that kind of life is not really what human beings are meant for. People need privacy, and the freedom to fuck up without being crucified by the media.
Fame can be a burden as much as a blessing, and if you don't believe that, ask Courtney Love and Frances Bean Cobain, because there's a husband and father missing from that equation on account of he couldn't handle the life he'd made for himself or the mess he'd made of it in trying to drown his problems in heroin.
The irony of course is that in death, Kurt Cobain remained an icon and the fans - and kids who hadn't even graduated from Sesame Street records before Kurt shot himself - tried to saint the man in the mid-90's.
And somewhere in the ether, Cobain screams at them to just let him go.
So, my point? They'll want their money back if you're alive at thirty-three. Because if you don't die young, you aren't a Christ figure any longer.
@Keyser Sushi oh boy another religious fanactic! you people have to relate everything to religion hahaha it's funny... I'm glad the world is leaving religion behind more and more nowadays
@Keyser Sushi oh boy another religious fanactic! you people have to relate everything to religion hahaha it's funny... I'm glad the world is leaving religion behind more and more nowadays
I can't believe nobody gets this song.
1.) It's not about Batman.
2.) The Jesus reference is entirely intentional. U2 does that.
3.) It's about fame. During the POPMart tour they played this one in concert. On the giant screen they put up a lot of images of dead celebrities. Marilyn Monroe (Warhol-style), Janis Joplin, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, John Belushi, Kurt Cobain...
The message could not be clearer. The video, with the Batman: TAS style animation made a little story out of Bono being split into The Fly and Mr. Macphisto. Because metaphorically that is what the song is about. The Fly and Mac were Bono's satirical take on celebrity... The Fly being the obnoxious prick who thinks he rules the world because he sold a few records, and MacPhisto being the same guy old, fat, tired, and playing Vegas. Elvis in the sideburn, jumpsuit years, a few cheeseburgers too many. When it's become just a joke.
"It takes a crowd to cry."
And yes, there's the Screwtape angle, and Bono's conviction "Mock the devil, and he will flee from you."
So "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" is sort of the conundrum of being famous. A media darling, a pop-cultural icon, prostituted to the public and finally used up and cast aside, forgotten, or dead. The dead celebrities onscreen were meant to remind us just how lethal fame can be. Because that kind of life is not really what human beings are meant for. People need privacy, and the freedom to fuck up without being crucified by the media.
Fame can be a burden as much as a blessing, and if you don't believe that, ask Courtney Love and Frances Bean Cobain, because there's a husband and father missing from that equation on account of he couldn't handle the life he'd made for himself or the mess he'd made of it in trying to drown his problems in heroin.
The irony of course is that in death, Kurt Cobain remained an icon and the fans - and kids who hadn't even graduated from Sesame Street records before Kurt shot himself - tried to saint the man in the mid-90's.
And somewhere in the ether, Cobain screams at them to just let him go.
So, my point? They'll want their money back if you're alive at thirty-three. Because if you don't die young, you aren't a Christ figure any longer.
huh
huh
Yep... I pretty much agree with everything Keyser said.
Yep... I pretty much agree with everything Keyser said.
@Keyser Sushi oh boy another religious fanactic! you people have to relate everything to religion hahaha it's funny... I'm glad the world is leaving religion behind more and more nowadays
@Keyser Sushi oh boy another religious fanactic! you people have to relate everything to religion hahaha it's funny... I'm glad the world is leaving religion behind more and more nowadays
@Keyser Sushi Good work.
@Keyser Sushi Good work.