you d written it after india had done a big nuclear test and you were reflecting on what that meant for india and for the world. you know, these aren t necessarily the subjects of your average pop song. no, it s interesting, actually, because the nuclear, kind of, context was one part of everything, and the album, as you rightly pointed out, begins with the indian prime minister at the time talking about how he d proudly tested three nuclear bombs in india. but it was interesting because he was the leader at that time of the bjp, which was the hindu fundamentalist party, which i found an interesting way to begin, juxtaposing against the book end of 0ppenheimer, who was in charge of the manhattan project, who was of german descent, an american scientist who was actually quoting the hindu scripture in condemnation of his own creation. so i thought, well, what an incredible way to show the hypocrisies of nationality
of nuclear weapons particularly, i think, you d written it after india had done a big nuclear test and you were reflecting on what that meant for india and for the world. you know, these aren t necessarily the subjects of your average pop song. no, it s interesting, actually, because the nuclear, kind of, context was one part of everything, and the album, as you rightly pointed out, begins with the indian prime minister at the time talking about how he d proudly tested three nuclear bombs in india. but it was interesting because he was the leader at that time of the bjp, which was the hindu fundamentalist party, which i found an interesting way to begin, juxtaposing against the book end of oppenheimer, who was in charge of the manhattan project, who was of german descent, an american scientist who was actually quoting the hindu scripture
particularly, i think, you d written it after india had done a big nuclear test and you were reflecting on what that meant for india and for the world. you know, these aren t necessarily the subjects of your average pop song. no, it s interesting, actually, because the nuclear, kind of, context was one part of everything, and the album, as you rightly pointed out, begins with the indian prime minister at the time talking about how he d proudly tested three nuclear bombs in india. but it was interesting because he was the leader at that time of the bjp, which was the hindu fundamentalist party, which i found an interesting way to begin, juxtaposing against the book end of oppenheimer, who was in charge of the manhattan project, who was of german descent, an american scientist who was actually quoting the hindu scripture in condemnation of his own creation. so i thought, well,
but the beyond skin album is quite a deep, sort of, rumination on the impact of nuclear weapons particularly, i think, you d written it after india had done a big nuclear test and you were reflecting on what that meant for india and for the world. you know, these aren t necessarily the subjects of your average pop song. no, it s interesting, actually, because the nuclear, kind of, context was one part of everything, and the album, as you rightly pointed out, begins with the indian prime minister at the time talking about how he d proudly tested three nuclear bombs in india. but it was interesting because he was the leader at that time of the bjp, which was the hindu fundamentalist party, which i found an interesting way to begin, juxtaposing against the book end of oppenheimer, who was in charge of the manhattan project, who was of german
written it after india had done a big nuclear test, and you were reflecting on what that meant for india and for the world. you know, these aren t necessarily the subjects of your average pop song. no, it s interesting, actually, because the nuclear, kind of, context was one part of everything, and. the album, as you rightly pointed out, begins with the indian prime minister at the time talking about how he d proudly tested three nuclear bombs in india. but it was interesting because he was the leader at that time of the bjp, which was the hindu fundamentalist party which i found an interesting way to begin, juxtaposing against the book end of oppenheimer, who was in charge of the manhattan project, who was of german dissent, an american scientist who was actually quoting the hindu scripture in condemnation of his own creation. so i thought, well, what an incredible way to show