When you see the price they paid, I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade

[Robert_Sock]

Covert social engineering!

“When you see the price they paid
I’m sure you’ll come and join the masquerade”
-Berlin – Masquerade

 

[Deo_Volente]

Grace & Peace!

Covert social engineering!

“When you see the price they paid
I’m sure you’ll come and join the masquerade”
-Berlin – Masquerade

Berlin released some really good songs, though I’m not generally as much of a fan of the early '80’s pop-friendly New Wave, preferring the late '70’s punk and post-punk and the '80’s proto-goth / “dark wave” music that grew out of punk and post-punk. But a good song’s a good song.

All that aside, though…what’s yer point again?

Under the Mercy,
Mark

All is Grace and Mercy! Deo Gratias!

 

[Robert_Sock]

Grace & Peace!

Berlin released some really good songs, though I’m not generally as much of a fan of the early '80’s pop-friendly New Wave, preferring the late '70’s punk and post-punk and the '80’s proto-goth / “dark wave” music that grew out of punk and post-punk. But a good song’s a good song.

All that aside, though…what’s yer point again?

Under the Mercy,
Mark

All is Grace and Mercy! Deo Gratias!

It has to do with people seeing the drastic social change we’re going through as a society and wearing a mask pretending that it’s all normal.

 

[Deo_Volente]

Grace & Peace!

It has to do with people seeing the drastic social change we’re going through as a society and wearing a mask pretending that it’s all normal.

I’m not too sure, Robert. I generally think it’s difficult to ascribe too much meaning to pop song lyrics (do you know Gerschwin’s “Blah Blah Blah”? The lyrics epitomize most pop songs in one way or another, whether in his day or in ours: “Blah blah blah blah moon / Blah blah blah above / blah blah blah blah croon / Blah blah blah blah love”). But I think the “Masquerade” lyrics lend themselves to a reading that speaks to living in the past or according to former or faded glories than ignoring drastic social change by wearing a mask.

Though, to be honest, I don’t think Berlin was much given to insouciant social critique…certainly not any that would amount to, “We’re moving too fast!” Also, for some reason I have it in the back of my head that Masquerade was the name of an LA music venue / disco or nightclub…or maybe it was just the name of a nightclub by the time I got to LA…

Anyway.

Under the Mercy,
Mark

All is Grace and Mercy! Deo Gratias!