Comments on: Did The Offspring Sell Out? http://www.nothirdsolution.com/2008/05/16/did-the-offspring-sell-out/ Blogging about liberty, anarchy, economics and politics Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:54:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: olly http://www.nothirdsolution.com/2008/05/16/did-the-offspring-sell-out/comment-page-1/#comment-3963 olly Sun, 18 May 2008 15:56:33 +0000 http://nothirdsolution.com/2008/05/16/did-the-offspring-sell-out/#comment-3963 David -- other than I agree with Sickr on the above comment in terms of their musical "sell-out", I don't think this is the big Statist lyrical run that you might think... I actually think they are doing quite the opposite. Read the rest of the lyrics, some that standout: "Locked and loaded Voices screaming Let’s go! But I’m just doing what I’m told" Similar vein also in these lines: "Take a life That ten others may live Oh that’s just the way it goes It’s playing over and over in my head Where it’ll end Nobody knows" Sounds to me that the song is actually talking about how fucked up a soldier gets -- as their own natural morality is subverted to "do as they are told". My take is that this is more of a lament for how brainwashed and robotic soldiers come when the government gets their hands on them. -olly David — other than I agree with Sickr on the above comment in terms of their musical “sell-out”, I don’t think this is the big Statist lyrical run that you might think… I actually think they are doing quite the opposite. Read the rest of the lyrics, some that standout:

“Locked and loaded
Voices screaming
Let’s go!
But I’m just doing what I’m told”

Similar vein also in these lines:

“Take a life
That ten others may live
Oh that’s just the way it goes
It’s playing over and over in my head
Where it’ll end
Nobody knows”

Sounds to me that the song is actually talking about how fucked up a soldier gets — as their own natural morality is subverted to “do as they are told”.

My take is that this is more of a lament for how brainwashed and robotic soldiers come when the government gets their hands on them.

-olly

]]> By: Sickr http://www.nothirdsolution.com/2008/05/16/did-the-offspring-sell-out/comment-page-1/#comment-3954 Sickr Fri, 16 May 2008 22:16:11 +0000 http://nothirdsolution.com/2008/05/16/did-the-offspring-sell-out/#comment-3954 You're aware that the Offspring sold out years ago?! There departure from Epitaph records to Sony cemented their deal with the devil, putting out Americana completely solidified it. You’re aware that the Offspring sold out years ago?! There departure from Epitaph records to Sony cemented their deal with the devil, putting out Americana completely solidified it.

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