Comments on: Armageddon Days Are Here Again!

By: The The - Armageddon Days Are Here (Again) | Song of the Day

The The - Armageddon Days Are Here (Again) | Song of the Day — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:07:05 +0000

[...] it’s definitely thought provoking. Some people think that it’s very germane to today’s situation, and to be frank, I have to agree. I do [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:20:07 +0000

I found this via Google after revisiting this album for the first time in 15 years.

It’s a great song, starting with the theological “Barroom Blitz” intro.

By: Coyote

Coyote — Mon, 28 May 2007 11:38:30 +0000

Chris – thanks for the comment. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one thinking along those lines

By: NanolabsMultimedia

NanolabsMultimedia — Mon, 28 May 2007 05:58:36 +0000

I had been thinking of this song for days when I finally did a search for the lyric and any relevant commentary, recent notes preferred. Your post is one that made me feel that momentary spark of not being alone in a very simple but important thought process (one which many would not make but surely many in England would, as The The’s popularity stateside was sorely left to Cult following- [opinion]). Thanks for backing up what was already in my head after that lyric got stuck recently in my cranium.

Chris D’Asta
Nanolabs Multimedia

By: nofrontin

nofrontin — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 06:43:47 +0000

Actually, this album was released in 1989 so the lyrics were probably written in 1988. The Persian Gulf War (Desert Storm) started in 1991, so I think more credit is due to The The. Great song, great lyrics, great foresight, and great message.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:00:24 +0000

As youngsters, having religion beaten into us at school, we were always told that God created man in his own image.

Wrong way round, actually. The fact is, man created God in his own image, (and I do mean HIS; how many religions treat women as equals?), hence the problem.

The more I see this superstitious nonsense stuffing up the world, the more I’m becoming a radical, fundamentalist atheist.

Time to launch an unholy war.

By: Coyote

Coyote — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:23:06 +0000

I guess the point I was trying to make (unsuccessfully) is that the central theme of this song and these lyrics is about forgetting the message and worshiping the creed instead. When we start killing people over cartoons I personally think it’s gone too far. I believe that things have become worse in the last 20 years. I think that it’s out of control and it’s that way because we have let it happen.

Blinkered and blind obedience to any given creed is a problem in my humble opinion. No religion should be exclusive. No position untenable.

By: Omnipotent Poobah

Omnipotent Poobah — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 01:54:05 +0000

Good song, although I think Utenzi has a point. In fact, I believe someone could have penned this song just about anytime during the last 2000 years and it would have fit nicely. Still, it is a good song that sums up the whole sorrid affair.

People say that Nostra-dumbass fella was good with the predictions. Maybe that’s where this one was rooted.

Great post!

By: Utenzi

Utenzi — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 01:16:40 +0000

I like your post but don’t see anything amazing about the lyrics. They were written during the Gulf Conflict in 1990 after Iraq tried to grab Kuwait after the long and bitter conflict they had with Iran. Todays miltary action in the Gulf region makes the lyrics pertinent but hardly prophetic.