Lake Michigan, as much as everyone here would love to believe, is actually NOT a polluted shithole lake surrounded by factories that dump excessive waste into it (Unless you're in Indiana, but of course, that's just Indiana).
I swim in Lake Michigan all the time...its basically my swimming pool. Jump right off the concrete seawall north of oak street beach. It's actually quite awesome. Chicago's lakefront was recently ranked one of the cleanest in the world.
So, anyways, yes i think this song is about pollution, but stereotyping the great lakes region as an industrial waste-dumping craphouse is pretty inaccurate. Californians seem to make a habit of that...
Pollution is an an element.
To me it is a larger metaphor though.
"Get off of my stack" Means Don't touch my money.
I believe the song is to relate, pollution, anti-labor union actions, and war using this region as a microcosm. Taxes to pay for clean up that isn't seen as used, would seem to be to pay for war.
Also differing State policies there may emphasize these themes. Someone regional could specify policy difference on these elements.
To me it makes sense and I don't think it is reading too much into the song.
Pollution is an an element.
To me it is a larger metaphor though.
"Get off of my stack" Means Don't touch my money.
I believe the song is to relate, pollution, anti-labor union actions, and war using this region as a microcosm. Taxes to pay for clean up that isn't seen as used, would seem to be to pay for war.
Also differing State policies there may emphasize these themes. Someone regional could specify policy difference on these elements.
To me it makes sense and I don't think it is reading too much into the song.
Lake Michigan, as much as everyone here would love to believe, is actually NOT a polluted shithole lake surrounded by factories that dump excessive waste into it (Unless you're in Indiana, but of course, that's just Indiana).
I swim in Lake Michigan all the time...its basically my swimming pool. Jump right off the concrete seawall north of oak street beach. It's actually quite awesome. Chicago's lakefront was recently ranked one of the cleanest in the world.
So, anyways, yes i think this song is about pollution, but stereotyping the great lakes region as an industrial waste-dumping craphouse is pretty inaccurate. Californians seem to make a habit of that...
Pollution is an an element. To me it is a larger metaphor though. "Get off of my stack" Means Don't touch my money. I believe the song is to relate, pollution, anti-labor union actions, and war using this region as a microcosm. Taxes to pay for clean up that isn't seen as used, would seem to be to pay for war. Also differing State policies there may emphasize these themes. Someone regional could specify policy difference on these elements. To me it makes sense and I don't think it is reading too much into the song.
Pollution is an an element. To me it is a larger metaphor though. "Get off of my stack" Means Don't touch my money. I believe the song is to relate, pollution, anti-labor union actions, and war using this region as a microcosm. Taxes to pay for clean up that isn't seen as used, would seem to be to pay for war. Also differing State policies there may emphasize these themes. Someone regional could specify policy difference on these elements. To me it makes sense and I don't think it is reading too much into the song.