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As I asked, who’s “we”?
The urge for harmony and getting back with nature is a nice thing to point out, but outside of our cushioned european welfare states with 24h medical care and teenage angst and job angst and disillusions and burnouts and the fear of not-being-hugged-every-other-hour, the world has more urgent problems.
When I’m speaking of the bible’s value, then not as a believer. I’m an atheist. But to wipe it off just because of personal disbelief, is a silly thing to do. The bible (as any other ancient scrolls) contains lots of timeless wisdom. Our “modern” times are in need of wisdom and values. Call it deity, I don’t care. Did Jesus really live? I don’t care. Nor do I care about medieval witchburning or the pope’s recipe against AIDS. That’s the historical crap which doesn’t affect my thinking. And to me therein lies no contradiction to science and reason. That’s other people’s problem through the centuries and is also too much of a big-picture thing for me to discuss here properly.
Or you can also turn to Zarathustra or the greek philosophers. Why aren’t those useful anymore? Because they didn’t publish on the internet? What has changed? Western mankind took a thousand steps back in the medival times. We here are only making ground again.
How are the pantheistic religions more nature oriented than christianity? Does the bible tell mankind to destroy God’s creation? One should be careful not to mix the facts only because of all the stupid things done and said by dumb or reckless people in the name of that book. Or because other philosophies kinda sound cooler, for that matter.
Uniting by leaving all old beliefs and philosophies behind because we’ve “moved on”? Who is “we” then? And where do “we” move to? What if there are different ways to go? Who are we to talk down cultural merits and religions? To me this is everything else but free thought.
@Traktor, why not put faith in the Bible? It’s a whole lotta smart stuff (and some fairytelling). I’m not asking you about religion and belief, and let’s forget christian history and all blahblah. But as the ancient tome of philosophy and insight into the human soul, it sure is interesting. We’re all deeply influenced by it, believers and nonsuch. Be it on personal purpose or by accident while living in our societies which are undeniably based on its values.
I’m with Evol there.
From Genesis we also must add Foxtrot and Nursery Cryme. Those two feel more motorpsychedelic to me than Selling England by the Pound. There’s even a Supersonic Scientist mentioned in the song “Supper’s Ready”.
From Led Zeppelin I’d rather pick Physical Graffiti. Very Trust Us.
I had to edit my posting about that lyrics part due to strikingly bad english. Hope it makes sense now.
Ah here’s one though:
I favoured this…
“im here to steal your heart, add measures to your fear
to make you so confused that everything becomes clear
(…)
I’m the whirlwind that you reap
having sown the wind I’ll wake you from your sleep
I am chaos I combust
to leave your pure enlightened mind fucked in the dust”
…the moment I heard it. By picking it out of context: these verses struck me as a means to shake one’s foundations, precognitions and solid imageries and beliefs upon everything one defines. The writer/singer thrashes those of the listener to shambles. And trying to make something out through the dust and smoke we hopefully come to understand that a “truth” doesn’t exist. But that’s exactly what truth is.
I seldomly interpret lyrics, so… unless it strikes me really hard. But your analysis is really sharp. So I couldn’t get that one outta my head now anyway.
Btw what makes you so sure Bent wrote all the lyrics?
(I should’ve asked him in my dream last night. Yep I did dream meeting them. Jeez… and I also dreamt I was involved in the TV show Lost but it became all real and I had to calm down Desmond who was about to lose his marbles and suddenly there were zombie dogs and all…)
Trust us! Tell us!
And let’s make this the new forum’s tribute-album topic, no? I must admit I haven’t gotten around to do anything yet. Shame.
wow I never read this into it. But it really makes sense. Gives quite an optimistic view onto the future of motorpsychedelica.
This also means I got nothing to add.
i like how they turn “uncool” stuff like drumsolos into cool again simply by doing it. not giving a fuck about “rules”. who makes these anyway? free the music.
btw i don’t think kenneth thinks it’s cheesy.
and the main portal is growing messy…
why not something more organized like this: http://www.royal-orleans.com/phpBB/index.php
