I'm Interested in Apathy
| "I'm Interested in Apathy" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| B-side | "Gas! Gas! - An Ecstasy Of Fumbling The Judeo-Christian Ethic" |
I'm Interested In Apathy is the name of a single by TISM. It was released off their debut album Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance (1988). The title is an oxymoron as apathy is literally a "lack of interest".
The song reached the National Top 40 in Australia[1].
Song
The song details the life of a man who has many ideas which range from either life saving, supernatural, answers to conspiracy theories or simply absurd abilities, however none of these things phase him, nor does he act upon them because his main focus is apathy.
Among the things the main claims to know or be able to do are: drilling for oil in the Bass Strait, being able to prove Einstein's theory wrong, predicting mankind's fate and knowing what really happened in regards to Marilyn Munroe's death.
Video
A video was made by Peter Bain-Hog which featured a handsome man spending his day getting ready to go out dancing. Eventually he finds himself outside of a TISM concert and denied entry, at the end of the video, he is so dejected by the experience that he commits suicide by hanging himself in a nearby alley.
The video was intended to parody other similar video clips of the time which showed good looking people dressing up, going out and enjoying themselves, however the final scene was cut from many broadcasts "in a superb act of bowdlerization, thus rendering the clip exactly the same as every other slickly produced clip of groovy models having a good time.[1]"
Trivia
When the song was released, TISM were invited to perform the song on popular Australian variety show Hey Hey It's Saturday. As the song began, the seven members performing the song were joined by seven more and before the song ended, a further fourteen, for a total of 28 so-called band members[1].
Track list
Side A
- "I'm Interested In Apathy"
Side B
- "Pus"