Author Topic: Childcare Issues  (Read 3219 times)

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Re: Childcare Issues
« Reply #15 on: April 20, 2021, 09:47:07 pm »
I never realized this song was all about Original Nobility and the dangers of losing it as you grow older:

Kids


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“Kids” is a song that teaches empathy and moderation. As the track begins, it is meant to induce feelings of nostalgia, to bring the listener back to much simpler times… as a kid… innocent. As the melody progresses, so does the next stage of life. As you grow older, you begin to lose your innocence and fall into society’s ways. The artists warn of the impending struggle between good and bad and remind the listener to take in the world around them in moderation. As one grows older, they must try to maintain the happy-go-lucky attitude and love for the life they had as a kid.

The song is perfect for recognizing that the entirety of your youth is the glory days (especially your collegiate years), remembering to live in the moment and creating fond memories you will reminisce about in the future whenever you hear the familiar melody.

In an interview with Time Out London, Wyngarden describes the band’s mentality when writing the song: “We were just happy-go-lucky, going crazy on campus. But at the same time, we were nostalgic for childhood and there was the threat of post-college life coming.

The “threat” of “post-college life” is surely a reference to impending adulthood. With that in mind, it makes a lot of sense that almost all of the adults in the official music video are portrayed as threatening monsters. In the end, it seems like MGMT is constantly inspired by this fear of growing up. Like Nietzsche and Twain (also referenced in the official music video) they express a cynicism for the adult world. Many of their songs are drenched with a nostalgia for the lost innocence of childhood that the adult world tends to steal away. “Kids” is a great example of all this. Sure, the song is upbeat, a bit random, and super catchy, but its meaning seems to be grounded in these universal emotions of fear and longing.

The song was the center of a legal dispute with the former President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, over the “insulting” compensation he offered for his illegal use of the song during a party conference (meanwhile, MGMT donated their entire legal settlement from the French government to Haiti earthquake relief)
https://genius.com/Mgmt-kids-lyrics

I had no idea that this was what this song was about until just now. Truly impressed, which is extremely rare these days....

Should damn near be the theme song for Aryanism!  :)