Minor Threat - Filler

Alright, here goes. I've got a spreadsheet with over 50 songs that speak to me as an atheist/agnostic/skeptic/freethinker/pastafarian. I'm gonna see how much blogging stamina I have and see if I can't post all of them.

The first song I want to post is Minor Threat's “Filler”. I particularly like this song because when I first discovered it, I was a young Mormon boy and listening to it made me feel

• guilty
• like debating Ian McKaye
• kind of sophisticated, I could listen to something I knew I didn't agree with

Of course, now I really like the message. I read somewhere that Ian claimed in an interview that the song is not an attack on Christianity or religion, but directed at a friend that quit a band because of his Christian girlfriend. I dunno. Not knowing the back story, I always thought that the song was definitely directed at religion. Read the lyrics and make up your own mind.

Filler by Minor Threat What happened to you? You're not the same There's something in your head Made a violent change It's in your head Filler You call it religion You're full of shit Was she really worth it? She cost you your life You'll never leave her side She's gonna be your wife You call it romance You're full of shit Your brain is clay What's going on? You picked up a bible And now you're gone You call it religion You're full of shit Filler