Talk:Cult of Personality (song)

Meaning of the lyrics?
Despite being written in a short time, do the lyrics have any deeper meaning or is it just a loose collection of spontaneous thoughts? Does the song criticize personality cult, or is it positive or neutral? I'd like to see an explanation in this article.

"Cult of Personality" is a pejorative term referring to an undeserving idolized leader elevated by propaganda and followed by an overtly adoring and thoughtless throng. The title of the song alone implies criticism of the idea of "personality cults." In my opinion, the song is also a commentary on racism and the foolish persecution of a group of people based on stereotypes--it is criticizing racism through the eyes of the downtrodden trying to punch up through the personality cult of the oppressors--this view could be seen as a transposition of the term or a perspective shift. The lingering effects of racism--whether deliberate or not--is a recurring theme on the record (see also "Open Letter to a Landlord" and "Which Way to America?" from the same album).

Hardest song
I noticed someone wrote "It is considered one of the hardest songs on the game, mainly due to its difficult, complex, ever-lasting solos". It's doesn't have ever lasting solos, or complex ones. I have taken this out as it's speculation.
 * It's one's own opinion on how difficult the song is. Ihsbislns (talk) 13:48, 15 January 2008 (UTC)Ihsbislns
 * "admittedly being fans of the game, they requested the song being one of the hardest in the soundtrack, and made so by adding a new guitar solo" Ihsbislns (talk) 14:36, 16 January 2008 (UTC)Ihsbislns

Added link to the re-recording
Yeah, I added a link to the re-recorded version from Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, just for people who are interested to listen to this new version. Pretty much it.
 * In the lead it says "In 2007, the song was re-recorded and released for the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock because the band no longer owns the rights to the original" then in the Other Media section it says "In 2007, Living Colour re-recorded the song for the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock because the original master recordings could not be located". Losing the rights to a song and losing the master tapes would be two different things so which is correct?  I would lean towards the original master tapes being lost since the videogame producer would have to secure rights from the copyright holder regardless of what version was used.  Wolfhound668 (talk) 18:46, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Why do music books get it wrong?
In both Hard Rock Guitar Songs for Dummies and Guitar Tab White Pages the intro riff is wrong. Any ideas why?--Peace out (talk) 17:33, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

CM Punk Version
CM Punk's Version has the intro riff cut off and it starts like radio static. The solo is also different from the normal version or the Guitar Hero 3 version. --Jacob Koopa — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacob Koopa (talk • contribs) 07:54, 12 January 2012 (UTC)