Well, first things first:
we’re still in danger of being shot just going to school
Yep, that's America's sad legacy
we’re still being controlled by corrupt politicians
Which country isn't?
religion is still a driving force in this country
Not gonna go there.
Anyway, what's my point:
what he’s saying and how he’s saying it.
Hearing Manson screaming about this stuff speaks to me
Doesn't convince me he didn't intentionally create his image, style and approach so as to best relate to angsty teenagers. He's intelligent and self-reflective, which means his way of managing things must be intentional. And it's all just really too cheap, shallow, angsty for me to appreciate.
Also, the topics you name might be
important for a citizen's emotional well-being, but that doesn't make stressing them, singing about them and concerning mainly with them any less
banal. That's what I hate the most about Zappa, as well - for someone with such alleged intelligence and actual sharp wit, his output is just so...
mundane. There's no magic, no poetry about him. Rummaging through manure is a job which anyone can do. Am I really supposed to buy albums from a
journalist? Thank you, no.
Like, what else is new? If you want to be depressing, at least do it in such a way I'm gonna be flabbergasted.
And you can only hardly sell Manson to a Bing Crosby fan, that's for sure.
