Zeitgeist a concept album?
musicismylife78
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Anyone know if this is true, is it a concept album, about the world situation and the issues surrounding it?
Certainly the cover suggests this is an explicitly political album
Certainly the cover suggests this is an explicitly political album
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nobody said it is ...
the cover design is just plain ...
and the songs are not political ...
even if they are called for god and country and united states ...
Secondly, naming a record Zeitgeist is definitely going to get people like me thinking this is a concept album.
Zeitgeist means a sign of the times, a symbol of the times. For example, during the 60's, Charles Manson and Altamont became the Zeitgeist. The symbol of the 60's.
Presumably, Billy and friends wrote songs that addressed just that, ideas and issues that are important in our world right now, the iraq war, oil, the environment, the erosion of civil liberties, etc...
I mean, Doomsday Clock, United States, For God and Country?
So you think those songs are about love and relationships?
I highly doubt it
doomsday goes like .... please dont stop, it is lonely at the top ...this lonely days will they ever stop this doomsday ...
united states ... reeeevolution blues, what will they do, what will they do to me?
for god and country will fight, for god and country will die ...
tarantula, that is the way my love is, 7 shades of black, neverlost, ...
and all other songs are about fear and love not about war ..
the guy that made the cover didnt listen to the album ...
billy said that ...
so it is not a concept album
-Eddie Vedder
6/24/06 Cincinatti, Ohio
6/14/08 Manchester, Tennessee
it is ok
uhhhh, those do seem like political songs, especially for god and country!
yo are aware of metaphors, aren't you?
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
2 out of 12 songs doesn make the album political
tarantula - im real real as any ghost just because ...
orchid - Life is my weakness,Love is my soul, If nothing means no one,
Can play all alone.
and the rest of the album is like that so ...
it is not political, it is not a concept album
it is just good rock & roll
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
i'm not arguing if it's a concept album or not or how many songs could be socio/political, i have no clue, i've only heard tarantula and based it off the lyrics you posted...and the cover art does make me think that, too
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way