Who is the “they” in this song? Who is the “us”?ģ. Who is so dull that they have to borrow their hate? What kind of person does this line bring to mind?Ģ. What seems to be the moral dilemma in these lyrics? Can we know or are the words too cryptic? Are there any clues?ġ. What do you think the sin is that’s “on the hands of you”?Ĥ. Who do you think the “bastard” is? Why?ģ. Why do you think they chose to have a slower tempo for at least part of this song?Ģ. This is one of the slowest songs on the album. What do you think about the call to “Be brave, reshape, create, reclaim”? Does this line up with a Christian worldview? If so how? What does the songwriter want you to take away from these words?ġ. What are your thoughts about the musical composition of this song? Is it fitting or not? Why?Ĩ. What do you think about the line, “Awaken a world our own”?ħ. Who or what do you think is being forced into molds? What kind of statement are they making here? What do you think about the question, “Dare we live without molds?” What’s your answer to this question?Ħ. Why? Why do you think they chose this title for this song?Ĥ. What do you think of the title of this song? Do you find it abrasive or offensive?Ģ. What is the lie that’s being checked to see if it’s met expectations so far?ġ. What does “say it say it” refer to? Say what?Ĥ. What are your thoughts on the opening “disclaimer”? Could you understand any of it?Ģ. What or who is he afraid of becoming a slave to? How does this fit with the theme of being led along?ġ. What does he mean by the statement “create a world, a special place of my design”? How does this fit with the next line, “to never cope or never care”? Have you ever done this? Why?Ħ. Who is “he”? Who are “they”? How does your answer to these two questions affect how you interpret this song?ĥ. Why does he want and need the fear? Where does the fear come from?Ĥ. What’s the over all mood or feeling that you get from this song? Why? How do the words contribute to this? How does the music contribute to this?ģ. What’s your initial impression of this song? Is it different in any way than the two previous songs?Ģ. What does the singer want to get some of? Why?ġ. What do you think the idea he tried is? Why try it for no reason? Why is it “still existing”?Ĥ. What do you think is meant by the phrase, “touching new life”? How does this phrase guide the song?ģ. What do you think they mean by “a blackout”?Ģ. Why does he scream, “Now saturate the earth”?ġ. Who do you think this song is being sung to?ĥ. We usually speak of the soul leaving the body, why do you think the song says that the body has left the soul? Is this significant? Why or why not?ģ. Do you think this is literal or metaphorical? Why?Ģ. In some ways the lyrics to this song seem to be describing death. Besides that this is just a great album to rock out to.ġ. While it is unfortunate that the guys in Chevelle merely point out the problem without suggesting many solutions we can support their disapproval with so much of what is wrong with our culture and hope that in future albums they may point to a right response to these same problems. In many regards this album is a call to social revolution against those who would homogenize and commodify art and human existence. Within these songs lies a deep mourning and angry lashing out at the commercialization and plastic nature of Western civilization. While not quite a concept album there is a definite similarity and uniformity between the music and words of these 11 songs. Lyrically, This Type of Thinking is cryptic and enigmatic but, as is noted in the bio on their webpage, Pete communicates more in the way he sings his words than by the words he sings. The music of Chevelle is unapologetically simple and straight forward: hard, driving beats geared up with explosive guitar riffs and the haunting voice and scream of brother Pete. 2002’s Wonder did not suffer from the same production and mixing issues and ended up surprising critics and fans alike when it landed three radio singles and garnered them enough respect in the mainstream Rock/Metal scene to earn them the bragging rights of playing mainstage on the Ozzfest tour. Their first album Point #1 was put out by the small Christian label Squint records and was plagued by poor mixing and production. Chevelle’s third album follows in the footsteps of the surprising success of their 2002 release Wonder What’s Next which was their first album with Epic records. On their third full-length EP Peter, Samuel and Joseph (the three brothers who form Chevelle) deliver an aggressive powerhouse of an album. Music Chevelle, This Type of Thinking Could Do Us In (2004)
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