Sunday, July 26, 2009

P.S.

"Are we human, or are we dancer" was taken from a journalist Hunter S. Thompson before he committed suicide, Flowers said this is where he got that line, and the deeper meaning behind that line is this:

In this song, dancer is used as a metaphor for an orchestrated, rehearsed act. Something without individuality. Without emotion i guess, like a hollow act. A dancer has no room for individuality when in groups(like a person in society) they have to follow an exact pattern that everyone else does. If you've ever seen a dancer screw up, it's very noticeable. so when he says are we human or we dancer, he is comparing someone who is human(not as a species, but as a quality, human means emotional and individual; able to think for oneself). Then the word dancer in this song is also used as a quality, not as a noun. Which is why there is no 's' at the end, because he wants to stress that he doesn't mean a bunch of dancers, but rather that he's asking if the world is full of the dancer quality. It's the same reason there is no 's' at the end of human, because he could've said "Are we humans, or are we dancers" but that doesn't bring about his deeper meaning, which is why he is using 'dancer' and 'human' as qualities, or adjectives.

This the explanation of The Killer's song "Human". I LOVE IT. I got this explanation from Yahoo answers from an anonymous poster.

Kudo's anonymous. xoSusan

4 comments:

  1. How interesting Susan! Something to think about. That Hunter S.

    xo
    Leslie

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  2. I always wondered where that line came from in the Killer's song! Leave it to Brandon Flowers to get it from Hunter S. Thompson! Did you get my email? I've got art stuff for you, girlfriend...

    -Roberta

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  3. I think I'm a human in disguise as a dancer but slowly shedding the role...
    ps dropped by after seeing you looking fabulous over at Marsha's place!

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  4. I've read many things by Hunter S. Thompson, and as a matter one of fact, one of his novels which of course is semi-autobiographical is "The Rum Diary", was recently made into a motion picture starring my fav, Johnny Depp a very good friend of Hunter. Johnny carried out Hunters last wish to have his ashes blown out of a cannon on his property in Colorado. Now, that's a friend. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4168266.stm
    -johnnydeppfanette

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