Maynard James Keenan thinks one in all Software’s older songs is “silly” now.
The vocalist was the newest visitor on Steve-O’s Wild Experience! podcast and through the dialog, Steve-O talked about that he requested synthetic intelligence (AI) to categorise the singer’s three bands — Software, A Excellent Circle and Puscifer.
The software program described Software as “reverent,” A Excellent Circle as “romantic” and Puscifer as “absurd” however prompt all three teams purpose to “dismantle the ego.”
“Yeah I do not learn about that,” Keenan responded. “Reverence for fist fucking?”
The vocalist described the lyrics for all three of his bands as “severe play” and famous that every of the songs he is written stability humor with engaging in one thing. Nonetheless, he believes that he failed to perform one thing with sure songs as a result of he bought “caught up within the fallacious factor.”
“There’s some outdated Software songs, I do not like taking part in them as a result of I really feel like I failed them. They’re widespread songs however I really feel like I used to be attempting to make a joke and it was a dumb joke. I ought to have simply moved on,” Keenan admitted.
He cited one of many tracks from Software’s 1993 debut album Undertow for instance.
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“I really feel just like the lyrics do not maintain up beneath scrutiny… ‘4°’ is a silly track,” he stated. “The best way I wrote it… I used to be attempting to fucking make a butt intercourse joke and it was dumb. The track’s stunning, what these guys did musically is nice and I believe perhaps the melody’s melody however the phrases are simply dumb. I do not know what the fuck I used to be pondering.”
The lyrics from one of many verses within the track are, “Locked up inside you / Just like the calm beneath castles / Is a cavern of treasures that / Nobody has been to” [via Genius].
Software, ‘4°’
The rocker laughed when he stated he “fastened” the track when he wrote “Stinkfist,” the opening observe on 1996’s Ænima.
Later, Keenan agreed with AI’s interpretation of Puscifer as being “absurd” however prompt that the band’s materials is simply as severe as a few of the songs from his different bands as a result of the melodies and tales are comparable.
Try the complete dialog under.
Maynard James Keenan Thinks One in every of Software’s Songs Is ‘Silly’ Now
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