I find Gojira's lyrics to be one of the things I love most about them! They are singing about environmentalism and anti-capitalism! It makes them really unique and I can connect with their lyrics more than the generic lyrics most metal bands churn out!
Everyone has their opinions and all but this one truly baffles me. Can you give some examples of the lyrics you find ridiculous?
I could give examples, but in more broad terms, the bolded in your post nailed it already. Although as to the first one, I would slightly modify that to "environmental activism," which is more where their lyrics seem to lean, and also sometimes with a touch of spiritualism tied to that environmental activism, which just takes it over the top. To me, "environmentalism" means being a good steward of the environment, which I feel we ALL have an obligation to do in varying degrees. Environmental activism takes it to an absurd extreme that I can never get behind, and often entails a set of beliefs that are destructive and stupid.
While I respect your opinion...
The lyrics are just getting people to understand the consequences that happened to the planets environment and ecosystem because of the decisions humans have made.
Although this thread might not be the place, I wouldn't mind a PM, but can you give me examples of what you mean by absurd extreme environmental activism? and what set of beliefs you consider destructive and stupid?
Because I will say, a lot of the comforts of life humans crave is destructive for the entire environment of the planet. And based on the album "From Mars, to Sirius" some "Primitive" cultures that are considered "Third World" are holding that obligation of being good stewards of the environment. That album is based off the knowledge and perceptions of the Dogon people in Africa.
https://anomalien.com/the-dogon-people-primitive-tribe-with-knowledge-of-the-universe/According to Dogon folklore, the star Sirius (one of our closest celestial neighbors at only 8.6 light years away) actually has a companion star that is not visible to the naked eye. Their traditions claim that this mysterious invisible companion star completes an elliptical orbit around Sirius every 50 years.
This information has been an integral component of their religious beliefs for thousands of years, and yet scientific research did not confirm its validity until the mid-1800s when Western astronomers began to notice irregularities in the movement of Sirius.
This prompted further research and eventually, a theory was formed that Sirius was being influenced by the movements of a second star. This theory was finally confirmed in 1862 when astronomers finally detected a faint companion star, which eventually came to be known as “Sirius B”....
This staggering insight into astronomical phenomena was first recorded by Marcel Griaule and Germaine Dieterlen, two French anthropologists that first made contact with the Dogon in 1931 and continued to intensely study their culture for the next three decades.
The astronomical knowledge of the Dogon tribe was considered to be so advanced and so precise that a significant amount of controversy began to arise regarding its origins. According to Dogon legend, their ancestors received this knowledge from the Nommos, a race of extraterrestrial beings that visited the Earth thousands of years ago.
Dogon myths describe the Nommos as being amphibious, fish-like humanoids that arrived on Earth in a rotating “ark” accompanied by fire and thunder. The Nommos supposedly established a large water reservoir on the Earth and then inhabited the water.
In other words, that album is about a person taking an astral journey to Sirius where the flying whales show him the future of a possible outcome if humans do not change their behavior on how they treat the Earth.
It's the reason I consider Global Warming there best song.
And a reason why Amazonia hits more for me, as those people down there are like the brothers and sisters of my people, as we have oral stories about our migrations from those places down in South America. And those natives down there who are trying their best to hold their obligation of being good stewards of the Earth, are being forced out by their own government and forced to fight for that obligation to continue to be good stewards of the Earth. All because humans desire the comforts that are produced by the destruction of the Amazon, and the same is said for the other comforts humans desire that destroy the environment of the Earth.
In other words, that Environmental Activism is not entirely based off of a set of stupid beliefs. I find the term, "stupid beliefs" regarding being active on caring about the environment a bit offensive, honestly.
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