G Rated Comments About the Relevance of Pink Floyd’s Animals Album:
It was a favorite album of mine, back then, for the music.
I had no idea how telling it was, at the time. But I get the gravity of it all, now … both, as a piece of art and also a statement about where we were headed as a society.
Wondering how long this thread can stay up. Hopefully, for a while …
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Please keep it G rated enough so we can hear some hilarious comments. Not that the situation is hilarious or anything about it at all.
So let’s be civil. And let this be an exercise in remaining light hearted.
@deadhead1000 not looking for hilarity ... just a light hearted take on how our current state of affairs in the US for sure, but also worldwide.
It is, indeed, a bit like Animal Farm by the late, great George Orwell. It's taken me a bit, but yeah, for sure I'm seeing it unfold right before my very eyes. So many great lyrics on the album, that work so well with their music. |
The link to Animal Farm is hardly tenuous at best, the only common denominator is animals. There is absolutely no link to Lord of the Flies. Animals is seething with hate and misplaced trust after Floyd were scammed and forced to become tax-exiles, after being the unwilling victims of a complex scam perpetrated by the venture capitalists Norton Warburg, run by Andrew Warburg. Basically it's about losing one's faith in human nature "and the people that you lie to, when they turn their back on you, you'll get the chance to put the knife in". Animals also reflects the band's despondency with the majority of the population that just - suck it up - Sheep. Whitehouse is not "The White House" but a fervent morality campaigner of the day in Britain - Mary Whitehouse. |
The conceptual roles of Dogs, sheep and pigs is a pretty cynical yet powerful analogy for the dark model of human civilization these days and pretty much always. Think yin/yang. There is a dark and bright side to everything and we all get choose how we play the game. Star Wars took that concept and brought it home for many. Loved “Animals” when it came out and it has aged well. I’m a dog lover. Pigs ain’t kosher….not for me. Sheep are fine down on the farm and just want to be left alone
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