Tagged: Let The Bad Times Roll
The Offspring’s “Behind Your Walls” is a song about depression. And the person who is suffering from this affliction would be the addressee. Moreover, he or she is someone whom the vocalist cares about. So the...
“We Never Have Sex Anymore” is one Offspring song in which the title is quite literal. What the narrative centers on is a relationship that is still intact alright. For instance, the singer and his lady,...
Perhaps the simplest way to begin describing “The Opioid Diaries” is as it being premised on a conspiracy theory. And that is Big Pharma intentionally getting people hooked on opioids. This seems to be something...
By this point in the playlist of Let the Bad Times Roll, listeners should know that The Offspring is a conscious band, i.e. one who is mindful of the prevailing issues of the day. And when...
The phrase “army of one” alludes to a singular individual being just as effective as an entire army. This idea is not usually meant to be taken literally. In fact as used within the context of...
The Offspring’s “Coming for You” is an interesting song, which we can say is dual-themed, at least to some extent. It starts off with The Offspring giving a shoutout to themselves, in a humorous sort...
Earlier when analyzing “Breaking These Bones“, another Let the Bad Times Roll track, we alluded to the possibility that the addressee of that song may be deceased. Well on this particular piece, based on the first line of...
Now getting midway into the playlist of “Let the Bad Times Roll” we can see, as implied by the project’s title, that depression is one of the subthemes of the album, if not the main theme. And on...
The title of this song (“Let The Bad Times Roll”) is actually a mocking of “Let the Good Times Roll“, the name of a musical piece dating back to 1946. Said tune is a classic, and even more...
