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The song is a complaint about modern pop culture, claiming that mid eighties pop culture was better in the singer's opinion. This song also reflects the "retro" craze and the major surge of interest in eighties pop culture at that time.
The line "Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Way before Nirvana" was changed by the band to "Stacy, Madonna, Melting in the lava" after a tour in 2008 at the Shreikenpeep festival in Berlin, Germany after the fans chanted it before the set. Not all editions have been updated.
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