The Box (King Missile song)
- The Box (King Missile song)
Infobox Single
Name = The Box
Artist = King Missile
from Album = They
B-side =
Released = 1988
Format =
Recorded = 1988
Genre = Avant-garde
Length = 2:50
Label = Shimmy Disc
Writer = Dogbowl, John S. Hall
Producer = Kramer
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Take Stuff from Work"
(1987)
This single = "The Box"
(1988)
Next single = "No Point"
(1990)
"The Box" is a song by avant-garde band King Missile. It appears on the band's 1988 album "They."
Content
In "The Box," frontman John S. Hall sings a story in which a male subject is placed in a box, given toys to play with, instructed to be creative, and told that he will be let out of the box if he follows his instructions. Although the subject performs his assigned tasks "incredibly well," his captors do not let him out of the box. As the music crescendoes, Hall repeatedly screams, "They lie!"[cite web]
last =
first =
title = Lyrics: The Box
publisher = Farmboy's King Missile
date =
url = http://www.i-mockery.com/kingmissile/box.html
accessdate = 2008-05-28 ] The lyric may be an allegory for the way some children are cheated by the American educational system.
Music video
The video for "The Box" was directed for $100 by Wincester Chimes.[cite web]
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first =
title = Videography
publisher = Laundry Lists of Nonsense
date =
url = http://www.uptoolate.com/rick/km/video.html
accessdate = 2008-05-28 ] References
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