Falling Angels with a Flying Soul

Been working on my assignment and trying to analyze Mayday's new song John Lennon. Read alot on the Beatles too and about how they were such an influence on youth culture at that period of time - a time of change in lifestyles towards one of great affluence, one that would allow rock music to permeate the lives of many.

Its not a mystery as to how the Beatles could become such a music legend, with their great music melodies, the use of simple yet complex arrangments, thought provoking and touching lyrics that talk about their society in the mid 1960s. But while reading these writings done on the Beatles, its made me realise that even the most glamourous Beatles had weaknesses.. John who had initially relunctantly married his pregnant girlfriend only ended up divorcing her; the Beatles almost split up at their height when George Harrison just wanted to quit all of a sudden; they ousted their former drummer for Ringo; and all of them experimented with drugs.

It was just like a lightbulb that suddenly lit in my head, how this idea of human weaknesses linked up to the the themes of many songs in Mayday's new album. Even the greatest legendary characters like Sun Wu Kong was defeated by loneliness and the all powerful Superman can't be as succesful in love, needless to say, even John Lennon lost his life that was precious to the hearts of many fans, to a gunshot wound - they were after all, very much human (although Sun Wu Kong is really a monkey.... well, you know what I mean haha)

Also related to the theme of human weakness, is the idea of war and conflict. That for many years, no matter through any time and space, this remains the same. The message is clearly put across in both "John Lennon" and "Wan An Di Qiu Ren".

Admist this bath of harsh reality, Mayday also does not forget to shower its listeners with songs of hope, like "Jue Jiang" where overcoming difficulties is very much a personal endeavour (even the idea of turning a negative human trait of stubborness to one of perserverance), or in "Le Se Che" and "Rang Wo Zhao Gu Ni" where friends and loved ones can help see us through all hard times and be there to cover up for our own weaknesses.

The whole album just seems to convey a sort of positivity in negativity, a sort of uprising after downfall caused by the inevitability of human weaknesses, and its probably why the english translation of "Falling Angels with a Flying Soul" has been chosen for the title of the album.