In the video below, I am not certain whether I like the enigmatic lyrics because I am not certain that they mean what I think that they do. My take on them is that they must be broadcasting a snide and sarcastic protest against covert threads that the artists believed made up the political fiber of America during the 80s. It seems that they were making a mockery of the HOME OF THE FREE faces (via the masks) that America was presenting to the rest of the world during that time, while its economy carelessly hung around the necks of and on bare backs of its own people (kind of eating its own young, so to speak). The artists seem to have been taking a stab at unveiling the distinct, but unspoken, biases that were the ramparts that political America was watching regarding jobs, government and private promotions for only the chosen few, discrimination relative to opportunities for advancement in general, lack of access to residential freedom in certain neighborhoods, and denial of tax dollars for education and technology for children and young adults within certain of its sub-cultures (blacks, the poor, lbgt’s, and women, etc.). However, unless I am simply not informed, the ways that this genre of artists projected their souls into their drums and, especially, their guitars was infectious. That kind of great guitar playing and drumming should not have been a fad, but should be a never-ending style that can be found somewhere, at some event, in some auditorium, still.
