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Robot2600 01/27/22 7:54:22 PM #1:	https://youtu.be/aFkcAH-m9W0 I find the theme and tone inconsistent. Am I supposed to be outraged at the labor exploitations of the 1930s or believe in re-incarnation or taoism or buddhism or am I just supposed to think pirates are cool? Is randomly killing like the first guy okay? I like the song though but it is weird. I guess all 4 of 'em wrote it so each verse is very different? But it's got the same name as the band, almost. Maybe the guy is getting re-incarnated and getting slightly better each time, like civilization's progress in general. The damn builder dies for the sins of the past highwayman. If that's the case it's seems kind of naive and apologetic and fascist. We should excuse the horrors of history in exchange for progress? But then again, the tone of the song is pretty sad, so even with their old-school futurism (not a good thing) they seem to recognize how fucked it is, yet they can't shake the boyish wonder at spaceships, soldiers, and manly man stuff. --- I missed the part where that's my problem. <cite>Robot2600 posted [p:962136188] in What do yo... [t:79872576]...</cite> <quote>https://youtu.be/aFkcAH-m9W0 I find the theme and tone inconsistent. Am I supposed to be outraged at the labor exploitations of the 1930s or believe in re-incarnation or taoism or buddhism or am I just supposed to think pirates are cool? Is randomly killing like the first guy okay? I like the song though but it is weird. I guess all 4 of 'em wrote it so each verse is very different? But it's got the same name as the band, almost. Maybe the guy is getting re-incarnated and getting slightly better each time, like civilization's progress in general. The damn builder dies for the sins of the past highwayman. If that's the case it's seems kind of naive and apologetic and fascist. We should excuse the horrors of history in exchange for progress? But then again, the tone of the song is pretty sad, so even with their old-school futurism (not a good thing) they seem to recognize how fucked it is, yet they can't shake the boyish wonder at spaceships, soldiers, and manly man stuff. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 01/27/22 7:57:26 PM #2:	It's a song about a vampire who gets himself into just the zaniest situations. --- http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:962136263] in What do yo... [t:79872576]...</cite> <quote>It's a song about a vampire who gets himself into just the zaniest situations. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Robot2600 01/27/22 8:08:06 PM #3:	pegusus123456 posted... It's a song about a vampire who gets himself into just the zaniest situations. nah but he dies in constructing the hoover dam and then gets on a spaceship? like, if that is the case, we needed slightly more context clues in the song, I think. --- I missed the part where that's my problem. <cite>Robot2600 posted [p:962136569] in What do yo... [t:79872576]...</cite> <quote>pegusus123456 posted... </cite> <quote>It's a song about a vampire who gets himself into just the zaniest situations.</quote> nah but he dies in constructing the hoover dam and then gets on a spaceship? like, if that is the case, we needed slightly more context clues in the song, I think. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 01/27/22 8:08:48 PM #4:	He falls into the Hoover Dam and it takes him so long to get out that they've developed space travel. Plenty of context in the song. --- http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:962136584] in What do yo... [t:79872576]...</cite> <quote>He falls into the Hoover Dam and it takes him so long to get out that they've developed space travel. Plenty of context in the song. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Crayon_Lover 01/27/22 8:09:52 PM #5:	First heard it on Mr Robot, I love it --- Cleveland sports fan <cite>Crayon_Lover posted [p:962136609] in What do yo... [t:79872576]...</cite> <quote>First heard it on Mr Robot, I love it </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Robot2600 01/27/22 9:01:09 PM #6:	pegusus123456 posted... He falls into the Hoover Dam and it takes him so long to get out that they've developed space travel. Plenty of context in the song. but I don't think ANYONE could escape from being mixed into solid cement and then crushed under the pressures of the damn. even a vampire? 112 people died in the construction of the boulder dam, as it was originally known --- I missed the part where that's my problem. <cite>Robot2600 posted [p:962137871] in What do yo... [t:79872576]...</cite> <quote>pegusus123456 posted... </cite> <quote>He falls into the Hoover Dam and it takes him so long to get out that they've developed space travel. Plenty of context in the song.</quote> but I don't think ANYONE could escape from being mixed into solid cement and then crushed under the pressures of the damn. even a vampire? 112 people died in the construction of the boulder dam, as it was originally known </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
What_ 01/27/22 9:03:45 PM #7:	This reeks of a sunhawk topic <cite>What_ posted [p:962137937] in What do yo... [t:79872576]...</cite> <quote>This reeks of a sunhawk topic </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bishop_Hastur 01/27/22 9:11:13 PM #8:	It's not a bad song, but I've never been a big fan of Kristofferson. --- Have you seen the Yellow Sign? Life, loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it. - Marvin, the Paranoid Android <cite>Bishop_Hastur posted [p:962138133] in What do yo... [t:79872576]...</cite> <quote>It's not a bad song, but I've never been a big fan of Kristofferson. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Robot2600 01/27/22 9:22:15 PM #9:	Bishop_Hastur posted... It's not a bad song, but I've never been a big fan of Kristofferson. he was okay in Blade What_ posted... This reeks of a sunhawk topic believe it or not I have 0 alts. --- I missed the part where that's my problem. <cite>Robot2600 posted [p:962138417] in What do yo... [t:79872576]...</cite> <quote>Bishop_Hastur posted... </cite> <quote>It's not a bad song, but I've never been a big fan of Kristofferson.</quote> he was okay in Blade What_ posted... </cite> <quote>This reeks of a sunhawk topic</quote> believe it or not I have 0 alts. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PMarth2002 01/27/22 9:23:53 PM #10:	I've been into country for years, its an old staple of class country for me. I quite like it. The song was the result of a vivid dream after a night of heavy drinking and is explicitly about reincarnation according to the song writer. https://performingsongwriter.com/jimmy-webb-highwayman/ --- They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn But without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn <cite>PMarth2002 posted [p:962138459] in What do yo... [t:79872576]...</cite> <quote>I've been into country for years, its an old staple of class country for me. I quite like it. The song was the result of a vivid dream after a night of heavy drinking and is explicitly about reincarnation according to the song writer. https://performingsongwriter.com/jimmy-webb-highwayman/ </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Robot2600 01/27/22 9:27:03 PM #11:	PMarth2002 posted... I've been into country for years, its an old staple of class country for me. I quite like it. The song was the result of a vivid dream after a night of heavy drinking and is explicitly about reincarnation according to the song writer. https://performingsongwriter.com/jimmy-webb-highwayman/ Great stuff, a good read! I no longer find the theme inconsistent. --- I missed the part where that's my problem. <cite>Robot2600 posted [p:962138536] in What do yo... [t:79872576]...</cite> <quote>PMarth2002 posted... </cite> <quote>I've been into country for years, its an old staple of class country for me. I quite like it. The song was the result of a vivid dream after a night of heavy drinking and is explicitly about reincarnation according to the song writer. https://performingsongwriter.com/jimmy-webb-highwayman/</quote> Great stuff, a good read! I no longer find the theme inconsistent. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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