The Resistance by the Muse when

Hey everyone! i have another 1984 related topic to discuss :) for those of you who are twi-hard fans or people who have enjoyed the movie twilight, do you remember the baseball scene?

The background soundtrack is playing supermassive black hole by Muse, a british pop band. one of their recent albums were inspired by George Orwell's 1984. Personally I found it really cool that a major band would be interested in a book like 1984, I'm going to take you step-by-step through the lyrics of their song, The Resistance, which was directly related to 1984.

" is your secret safe tonight? and are we out of sight? Or will our world come tumbling down?"

I think this stanza refers to the theme of redemption. The feeling that someone is chasing you down, and the constant need of a hiding place to seek refuge in.

"Love is our resistance they keep us apart and they won't stop breaking us down and told me, our lips must always be sealed." I think this refers to the theme of love that surrounds Winston and Julia, from the beginning of the relationship the only thing that was "against" big brother, was the fact that they were in love I'm having sexual interactions between each other. That further grew into the relationship that they have when they are fighting the party, love is the fuel to their train of freedom.

"Quell your prayers for love and peace, you'll wake the thought police, we can hide the truth inside."

This is directly taken from the book, the use of the thought police, as an overshadowing figure that watches your every move. It also tries to erase the feeling of love and peace and hope, almost as if this stanza it about surrendering.

"the night has reached its end, we can't pretend, we must run we must run, it's time to run."

This is the climax of the song as well as the book, because of the need to escape from the party and big brother.

Overall this song is very dark and pessimistic, almost like the mood in the novel 1984 by George Orwell.

Check out the video clip of the song, and the YouTube link. Personally I really enjoyed the beginning of the song, it reminds me of the song magnificent by U2. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPE9uSFFxrI

WAR IS PEACE (1984)

For those of you that have read the novel "1984" by George Orwell, will have encountered the motto: War Is Peace.

i have decided (forcefully :p) to Breakdown this Motto and see how many levels it can apply to :D

Theres is of course the classic excuse that in order to have peace, there must be war. This applies to the Motto in the sense that in a state of conflict two partied battle in a war in order to keep there own "peace."

My personal belief is that no matter what you do, you can't satisfy everyone. so i believe that your peace is somebody else's war, its the universal law of duality, in order for someone to win and prosper, someone else must fall and crumble. Its a matter of physics and balance.

People can ask why is there even a "darker" side to everything, why must there be a good and bad, heroes vs. villains etc.

if you think about it, you will notice that if everything in the world was good, we would not know it was good, because we would have nothing to compare it to, for example if everyone in the world donated 1000 $ a year to charities, it would be a normal thing to do so, even though in actuality doing something like that deserves some praise at least. let's say nobody in the world donated ever, and one day a man or woman donates 5000$ to charity, everyone will be shocked to the extent that they feel bad about being on the selfish side, they will sub-cauntiously hate the "good" person. this is a big and twisted way that something like peace or the "addition" of peace can result in war, which will eventually stabilize everyone into a "new" peace.

In the end of the day war and peace are the same thing, people strive for a new goal that doesn't agree with another group of people, in order to find a "common" ground these people will have a war, to achieve peace. this peace then becomes a new war to another group of people who have there own goals to achieve.

War and Peace are mere illusions that are conjured by the uplifting morale of the people and their leaders, a pseudo feeling that blooms from the inside of every goal seeking heart.