Skimming Stone wrote:This could not have come at a better time. Some unanticipated events in my life have left me feeling particularly down in the dumps recently, and this new BoC material has given me so much unexpected joy. Stunning.
I feel ya, buddy. It was the exact same thing for me. Tuesday was mega stressful where I was considering admitting myself into a hospital. The massive problem was solved toward the end of the day though, so no worries. Came home from a long day and was going straight to bed, but when I was about to set the alarm on my phone I noticed a notification on my phone of a new BoC song. I then didn't go to sleep until I had a method of having the song play on repeat for a while automatically. Felt pretty darn good about that.
NEW BOC!!!!
I really like this song a lot. Like, A LOT! The moral of the lyrics are pretty strong and brave and meaningful in telling it like it is, talking about corrupt people in corporations (i get that from them talking about making sure their "paper work is safe, for your fast paced gas phase" possibly jabbing at gas companies in particular) ruining life for the rest of humanity, even saying that "[They] got Satan." (The exact lyrical quote is: "We got Satan." but I'm sure they are making a symbolic quote of these corrupt people.) How could you state more boldly that there is terrible corruption in these selfish people who are running things? They are saying that this is leading to so much death (in that they repeat "death" so many times, sometimes in different ways, shows the varying ways and effects of the many victim's deaths) and also problems anywhere from a "splinter or a nuclear winter." But they don't care. If they choose "If it's between give and take" they end up deciding to "take, take, take."
And of coarse the lay out of the vocals is awesome. Everything else is absolutely fantastic: the synths, the percussion, everything! I will have to give this some time (read: a lot more time) before I can decide more accurately where this ranks in my favorite BoC songs. As of right now, it's right at the top. But as I've stated before, my favorite BoC song is usually whichever one is currently playing through my headphones, and this one is the only song I've listened to since I first heard it. So it's hard to tell right now. But the bottom line is that I LOVE it.
