I'd like to thank Eminem and Rihanna for the inspiration for this post. First off I've never been much of an Eminem, and my favorite Rihanna work is Shy Ronnie. It's not a matter of not recognizing the talent, just hasn't been something that attracted my attention. The video for the song Monster grabbed me. If you haven't seen it check it out. On the surface it's good flow, and beat, and hook, and everyone in the video is
right on it. Then I started to hear the words, and a few possible meanings based on my own twisted mind started to fill in where the actual lyrics of the song leave off. Lets face it everyone has their own definition for every word, multiple definitions for many, nuanced by usage, emotional flavor, timing in delivery. Now I know these definitions are a product of my own devising, and I have no clue what is really intended by the artists, and it doesn't matter. The experience I have in watching, or listening is mine. So what did I see? well if you didn't ask that question, I guess you might as well stop reading now. If you still with I'll play in my silly mind for a bit, and maybe entertain you some.
I'm digging the whole imagery of being analyzed, though the lyrics don't really quite match up. The video gives the impression of someone getting "help". The lyrics though are of someone who has come to terms with the monster lurking in their own psyche. This zips me right along a thought train to the mystery traditions to know thyself. I like this kind of connection so it draws my attention in a bit farther, allowing some less apparent or less likely depending on your perspective to form in this chaos of I. I'm a fan of conspiracy theories, they are fun for me. If the world we see on the surface is all there is, this is a pretty sorry place, so I kinda need that idea that just maybe things are not what they seem at all. Making a link from this video to popular conspiracy was a piece of cake. A simple Search of Illuminati and the music industry is all it takes, now as I said those are fun for me, so that connection was made in my head pretty quickly. It started when the idea that it's external to what Eminem views as self, the lyrics talk of the monster being not within, but under the bed, something external, and voices while in the head are heard. A labeling that leads to the idea of being distinct from. Even the the line of being a messenger, and the shift in vocal quality are used to denote an external entity, something that is very different from what we see. A possession of sorts, of something that is not to be controlled only befriended, and understood.
As I said, I claim no inside knowledge, I'm not even saying I hold the view I just expressed, it was just a little show of whats rattling around in this thing I call a mind. So please don't go off thinking I'm saying this is satanic ritual, or expression, cuz frankly I don't know, and even if I did I'm not sure I'd be overly concerned. So once again thanks to Eminem, and Rihanna for some entertaining inspiration.
Jack
aka
PanseyBard
right on it. Then I started to hear the words, and a few possible meanings based on my own twisted mind started to fill in where the actual lyrics of the song leave off. Lets face it everyone has their own definition for every word, multiple definitions for many, nuanced by usage, emotional flavor, timing in delivery. Now I know these definitions are a product of my own devising, and I have no clue what is really intended by the artists, and it doesn't matter. The experience I have in watching, or listening is mine. So what did I see? well if you didn't ask that question, I guess you might as well stop reading now. If you still with I'll play in my silly mind for a bit, and maybe entertain you some.
I'm digging the whole imagery of being analyzed, though the lyrics don't really quite match up. The video gives the impression of someone getting "help". The lyrics though are of someone who has come to terms with the monster lurking in their own psyche. This zips me right along a thought train to the mystery traditions to know thyself. I like this kind of connection so it draws my attention in a bit farther, allowing some less apparent or less likely depending on your perspective to form in this chaos of I. I'm a fan of conspiracy theories, they are fun for me. If the world we see on the surface is all there is, this is a pretty sorry place, so I kinda need that idea that just maybe things are not what they seem at all. Making a link from this video to popular conspiracy was a piece of cake. A simple Search of Illuminati and the music industry is all it takes, now as I said those are fun for me, so that connection was made in my head pretty quickly. It started when the idea that it's external to what Eminem views as self, the lyrics talk of the monster being not within, but under the bed, something external, and voices while in the head are heard. A labeling that leads to the idea of being distinct from. Even the the line of being a messenger, and the shift in vocal quality are used to denote an external entity, something that is very different from what we see. A possession of sorts, of something that is not to be controlled only befriended, and understood.
As I said, I claim no inside knowledge, I'm not even saying I hold the view I just expressed, it was just a little show of whats rattling around in this thing I call a mind. So please don't go off thinking I'm saying this is satanic ritual, or expression, cuz frankly I don't know, and even if I did I'm not sure I'd be overly concerned. So once again thanks to Eminem, and Rihanna for some entertaining inspiration.
Jack
aka
PanseyBard
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