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Mankind

chris01chris01 Posts: 559
edited May 2006 in Words and Music...Communication
I dont understand how so many people dont like this song.
Is it cause Stone sings it?

I dig it personally.

Anyway..... what are the lyrics all about? They're pretty dame bizarre to me, lol.
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  • prytocorduroyprytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    chris01 wrote:
    I dont understand how so many people dont like this song.
    Is it cause Stone sings it?

    I dig it personally.

    Anyway..... what are the lyrics all about? They're pretty dame bizarre to me, lol.

    I think Stone has a good radio voice. I like the song, but it sounds a bit poppy to me.
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    i love the song, especially the chorus....heres what rosie wrote over at the TSIS.

    enjoy.


    apparently baccanal was a club in san diego that ed hung out at....


    rosie:
    This song simply illustrates the differences in the various generations of "mankind". It also conveys an element of the inevitablility of evolution. The contrasting images of the general activities of the generations, e.g "you'll be going out with disco" and "I'll be playing with my magazines", display the evolution of various ideals and expectations of society as time has passed.

    The song proceeds to suggest that the present generation display an element of...fakeness (trying to think of an appropriate word!), "it's all just inadvertant simulation". Also the 'evolution' of the human race is suggested by the line "a pattern in all mankind".

    A song that by no means falls short of the amazingly high, Pearl Jam standard.

    --Rosie W.
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  • chris01chris01 Posts: 559
    That actually makes alot more sense to me now that ive read that.

    Thanks for posting it Restless.
  • armyreservearmyreserve Posts: 209
    I just listened to it the other day. I forgot how good it was!
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  • kikigirlkikigirl Posts: 17
    I really like it also. I think it probably is the Stone thing. It's not what people are used to hearing.
    are we going to the same place? if so, can i come?
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