To me this song reeks of reference to the music industry and how they have made music a mere commodity to be bought and sold; with the right marketing, they can make artists that 'blow' (read: suck) sell albums because apparently consumers don't really care for really really good stuff (hence the lukewarm diet reference, being at neither end of the extreme (i.e. not being good or bad, just mediocre)).
I think of American Idol whenever I hear this song; that show is one of the most amazing things I think, because it shows just how poor our culture's view of art truly is - it is something that can be created rather than allowed to grow on its own. That show is like an assembly line for mass-produced, passionless music.
To me this song reeks of reference to the music industry and how they have made music a mere commodity to be bought and sold; with the right marketing, they can make artists that 'blow' (read: suck) sell albums because apparently consumers don't really care for really really good stuff (hence the lukewarm diet reference, being at neither end of the extreme (i.e. not being good or bad, just mediocre)).
I think of American Idol whenever I hear this song; that show is one of the most amazing things I think, because it shows just how poor our culture's view of art truly is - it is something that can be created rather than allowed to grow on its own. That show is like an assembly line for mass-produced, passionless music.