PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED – DISAPPOINTED (VIRGIN RECORDS)
Serving as some kind of anthem to disillusion whenever I begin to lose faith in people or they do me wrong often this is the song that enters my mind providing the kind of statutory soundtrack and disco to disappointment at the attitudes and actions of my friends. This is my personal ode to being let down.
There is an almost educational song as Mr Lydon manages to capture in words how I often feel towards people suddenly I arrive at a realisation that people are the same all over, that friendships are fractious all over and ultimately are what you make of them. This isn’t the kind of stuff people teach, it just gets learned from experience. Only then can you put these emotions and situations into words and make them into art. This more than anything is why the word of Lydon has endured. Definitely a line of castigation able to be applied to the big picture, the masses and more.
The song is lofty one that feels as if it were towering over towns and buildings. With its swagger it almost sounds baggy (especially the guitars) as Lydon snarls at his most personally condemning. After a period of resounding contemplation it all builds to a crashing chorus stating just how “disappointed in you people” he is. Still as the realities of human nature kick in with a high dose of irony he concludes “that’s what friends are for.” Here most definitely is man more patient with people than I.
Lesson learned.
Thesaurus moment: indoctrinate.
Public Image Limited
Serving as some kind of anthem to disillusion whenever I begin to lose faith in people or they do me wrong often this is the song that enters my mind providing the kind of statutory soundtrack and disco to disappointment at the attitudes and actions of my friends. This is my personal ode to being let down.
There is an almost educational song as Mr Lydon manages to capture in words how I often feel towards people suddenly I arrive at a realisation that people are the same all over, that friendships are fractious all over and ultimately are what you make of them. This isn’t the kind of stuff people teach, it just gets learned from experience. Only then can you put these emotions and situations into words and make them into art. This more than anything is why the word of Lydon has endured. Definitely a line of castigation able to be applied to the big picture, the masses and more.
The song is lofty one that feels as if it were towering over towns and buildings. With its swagger it almost sounds baggy (especially the guitars) as Lydon snarls at his most personally condemning. After a period of resounding contemplation it all builds to a crashing chorus stating just how “disappointed in you people” he is. Still as the realities of human nature kick in with a high dose of irony he concludes “that’s what friends are for.” Here most definitely is man more patient with people than I.
Lesson learned.
Thesaurus moment: indoctrinate.
Public Image Limited
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