madnesslover_89 you are WAY off, and you should be really embarrassed to be so clueless. And JustChillen was bang on. You should think twice before you make posts on the internet because they are really, completely worthless.
Anyone who can read and understand words, should know what this song is about. It isn't cryptic whatsoever. You can read interviews to find out exactly what the song is about, but you shouldn't even need to with this song. It's quite clear the singer is mocking a delivery guy whose conversation he heard/overheard. The delivery guy is clearly some bonehead talking about faggots on MTV owning their own planes etc... and getting money for nothin' and then bitching about his own job having to install kitchens etc. If the musicians he was talking about were really getting money for nothing, then the delivery guy would be doing it too, but he isn't because he can't so instead he just insults them because he is jealous. Whether it has depth is completely subjective isn't it? But I would say it has as much depth as most songs, perhaps more. But either way, in terms of lyric writing it is pretty great considering it is so up front, and it is using the words of someone he overheard talking, which speaks volumes about the guy who clearly seems to be the stereotypical blue collar narrow minded dumbass homophobe.
There is no need to try to explain or justify the word faggot in the song. The singer isn't calling anyone a faggot, he is using the words of the idiot who he is writing about, so the use of the word faggot speaks for itself. People are MEANT to find it offensive, because the guy IS an offensive idiot, that's the whole of the entire song.
As for the intro, it's extremely important. It is extremely musical, and your opinion of it not being musical is purely because you don't understand it or appreciate it. That is YOUR problem, and has nothing to do with the song itself. Perhaps people are too busy today, or perhaps everyone has ADD now.... but the intro sets the scene of the song. It's dreamy and tuneful and has emotional chords, and it's also high tech sounding with synthesisers and electronic kinds of noises which is partly what the song is about - the modern age, and modern music on the then new modern format - MTV. In the 1980's, this was as modern sounding as it got, and it was an amazing build up which bursts into that classic guitar riff which one of the best starts of any song ever. I really pity you for not being able to appreciate that.
madnesslover_89 you are WAY off, and you should be really embarrassed to be so clueless. And JustChillen was bang on. You should think twice before you make posts on the internet because they are really, completely worthless.
Anyone who can read and understand words, should know what this song is about. It isn't cryptic whatsoever. You can read interviews to find out exactly what the song is about, but you shouldn't even need to with this song. It's quite clear the singer is mocking a delivery guy whose conversation he heard/overheard. The delivery guy is clearly some bonehead talking about faggots on MTV owning their own planes etc... and getting money for nothin' and then bitching about his own job having to install kitchens etc. If the musicians he was talking about were really getting money for nothing, then the delivery guy would be doing it too, but he isn't because he can't so instead he just insults them because he is jealous. Whether it has depth is completely subjective isn't it? But I would say it has as much depth as most songs, perhaps more. But either way, in terms of lyric writing it is pretty great considering it is so up front, and it is using the words of someone he overheard talking, which speaks volumes about the guy who clearly seems to be the stereotypical blue collar narrow minded dumbass homophobe.
There is no need to try to explain or justify the word faggot in the song. The singer isn't calling anyone a faggot, he is using the words of the idiot who he is writing about, so the use of the word faggot speaks for itself. People are MEANT to find it offensive, because the guy IS an offensive idiot, that's the whole of the entire song.
As for the intro, it's extremely important. It is extremely musical, and your opinion of it not being musical is purely because you don't understand it or appreciate it. That is YOUR problem, and has nothing to do with the song itself. Perhaps people are too busy today, or perhaps everyone has ADD now.... but the intro sets the scene of the song. It's dreamy and tuneful and has emotional chords, and it's also high tech sounding with synthesisers and electronic kinds of noises which is partly what the song is about - the modern age, and modern music on the then new modern format - MTV. In the 1980's, this was as modern sounding as it got, and it was an amazing build up which bursts into that classic guitar riff which one of the best starts of any song ever. I really pity you for not being able to appreciate that.