In truth, I don't find the above controversial at all, sure the images are violent, but do they challenge my perceptions, I am not sure, I have not followed the rest of the album, so I don't know where it leads, but the part I have seen the above video, has not added anything new to me. Maybe this is just because I am old, and I am just comparing it to what has gone before, seems to be nothing but a re working for the reality television age of the first scenes from a clockwork Orange.
However, I know of myself that I do not always see the world from what others would say was a conventional view point, and art which others find challenging to me seems everyday, and what others accept as normal I personally find anathema. Like the level of psychological control supermarkets use to 'enhance the buying experience'. It could be because that was what I did for a job, I am tuned to effects that most do not notice, or I am just off my rocker.
One man's meat is another's poison and all that I suppose.
However, I know of myself that I do not always see the world from what others would say was a conventional view point, and art which others find challenging to me seems everyday, and what others accept as normal I personally find anathema. Like the level of psychological control supermarkets use to 'enhance the buying experience'. It could be because that was what I did for a job, I am tuned to effects that most do not notice, or I am just off my rocker.
One man's meat is another's poison and all that I suppose.
