Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution

[Selatius]

Run time: 03:56 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if2jP0Pl9C8   Posted on YouTube: April 17, 2015 By YouTube Member: YouTube Help Views on YouTube: 24539016   Posted on DU: December 19, 2006 By DU Member: Selatius Views on DU: 666

 
An animated music video that serves as a sort of social critique of humanity's imperfections. The lyrics are definitely worth listening.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. Best music video ever, IMHO.

:thumbsup:

[greyl]

2. It is damn great, but it's not about humanity's imperfections. It's about

the destructive arrogance of our culture relative to humanity and the community of life at large.
Our culture teaches us the myth that humans are the pinnacle of evolution, and that we are destined by God(pick one) to conquer and rule the world.

The lyric "Those ignorant Indians got nothin' on me" is a clue that our culture is what's being sarcastically criticized, not the genus homo. Also, if you check out the book Ishmael by Daniel Quinn which the song was inspired by, the point will crystallize further.

http://www.vitalogy.de/faq/faq.html#4.16
http://www.ishmael.org/Interaction/QandA/Detail.CFM?Record=373

[greyl]

3. and thanks for that, I'd never seen it before. :) nt