I think it's a cool way too, if it's done on purpose. It's the thing I like most about Rush's song "Nobody's Hero" off Counterparts: time after time, we're given examples of ordinary, mundane people who die in one way or another and are told it doesn't matter because they weren't exceptional...they never accomplished anything. But then, I know Neil Peart is an accomplished songwriter, and he's deliberately saying that to make you think to yourself, "Hey, that's not right. It does matter!"
Phil Ochs's "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends" (http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/small-circle-of-friends.html) does the same thing. So does Pink Floyd's "Free Four" off Obscured By Clouds. Just listening to "Santaria" though, without extensive knowledge of the band, I simply don't get the feeling that it was done intentionally. :/
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Date: 2002-06-10 02:41 am (UTC)Phil Ochs's "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends" (http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/small-circle-of-friends.html) does the same thing. So does Pink Floyd's "Free Four" off Obscured By Clouds. Just listening to "Santaria" though, without extensive knowledge of the band, I simply don't get the feeling that it was done intentionally. :/