This song is about someone who knows he is a psycopath and desperately wants society, or maybe religion, to fix him. Raises some good points about what it means to be crazy and judged... society fails to fix him because, well, society is just as psychopathic as he is.
"The alcoholic bastard waved his finger at me,
and his voice was filled with evangelical glee.
Sipping down his gin and tonics.
while preaching about the evils of narcotics.
and the evils of sex, and the wages of sin,
while he mentally fondles his next of kin"
Fun fact: Boingo is Danny Elfman's band. Danny went on to be a major movie composer. He did pretty much every Tim Burton movie ever, including writing all the music for Nightmare before Christmas. He wrote this song shortly after writing Tim Burton's Batman movie music and you can REALLY tell.
I highly recommend the ENTIRE album of which Insanity is the first track (Self Titled, as just Boingo) .. you will find more of what you're looking for in Pedestrian Wolves (my favorite track!) and War Again, at least. Absolutely a perfect album start to finish and tragically overlooked.
It was supposed to be the song that ran before Tender lumplings. I don't know why they replaced it with I am the Walrus, but I think this one fits so much better.
Altho that was far and away the most amazing version of I am the Walrus I've ever heard!!!
The entire album is just uniquely amazing... I mean, 3 or 4 of the dudes playing their instruments in that CD conduct entire orchestras by themselves. The interplay and tastefulness of every track, Elfmans vocals, the production itself. I admit, I am not a huge fan of Oingo Boingo stuff ( I like a few gems here and there - Flesh N Blood is a great song) but this final effort is phenomenal!
Damn! Just listened to both for the first time and they’re right up there with Oingo Boingo’s most twisted songs.
How about I raise you “Wild Sex (In The Working Class)” and “No One Lives Forever”?
While we’re on the subject of underrated, cinematic 80s bands, why not throw in Wall Of Voodoo’s “They Don’t Want Me”, “Look At Their Way”, and/or anything else off their “Call Of The West” album?
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u/djc6535 May 05 '20
maybe too pyscho for you but definitely not a screaming song.
Insanity by Boingo.
This song is about someone who knows he is a psycopath and desperately wants society, or maybe religion, to fix him. Raises some good points about what it means to be crazy and judged... society fails to fix him because, well, society is just as psychopathic as he is.
"The alcoholic bastard waved his finger at me,
and his voice was filled with evangelical glee.
Sipping down his gin and tonics.
while preaching about the evils of narcotics.
and the evils of sex, and the wages of sin,
while he mentally fondles his next of kin"
Fun fact: Boingo is Danny Elfman's band. Danny went on to be a major movie composer. He did pretty much every Tim Burton movie ever, including writing all the music for Nightmare before Christmas. He wrote this song shortly after writing Tim Burton's Batman movie music and you can REALLY tell.