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anonymous
November 28th, 2007 09:27PM
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Ok, this song is flat-out, undeniably a tribute to the late, great Hunter S. Thompson. The song is based off "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." Even the music video has clips from the movie. Even the booklet in the CD credits Hunter S. Thompson with the opening line, "He who makes a beast out of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man." Yes, this quote illustrates the fact of using copious amounts of drugs and alcohol to forget emotional pain, but it also means that one who turns himself into a beast, shunning society and rejecting human emotion, living at will only on need and instinct, will no longer feel the emotional pains of man as brought on by society, a.k.a. rejection, disgust, loneliness, isolation, social fear. It pretty much means that if you cannot strive above the regular human ideals, then drop below them, into the realm of the beast.
Also, whomever said that this song was about vampires, get a life. True vampires don't exist. There are those who become sexually aroused by the sight, feel, and taste of blood, also know as hemophiliacs, but they do not show any physical side effects. It is simply a fetish. There is also a rare blood disease that requires regular blood transfusions, a.k.a. new blood, but ingesting the blood by drinking it destroys the purpose. Pull your head out of your ass, quit playing "Vampire: The Masquerade" with your sad, little friends, and enter the real world for once.
The_Hippy
January 11th, 2006 01:58AM
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This song is a dedication to the author Hunter S. Thompson. The lyrics, "my hand is on the trigger, I'm ready to ignite" is refering to Thompsons suicide (he shot himself in the head). The lyrics, "too many doses and I'm starting to get an atraction" is refering to Thompsons drug addiction. Plus, if you have ever seen the music video for this, it is very closely related to the Movie, Fear and loathing in Las Vegas. That is a movie which was based off a book about Thompson covering a motorcycle race. The whole time he was in Vegas, he and his attorney were both high on drugs. and finally the lyrics, "he who makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man". Those words are taken straight from Thompsons mouth. but I'm not completely sure what it means. but Avenged Sevenfold are very big fans of Thompsons work. I beleive they even got a spot at Thompsons funeral where his ashes were shot from a cannon blown up in fireworks and spread out across his land.
FinalOblation
November 25th, 2006 08:37AM
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Yes it is referencing a lot of drug use, but if you take the time to read any Hunter S. Thompson you would realize all of the connections. Right from the start, the name of the song is Bat Country. If anyone is familiar with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas they will know the quote "We can't stop here, this is bat country." And why did he think they were in "bat country" because he was dosed up on a lot of drugs. And of course "he who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man" has Thompson written all over it. I mean yeah the actual song has very few Thompson references, but there are mainly a bunch of different drug references. The main parts that contrast the song are the H.S.T. parts and the fact that the music video pulls several scenes directly from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas starring johnny depp.
anonymous
March 1st, 2007 12:12PM
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Again I must fix this interpretation the first guy had it almost right about Thompson, the drug part I must say was completely off base of the song, He who makes a beast out of himself, Beast" unorthodox, feral, inhumane, immoral."
gets rid of the pain of being a man, Man, Civilized, Sophisticated, Morally rounded" basically its easier to do the wrong thing then to walk the beaten path. Too many doses refers not just to the drugs but more along the lines of the desire and sloth of Las vegas itself. Gambling, prostitution, "drug use". In a summary basically of there own experiences with the Immoral side of the Strip.
anonymous
June 28th, 2007 03:30AM
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I'll try not to repeat what others have said...
This song is directly linked to both Hunter S. Thompson and the movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The title bat country comes from the movie. So too does the lyric "Too weird to live but much too rare to die". "Mental friction follows me, show me what its like to be set free" points towards using drugs to relax.
anonymous
February 13th, 2008 09:30PM
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Actually the last person that said the quote "He Who Makes A Beast Out Of Himself, Gets Rid Of The Pain Of Being A Man" was by Samuel Jackson isn't too far off. It's actually from Dr. Samuel Johnson. Check it out on Wikipedia under "Bat Country" right in the first section. It says it right there. Because we all know that Wikipedia is Totally Accurate...HAHAHAHAHAHA!
anonymous
February 24th, 2008 10:32PM
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I believe the line " he who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man" means that you get so messed up off of drugs and whatever else that you the beast comes out, and you are drowning the pain away.
anonymous
April 9th, 2008 11:54PM
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This song, like almost any other, is up to you.
Interpret it how you like.
If you think it's about Hunter, FLLV, Vampires or whatever.
It doesn't matter.
IMO, it's a tribute to a brilliant author and the lifestyle he and many others (including A7X) live(d).
anonymous
April 14th, 2008 06:08PM
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"He who makes a beast out of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man," was said by Samuel Johnson to a woman who wanted to know why he wasted all his life making a beast out of himself by drinking. Samuel Johnson was an 18th century British writer who was famous for writing the English dictionary.
Hammer90
May 4th, 2008 09:53PM
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Avenged Sevenfold isn't satanic! Their name is straight out of the bible!! About the brother who killed the other brother.. .and he was going to be be punished sevenfold.. like seven times.. for what he did..
Ps.. I do kinda think that they are simply talking about a vampire, but the deeper meaning is totaly about the movie
anonymous
May 9th, 2008 08:38AM
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"Bat Country" and the "He who makes a beast of himself" are both directly borrowed from Hunter S. Thompson's tour-de-force novel of Gonzo Journalism, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", the funniest book I've ever read in English, Venutian, or any other language. While the film version with Depp and Del Toro is almost adequate, it is a bit sad to see people unaware that the words of Dr. Johnson's "beast" quote comprise in fact the first in the book, as a dedication, as it were, before the mad journey begins. And to think the movie is "good" is to admit never having read the book, the genius of which, like so many other written works, is in the words and the stupifying brilliance Thompson demonstrated in how he wielded them, and cannot be coherently captured on a movie screen.
Read this book, please.
anonymous
June 8th, 2008 11:21AM
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After reading what everyone has written on the subject, I thought it was my duty to leave my own thoughts. yes, this is a tribute to Hunter S. Thompson; and is directly linked to the movie, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. but despite popular belief, Mr. Thompson was not the first to use the quoted "he who makes a beast of himself..." an English writer in the 1700's by the name of Samuel Johnson used it in his writings. The following is a writing in which he uses the phrase. "On over-indulgence with drink, to the extent of becoming a beast: 'He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man."
now then. The one person who said this is a "demonic" saying and that the band, avenged sevenfold, is a satanic band is completely out of his/her mind. The band's name is a reference to the Book of Genesis in the Bible, where Cain is sentenced to live in exile for murdering his brother. God marked him so that none would kill him on account of his sin; the man who dared to kill Cain would suffer "vengeance seven times over". The title of avenged sevenfold's song "chapter four" references the fourth chapter of Genesis, in which the story of Cain and Abel takes place.
dewy74
June 10th, 2008 10:49PM
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Yes the song is about hunter S. Thompson but the hippie is wrong those words did not come from his mouth they came from an English poet in the 1700's named Samuel Johnson. And to lose the pain of being a man you have to lose your conscience and your emotion and then you'll be a beast!
anonymous
July 11th, 2008 10:19AM
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"He who makes a beast out of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man" is actually a quote from Samuel Jackson which was used in the film FLLV and it refers to Thompson's drug addiction and his suicide....it basically means in shooting himself and taking drugs he is taking the man out of himself...he is turning into an unmanly character not being able to handle his emotions and basically being a pussy...it has meanings back before the 1900's
anonymous
July 22nd, 2008 02:43AM
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Avenged Sevenfold has said so themselves that they're not a religious band, nor anti-religion. They take pride in not shoving their beliefs down our throats.
^5 A7X!
anonymous
August 12th, 2008 11:59AM
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He who makes a beast of himself etc etc was a quote from Dr. Samuel Johnson that was used at the start of the movie and the book, Fear and loathing in las vegas by Hunter S. Thompson.
noname
October 5th, 2008 09:01AM
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Avenged Sevenfold are all Christians and as for the quote "he who makes a beast out of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man" comes from a Samuel Johnson poem, which you would all know if you actually paid attention to the video as its the very first thing you see. It is also in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas but I think seeing as the video tells us it was said by Dr Johnson, its safe to assume that's where it came from. It's about drinking and is saying that he who gets so drunk that he becomes wild (beast like) gets rid of the pains of life. Therefore talking about drowning the sorrows of life.
anonymous
October 22nd, 2008 10:27PM
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"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man"
is actually a quote from Samuel Johnson.
anonymous
October 26th, 2008 02:31AM
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"Too many doses and I'm starting to get an attraction,"
I think it's about getting stoned. Any takers?
officermonkeymanbygosh
anonymous
January 26th, 2009 06:36PM
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Um to the guy that was going on the tangent about how gay vampires are I agree with you but a hemophiliac is someone whose blood does not coagulate correctly not someone who is sexually aroused by blood
anonymous
February 24th, 2009 06:07PM
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Its a song about transformation. Pretty much, their mostly talking about drugs and the effect on the human mind, the song was also sort of based off of the movie "fear and loathing in los vegas." the specific scene was when the two guys were sitting in a car, and they were extreamly high, and they were driving, and one of them thought they were being attacked by bats.
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