OK Dave you win, It's an obvious attempt at converting innocents like me to fascismTownshend’s vision of a futuristic fantasy

I won't get fooled again.

OK Dave you win, It's an obvious attempt at converting innocents like me to fascismTownshend’s vision of a futuristic fantasy
Behind Blue Eyes:
Townshend’s vision of a futuristic fantasy, wherein people, driven indoors by a climatic catastrophe and a tyrannical government that deprived them of all recreation including religion and music, were administered with artificial reality experiences through intravenous tubes. “In a way, they lived as if they were in television programmes. Everything was programmed,” Townshend explained. “The enemies were people who gave us entertainment intravenously, and the heroes were savages who’d kept rock ‘n’ roll as a primitive force and had gone to live with it in the woods.”
The story’s principal hero is Bobby, a hacker who infiltrates the government’s mainframe (known as The Grid) to inform people of Life House, a rock ‘n’ roll happening that will liberate attendees from their “forced hibernation” with a universal chord that resonates with each individual’s harmonic frequency. His arch nemesis is Jumbo, the imperious controller of The Grid, who leads his security forces to close down Life House.
The song is from Jumbo's perspective. A character that works to preserve the fascist dictatorship.
Absolutely daft and under researched decision to use that song title for a club youtube series. Thats my point. The club's official media are a bit thick if they thought that was a great idea. They need a few tutorials on symbolism.
Exactly.However whilst criticising the club for associating themselves with fascism is probably taking this a bit far (which I'm not saying you are doing) - it's still a little bit stupid to use it when you think about the basic moral undertone of the tune. It would be a bit like calling a series which journals Everton's work in the mental health centres around Liverpool "Blue Monday".
Exactly.
It's spectacularly inappropriate to use 'Behind Blue Eyes'.
Whoever thought that title up is involved in public relations on behalf of this club. Think about that.
I don't think this kind of hyperbole is necessary at all. Most people engaging with the content won't have a scooby what it's even referring to
It's just a bit thick, nothing more, nothing less. There's loads of examples of crap marketing - at Everton or otherwise - I certainly won't be pausing the front page for it
It's an unnecessary gaffe by a clueless PR department is the obvious point being made, regardless of who does and who doesn't know the storyline of a Who song.
Also my apologies for assuming your species hereI wouldn't even go that far. A gaffe by the PR department would be getting the players names or pictures muddled up or something. Something that really attracts negative attention
In this instance they've simply used a song title from the Who's back catalogue for a Youtube series, without fully comprehending the lyrical concept of that song. Or, more accurately, the narrative of the album it was supposed to be on (but never was) - which is where the true meaning of the songs lyrics take full effect. Which is an extremely niche, middle-class intelligentsia thing to hone in on when you think about it.
Hardly an incriminating blunder - but that's my my opinion and you possibly/probably have higher standards for our fellow humans.
Remember: they can't all be as intellectual as us
A revealing blunder. It underlines the PR team dont have a clue what they're doing. If they cant think a title of a video series through and understand that the back story behind it is inappropriate then what else can they get wrong?I wouldn't even go that far. A gaffe by the PR department would be getting the players names or pictures muddled up or something. Something that really attracts negative attention
In this instance they've simply used a song title from the Who's back catalogue for a Youtube series, without fully comprehending the lyrical concept of that song. Or, more accurately, the narrative of the album it was supposed to be on (but never was) - which is where the true meaning of the songs lyrics take full effect. Which is an extremely niche, middle-class intelligentsia thing to hone in on when you think about it.
Hardly an incriminating blunder - but that's my my opinion and you possibly/probably have higher standards for our fellow humans.
Remember: they can't all be as intellectual as us
Again, I'm not sure it's inappropriate. It's a song about the deep human feeling of regret and loneliness. It's not a song that endorses despotismA revealing blunder. It underlines the PR team dont have a clue what they're doing. If they cant think a title of a video series through and understand that the back story behind it is inappropriate then what else can they get wrong?
That's the conclusion to draw here.