Ama-gi
03-08-2007, 06:26 PM
Interview is about a month old, but I found this interesting. Here's the full interview... http://www.filter-mag.com/index.php?id=13823&c=2
I'm going to put on my square reporter voice for this one: Tell me El-Producto, what is “Flyentology”?
The song was written after I was on a near-fatal plane crash. I was on a plane when one of the engines exploded and we had to turn around to make an emergency landing. I’ve always had a pretty intense fear flying. I’m OK when I’m in the sky—it’s the takeoff that kills me and this just happened to happen on takeoff. And I how funny it was that I’m such a fucking smartass—essentially all intellectual and no faith, just generally an atheist—and yet faith leaks into my life at the most convenient time. The day before I was like, ‘Hey God, suck it! Hey, suck my dick, God!’ and the second something went wrong, I turned into Pastor Meline—I’m praying, all “Father, help me,” and I don’t even know how to pray. I realized that my spiritual life exists only while on planes. It’s pathetic. So, that song’s about my religion, “Flyentology.” That was really the whole point. I think a lot of people can relate to that idea. It’s my admittance of being an asshole who thinks he’s better than God until the very moment when I realize that not only am I not, but I really, really want God to love me and take care of me.
I'm going to put on my square reporter voice for this one: Tell me El-Producto, what is “Flyentology”?
The song was written after I was on a near-fatal plane crash. I was on a plane when one of the engines exploded and we had to turn around to make an emergency landing. I’ve always had a pretty intense fear flying. I’m OK when I’m in the sky—it’s the takeoff that kills me and this just happened to happen on takeoff. And I how funny it was that I’m such a fucking smartass—essentially all intellectual and no faith, just generally an atheist—and yet faith leaks into my life at the most convenient time. The day before I was like, ‘Hey God, suck it! Hey, suck my dick, God!’ and the second something went wrong, I turned into Pastor Meline—I’m praying, all “Father, help me,” and I don’t even know how to pray. I realized that my spiritual life exists only while on planes. It’s pathetic. So, that song’s about my religion, “Flyentology.” That was really the whole point. I think a lot of people can relate to that idea. It’s my admittance of being an asshole who thinks he’s better than God until the very moment when I realize that not only am I not, but I really, really want God to love me and take care of me.