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Originally Posted by mjk_is_rfg
I hope all of you realize that Maynard began as a stand-up comedian. I'm sure you all know this, as you are notorious for looking into every detail of every lyric, riff, and personal history of the band members. What you have most likely failed to connect though, is that Maynard is screwing with you all. He has been for 15 years now. None of this means anything to him. It's all an elaborate joke twisted up into a social experiment of throwing all sorts of random mystical elements into a song, juxtaposing them with tribal drums and weird time signatures, and seeing what kind of profundity the knuckleheads find. I personally think it's hilarious.
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even if what you say is true (about which i am ambivalent) it doesn't matter.
t.s. eliot said, when formulating his ideas for critical analysis of poetry, that details about the personal life of the author are completely irrelevant to the interpretation/critique of the poem.. it doesn't matter if maynard's just fucking with the listener or if he's a High Adept (as one of my friends believes), the important thing is what the songs mean to the listener.