| By Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Idioteque (page 6/ 8) ------ performed by Radiohead You can't look at this song through present day lenses | Reviewer: Mike | 1/31/08 To people writing reviews regarding Idioteque's relation to "the war" and global warming: You do realize Kid A came out in 2000? That's three years before the Iraq War began and 6 years before An Inconvenient Truth and the modern global warming hysteria. I doubt they had either in mind when writing this song, especially events that hadn't transpired yet. Still, that aside, it really shows a key to great music: the ability to transcend time. It doesn't matter when or where you listen to it. Meaning springs forth no matter what, as opposed to event based songs that lose importance and meaning a few years after they are released. Anyway, I'm listening to Idioteque right now. And it is wonderful. Women and children first | Reviewer: fuchsia | 1/29/08 I enjoyed reading all of your reviews, and I agree with most of them, so I won't elaborate. Except that my idea of "Women and children first" implies a catastrophy. Hence, when a ship is sinking, women and children are boarded first so that they may survive, if not the men. Idioteque | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/5/08 Putting aside the political context for a moment...this song to me talks mainly about idiocicy, carelessness and the excessive nature of modern times.(mobiles-materialism, "swallow till i burst"-perhaps referring to the consumption of alcohol). Can't think of a clearer example for all this than a discoteque full of "idiots"-idioteque. General interpretation | Reviewer: Lucila | 1/5/08 Putting aside the political context for a moment...this song to me talks mainly about idiocicy, carelessness and the excessive nature of modern times.(mobiles-materialism, "swallow till i burst"-perhaps referring to the consumption of alcohol). Can't think of a clearer example for all this than a discoteque full of "idiots"-hence idioteque. Disaster | Reviewer: Hagan | 12/30/07 I have always looked at this song as a type of apocalyptic song. Having the government or who ever is in charge telling everyone that an attack of some sort is upon them, and that everyone needs to get out of where they are. It kind of goes along with their song 4minute warning which is much more calm than Idioteque. On an actual review of this song, it is awesome. It is one of my favorite Radiohead songs, and one of my favorite songs to get me energized. - | Reviewer: tom | 11/3/07 I think this song is yes, about captilastic society and government aand their neglegence/ignorance of the future and the truth and the neglegence to our children who must face this future and reality. proof? "scaremongering"- direct reference to government: scare tactics, taking of advantage of the public and profitting in some form or another. Turning from the truth- ( i.e. problems we have to face some day or another "Ice age coming", "this is really happening"). This government/society is not interested in the future ("scaremongering", "take the money and run"-which further build on idea of capitalism, and running from the truth). Also i think the use of "ice age" "bunker" and "this is really happening" suggests we're on the brink of some kind of inevitable revolution/war/outbreak (or maybe even the truth as such), and the use of "mobiles chipring""quirking" is just a reinforcement of modern, captialistic and materialistic (to an extent) society Also, i think what N has said about the lost and deaf children is a great point. In the lyrics there is certainly a lack of direction and hope in society, mainly because of neglegence). .. | Reviewer: namii | 10/15/07 i totally agree with N. ..this song is really touching the music,the perfect.most amazing lyrics adressing straight to the point all the problems our society faces... great.. cant stop listening to it..! the begining of the end | Reviewer: dsotm42 | 10/15/07 radiohead is pointing the finger at the failure of parents to raise their children with the right values. yorke's constant anti-capitalist rants are prevalent tru out his music, and is also evidenced by them giving away their latest album free (essentially). what are the right values? he leaves it to you to decide. The modern world as an Idioteque | Reviewer: N. | 9/28/07 I'd start from: Here I'm allowed everything all the time. I think this song is about the war in general (or any modern war for that matter) and the general illness of the capital society alltogether. (children are deaf and lost- they are the future, and perhaps they don't hear the voices telling the society is going down in some way, degrading; they don't realize the mistakes of the history, the world is in decadence). He laughs until his head falls of. This is a difficult one, and their lyrics seam to be written following the intuition, so not all the lines are rationally explainable, but I guess it could be a reference to the madness of the war. (Also in connection to "here I can do everything all of the time"- the saying goes "in love and war everything is allowed"- and the war generally brings the worst out of the worst people, providing a state closest to complete anarchy that this world can effectively reach). Mobiles are the symbol of the last decade, and "take the money and run" is the symbol of classic capitalyst thinking. "Ice age coming".. I agree with Mike about nuclear winter caused by the bomb. I didn t think of that at first, but I think it fits perfectly. Finally, "who's in bunker?"- this I guess can be only about some general emergency, like the war. Finally, Idioteque, following this interpretation would be refered to the modern word in general (capitalist neo-colonialism, fight for the oil, nuclear threats etc.) ... | Reviewer: N. | 9/28/07 "Here I'm allowed everything all of the time.." (In love and war everything is allowed, therefore this, to me, implies to the madness of the war and how it brings the worst out of the people) Same thing for "I'll laugh until my head comes off". Mobiles- symbol of the last decade or so. Could imply the diminuishing direct contact amongst the people due to the immersion in the virtual world. Also, mobiles are initially associated with business, therefore "take the money and run"- the typical capitalist policy. (both on individual level, and regarding international policies of big powers, neo-colonialism, oil motivated wars etc.). "Women and children first"... (it's a man's world- i.e. this is not women and children's war. it implies to the hystorical virtues assigned to the wars of all men- the protection of the weak. "Ice age is coming"... I'd agree with Mike here. It didn t cross my mind before, but nuclear winter fits my interpretation perfectly. Finally, "Idioteque", in my interpretation would refer to the decadent modern society as a whole. "deaf and lost are the children"... they symbolize the future, yet they do not realize the impact of the actions... it could be anything from gass emission to wars and alienation due to the eccessive use of internet etc. I thing it is sort of an open song, as many Radiohead songs are, allowing more than one interpretation, which is what maes them thick. They also seam to be written based on pure intuition, not all of its parts are complitely rationalized, which is why a large part of it is left for free associations. Their songs evoke and transmit a strong feeling which I believe is similar in most of us, even if we don t share the same rational inspiration. It's a genuine work of art. Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | |
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