5 from King's X, part 4: It's so much easier . . .
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By their fifth album, things had started to change. As mentioned before, the religious conviction of the bass player and main singer, Doug Pinnick, had started to wane. A bad break with their manager Sam Taylor had brought a more cynical turn to the lyrics, a less-polished more garage sound, and a touch of anger that has still remained in one form or another. What resulted was their hardest, rawest album of their career, and one of the best, Dogman. This entire album rocks, from the first note of the title track to the finish line, an excellent cover of Jimi's "Manic Depression."This song is good not only from a music standpoint, but also has some really great lyrics, talking about how we are basically a spoiled people, unaware of the pain the rest of the world goes through. It's slightly tongue in cheek, but still very poignant. Some of the references are a little mid 90's, but the lyrics are as follows:ozone disappearing in the skybud man asking us why ask whyif I could find my magazine this bug would dieI complainChina boy standing up to a tanksouthern boy living in the house of yanksif I can't seem to get my motorbike to crankI complain complain so much easier small kid begging for a crumb of breadnext kid bloated lying nearly deadI wonder what to take for my aching headI complainlots of people crying for a little rainwhole nation learning how to live with painI don't know how I'm gonna clean this little stainI complain. complain so much easier black man singing Mississippi bluesAfrica starves a little baby droolsI'm trying to figure out all the basketball rulesI complainMr. Rush Limbaugh giving me the factstreetops falling and the newsman yaksI'm thinking about Carter and how I'm gonna be taxedhey complain so much easier
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