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To: Hillary's Folly
I have to admit that I like the song, but then again I like alot of songs that aren't really "my type". I realize the lyrics are pretty insipid (great word for it), but I dont think many really get THAT into the meaning of the song. They are content to think "well what a nice world this man is singing about" without really listening that carefully to the lyrics.

His vision of no heaven and hell is based on the eastern mysticism that he was into. There is a form of judgement for these people, its not quite how the author here has portrayed it. The rest of the song is just sappy, hippies-in-a-commune drivel.

63 posted on 12/08/2003 8:28:35 AM PST by Paradox (Cogito ergo boom.)
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To: Paradox
They are content to think "well what a nice world this man is singing about" without really listening that carefully to the lyrics.

Of course, that's what alot of people do. And then, there are those of us who actually listen to the lyrics of the songs which catch our ear.

The point of the article is that the lyrics of this song are a lie. The world he is singing about is not a nice world. And the means he recommends for getting there have been tried, and killed tens of millions of innocent people.

It's like listening to a song celebrating Aryan supremacy, and responding with "but it's got a really snappy beat".

There's something brain-dead in that response.

77 posted on 12/08/2003 8:44:10 AM PST by Taliesan
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