Filter-American Cliche (school violence)

MackBruce12 diyorki:

Sep 26, 2008 - love the song but i dont really get how it ties in with school violence

mudgarcia diyorki:

Sep 26, 2008 - i know it doesnt make sense, but richard patrick said the song was about how commonplace school violence has become.

saintsubversive diyorki:

Oct 5, 2008 - I think its a subject that fascinates and horrifies him, as it does many of us who still remember the humiliations of school (even decades later) and how at one time or another most of us wished we could blow the place up. "It's Over" (from 'Short Bus') also seems to allude to school shootings, and it was released before Columbine, during the seemingly endless wave of shootings in the late 90s that finally led to Columbine. This is well done, thanks for creating it!

mudgarcia diyorki:

Oct 6, 2008 - actually the song "It's Over" is about the suicide of Richard Patricks friend.

saintsubversive diyorki:

Oct 6, 2008 - I figured it was written about a suicide, but the lyrics could also be what was going through Eric and Dylan's minds in their final moments of terror (and the hellishly scary riff in that song fits them too). Any song is open to interpretation in a different way from the one that the artist intended, just as "American Cliche" isnt directly about Columbine or school shootings either, but (as youve shown here) it can work with that visual concept too.

redmight93 diyorki:

Nov 17, 2008 - well go suck a cock if it makes you confussed.