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2 | [[caption-width-right:320:''If I had been God, with my staff and my rod, I could have done a better job.'']] |
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4 | ''Is This the Life We Really Want?'' is a 2017 album by Music/RogerWaters, and his first rock album since 1992's ''Amused to Death''. |
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6 | Waters promoted this album with his ''Us and Them'' world tour. |
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10 | !!Are these the tropes we really want? |
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12 | * AGodAmI: The first verse of "Déjà Vu". |
13 | -->"If I had been God |
14 | -->With my staff and my rod |
15 | -->If I had been given the nod |
16 | -->[[NayTheist I believe I could have done a better job]]" |
17 | * {{Anaphora}}: Each verse in "Picture That" features a chunk of consecutive lines that all start with the verb "picture." Verse three is made almost entirely of these lines, with the sole exception of a TitleDrop in the middle. |
18 | * CallBack: The instrumentals for "Déjà Vu" are bound to remind one of [[Music/{{Animals|1977}} "Pigs on the Wing"]]. |
19 | ** The drum groove and bassline of "Smell The Roses" resemble a slightly sped-up "[[Music/WishYouWereHere1975 "Have A Cigar"]]. |
20 | ** [[Music/WishYouWereHere1975 "Wish you were here in Guantanamo Bay!"]] |
21 | * CensorBox: The album cover is covered with these. |
22 | * ClusterFBomb: "Picture That": |
23 | -->Picture a courthouse with no fucking laws\ |
24 | Picture a cathouse with no fucking whores\ |
25 | Picture a shithouse with no fucking drains\ |
26 | Picture a leader with no fucking brains. |
27 | * ConceptAlbum |
28 | * ListSong: "Is This The Life We Really Want?" |
29 | * ProductPlacement: From "The Last Refugee": |
30 | -->''"...punch their iPhones..."'' |
31 | * SpokenWordInMusic: The TitleTrack opens with an excerpt from an exchange between UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump and CNN reporter Jim Acosta, leading into the lyrics' rumination on the sociocultural factors that led to Trump becoming president of the United States. |
32 | -->"So, as an example, you're CNN. I mean it's story, after story, after story is bad. I won. I won. And the other thing, chaos. There’s zero chaos. We are running. This is a fine-tuned mach--" |
33 | * TakeThat: The album and its promotional tour, titled ''Us + Them'', is an indictment on US president UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump's far-right political standing, in particular the "travel ban" bills and the Republican Party's attempts at dismantling of the Affordable Care Act and his predecessor UsefulNotes/BarackObama's progressive social policies. |
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