I'm sorry that I could not post this directly, but WATCH THE VIDEO! : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJmX1z1NY2c
Virtual Insanity-Jamiroquai Lyrics:
It' a wonder man can eat at all
When things are big
That should be small
Who can tell what magic spells we'll be doing for us.
And I'm giving all my love to this world
Only to be told
I can't see, I can't breathe
No more will we be
And nothing's gonna change the way we live
Cuz we can always take and never give
And now that things are changing for the worse,
See, it's a crazy world we're living in
And I just can't see that half of us immersed in sin
Is all we have to give these
Chorus
Futures made of virtual insanity
now always seem, to be governed by this love we have
For useless, twisting, our new technology
Oh now there is no sound for we all live underground
And I'm thinking in what a mess we're in
Hard to know when to begin
If I could slip the sickly ties that earthly man has made
And now every mother can choose the color of her child
That's not nature's way
Well that's what they said yesterday
There's nothing left to do but pray
I think it's time I found a new religion
Whoaaa it's so insane to synthesize another strain
There's something in these futures that we have to be told.
Now there's no sound if we all live underground
And now it's virtual insanity
Forget your virtual reality
Oh, there's nothing so bad, I know yeah
Forget the goofy hat that Jamiroquai is wearing, this 90's music video is one of my favorites (props to "Think Tank" who incorporated video in her blogging). I hope you notice how he just slides around the room without moving around himself and wonder: how in the world were they able to make that happen? His topic of reality brings back the beginning discussions we had in class before. Philosophy studies who we are and, ultimately, brings forth understanding to why we do the things we do. In our lives, whether it be illusion or a reality, are we true to ourselves? Do we get too caught up in the changes in life to stop and think if it is making ourselves better people? Jamiroquai presents the perspective if this life is a reality, it is becoming an illusion, or what he names it as: virtual insanity. The lyrics cast topics I think we need to be concerned with as well: Our faith, advancements in technology and science, our future. In my opinion, he displays the optical illusions in our modern times. We need to find a way to see beyond this and to find what is true for ourselves. You do know that in the music video it is not the floor that is moving right? It is actually the walls. Enjoy : D
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Jamiroquai's lyrics were ahead of their time. I think their first album was great (although, it's the only one I've actually heard).
One reason I say they were ahead of their time is because when this song came out (something like over 10yrs ago), there was only speculation in many science magazines about some of the things the singer mentions in his lyrics. It is only now, however, that we're just beginning to feel the effects of people being able to choose the way their children come out: blond hair, certain potential IQ, etc. This doesn't mean that they will always get what they want, but it's scary to think that we're heading for a science fiction of the Ray Bradbury kind.
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