Double Friday with NoFX

Wow, since it's the weekend already, I thought that I would send out a double treat. NoFX's The Decline. In the vein of The Who's Tommy and, more recently, Green Day's American Idiot, The Decline is not a "rock opera" as such, just a kick ass 18 minute song.

The song is angry, but not without its purpose. While the vitriol against overall society is seen in various NoFX albums (again in the later The War on Errorism), this song bespeaks toward them all in a continuous stream. In fact, one is usually a few bars into the next section of the song before one realizes the change.

Do we need all the pills? Do we need the shallowness of our culture? Do we need what we are told from Television or the Internet? Can't we all just look out the window? Could we learn from history, or are we doomed to repeat?

So folks, whomever is listening, I'd like to proudly present to you: The Decline. Enjoy, then do something different. Apparently, we do not all need to march in a straight line.



and part 2...



Through the whole thing? Awesome. See ya tomorrow.
-om