Jesse Lacey has always been one of my favorite songwriters, because of the interesting stories and multiple-meanings behind each song. Lacey is such an enigma of a person. He is very reminiscent of Kurt Cobain in his hate for fame and seeming lack of consideration for his adoring fans. Also like Cobain, Lacey seems to just not understand why people love him and his music so much. He claims that he hates it when people put deep personal meanings into one of his songs, he feels uncomfortable because most of the time he just writes stories with no underlying personal feeling. One song in particular, "Jesus", off of Brand New's latest album, "The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me", raised many questions about the importance of religion in the life of Jesse Lacey. When asked about it, Lacey claimed that one day, he was just sitting on his couch writing songs, and the words just came to him; without being inflicted with any personal tragedy. One of Brand New's oldest songs, Seventy Times Seven" by Brand New has always been my favorite "fuck you" anthem. It's nasty and hateful yet catchy and easy to sing to. It's about a best friend's betrayal and the hate that grows from it.
Ironically, right around the time that The Devil and God came out and this religious theory surrounded Brand New, I was reading the parable of the unmerciful servant. It said:"...Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?"Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven." I always thought the title was random, therefore annoying [see one of my previous rants about song titles below]. But it's not. Apparently Jesse Lacey is more religious than I thought.
All of this detective work makes me feel very "Sherlock Holmes on estrogen" right about now.
Ironically, right around the time that The Devil and God came out and this religious theory surrounded Brand New, I was reading the parable of the unmerciful servant. It said:"...Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?"Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven." I always thought the title was random, therefore annoying [see one of my previous rants about song titles below]. But it's not. Apparently Jesse Lacey is more religious than I thought.
All of this detective work makes me feel very "Sherlock Holmes on estrogen" right about now.
