The Box (King Missile song)
"The Box" is a song by avant-garde band King Missile. It appears on the band's 1988 album They.
| "The Box" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by King Missile | ||||
| from the album They | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde | |||
| Length | 2:50 | |||
| Label | Shimmy Disc | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dogbowl, John S. Hall | |||
| Producer(s) | Kramer | |||
| King Missile singles chronology | ||||
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Content
In "The Box," frontman John S. Hall sings a story in which a male subject is placed in a box, given various toys to play with, instructed to be creative, and told that he will be let out of the box if he follows his instructions. Although the subject performs his assigned tasks "incredibly well," his captors do not let him out of the box. As the music crescendoes, Hall repeatedly screams, "They lie!"[1]
The lyrics may be an allegory for the way some children are cheated by the American educational system.
Music video
The video for "The Box" was directed for $100 by Wincester Chimes.[2]
gollark: No, it was just you being stupid.
gollark: See, it would be REALLY evil-mastermind if you actually came up with a really convincing argument that Google's privacy invasion was good and convinced us. But this is just stupid.
gollark: The thing is, andrew, it makes you seem stupider in aggregate, so people consider you stupider and are less likely to think "hmm maybe he is PRETENDING".
gollark: I genuinely believe(d) you (a/we)ere that stupid.
gollark: Oh, does it need to be multiple lines with really short lines or something too?
References
- "Lyrics: The Box". Farmboy's King Missile. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
- "Videography". Laundry Lists of Nonsense. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
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