Here Comes Your Man - Pixies
Point: Wisdom of Crowds/ “Crowd Intelligence” - the theory that a diverse collection of independently-deciding individuals is more likely to reach a correct conclusion than one person thinking alone.
Counterpoint: A sampling of comments on Songmeanings regarding the true meaning of the lyrics to Here Comes Your Man:
-i think it’s about the apocalypse. might be wrong, but meh.
-Listen to the song again. It’s about Hitler invading Europe…particularly Poland in the spring of 38.
-You are all idiot sheep! This song is about waiting on a drug dealer.
-this is about a man getting kidnapped and your waiting for him
-This song is about hobos in california dying in earthquakes. See the “dirty beards hanging down” lines - hobos have dirty beards. “The man” is probably god.
-This song is about the atomic bombing on Nagasaki
-I always thought this song was about being nervous on a first date.
-Someone on livejournal said this song is about Hitler and the Holocaust, the boxcars being the ones that brought people to the camps.
-This song is about weed you retards
-I thought this was love song??? She’s waiting for her man/bf?
Conclusion: Turn your back for just a second, and “the wisdom of crowds” will rapidly degenerate into “the gibberish of the mob” and pothead rule.
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