Nine Inch Nails' Political Economy

♠ Posted by Emmanuel in at 5/17/2007 12:21:00 AM
I just opened my copy of industrial "band" Nine Inch Nails' latest release entitled "Year Zero." (NIN is basically just this bloke Trent Reznor screaming his head off against a backdrop of heavy beats, screeching guitars, and electronic loops--not saying that's a bad thing.) Our man Trent depicts a post-apocalyptic future, sort of like a pop version of Mad Max. One of the more memorable tracks on this album is a song lambasting George W. Bush, even though we probably should give the poor guy a break as he only has, what, a year and a half left to annoy the world on the job. Here is the song not-so-cryptically entitled "Capital G" set to images by an enterprising YouTuber, together with some sample lyrics:

don't give a s--t about the temperature in guatemala
don't really see what all the fuss is about
ain't gonna worry bout no future generations and a
i'm sure somebody's gonna figure it out
don't try to tell me how some power can corrupt a person
you haven't had enough to know what it's like
you're only angry cause you wish you were in my position
now nod your head because you know that i'm right - all right!