tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7621501513493185029.post8104976197384176453..comments2024-03-27T12:50:36.135-04:00Comments on Everybody's Dummy: Peter Gabriel 6: Sowardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07825405583474881509noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7621501513493185029.post-8123269508872789292011-05-20T19:07:05.371-04:002011-05-20T19:07:05.371-04:00The Nazi connection is probably spot on -- especia...The Nazi connection is probably spot on -- especially that this album came out in the era of Amnesty International tours and musician trying to end apartheid. In that context, "one voice, one truth, one dream" suggests something else. But anyway.wardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825405583474881509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7621501513493185029.post-85528049698246653862011-05-20T18:56:17.504-04:002011-05-20T18:56:17.504-04:00This album evokes great memories for me. It was a ...This album evokes great memories for me. It was a large part of the soundtrack for the summer after senior year of high school and the first semester of college. <br /><br />FWIW, my interpretation of the coda is that it is a reflection of the single-minded nature of the totalitarian regimes that exploit blind obedience. The propaganda and rhetoric of such governments often focuses on the idea that there is just one way to think, one party, one national will, etc. (e.g. Nazi Germany's "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" slogan) I have read that Milgrim's research was initially prompted by a desire to understand the social dynamics of such societies -- and the question of whether Americans would act differently toward authority than Germans had in the 30s & 40s.<br /><br />VanceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7621501513493185029.post-51274467198661293582011-05-20T10:45:15.878-04:002011-05-20T10:45:15.878-04:00don't give up has a wonderful life in espn'...don't give up has a wonderful life in espn's sportscentury documentaries from a decade ago. it is used in the muhammed ali film. watching him in the grip's of his disease while that song plays gives it a whole new shade of meaning.<br />great album. fun. not too demanding. popular. very, very good.<br /><br />papadickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7621501513493185029.post-46016647619388560312011-05-20T10:08:25.235-04:002011-05-20T10:08:25.235-04:00It's true: I bought Shaking the Tree after thi...It's true: I bought Shaking the Tree after this album, discovery that "Solsbury Hill" was by the same guy as "Sledgehammer". "Say Anything" was of course epic, as well as the rest of what I call "The John Cusack Relationship Trilogy" - Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity - both great soundtracks.Scarboroughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738164776469377298noreply@blogger.com