This verse is intended to be a more explicit description of war, with destructive and gory imagery at play- blood, barbed wire, and napalm fire. Paranoia is his ‘poison’, ruining the lives of everyone who’s ever known or is related to him, causing evil and pointless violence to be unleashed onto his family and Italy as a whole. He goes to the absolute extreme to make sure his power and secrecy is never threatened, killing anyone he even views as a slight threat, even attempting to murder his own daughter in cold blood to cut off all ties from him and the rest of the world. Paranoia is an extremely major facet of Diavolo’s character. leaders to lead to causing such destruction. It relates to both the physical damage that soldiers took, requiring extensive surgery on a mass scale, and the extreme paranoia of U.S. The second and third line, “Neuro-surgeons scream for more/At paranoia’s poison door” are references to the mental illness and paranoia caused by death and destruction (specifically Vietnam, in the song’s original context). In this way, Epitaph is sort of the “cat’s foot”- fine on its own, and usable for simple defense (as we can see with Doppio), but deadly with the rest of King Crimson and King Crimson being the “iron claw”, needing Epitaph to function properly but being the main source of the stand’s brute strength. I also think it could be a potential reference to how King Crimson and Epitaph work together Epitaph has the ability to see ten seconds into the future, which works in conjunction with King Crimson’s ability to erase or skip events in time. The most obvious connection I can think of with Vento Aureo is the nature of Doppio and Diavolo, with Doppio being the weaker and less harmful “cat’s foot” under the influence of the Boss, and Diavolo being the more powerful and controlling “iron claw” that comes with him. With a cat’s foot being relatively small and harmless on its own, the iron claw is the brutal, crushing force that comes attached to it. The first line, “Cat’s foot, iron claw” is supposed to show a contrast in strength. I’ll start off with the first verse of the song: While I don’t think the Vietnam aspect of the song is necessarily relevant to Diavolo, I do think that the lyrics inspire his character in other ways, both with his actions and overall personality. This song was originally a criticism of the Vietnam War and the politicians who kept it going, being told through the perspective of the “Schizoid Man” that the song’s title references. (This is probably the reason why King Crimson as a stand makes such weird facial expressions.) It’s also what the cover art of the album is based off of, with the screaming face representing the “21st Century Schizoid Man” himself. It features dissonant tones and heavily distorted vocals, as well as mixed-genre elements of heavy metal, jazz and progressive rock. I basically just dissect Diavolo’s character and his prog rock-inspiration for several pages.)īeing the very first song on the album, the 21st Century Schizoid Man is the most chaotic and energetic song out of every track on the record. Also, this turned out to be, uh… very long, but I broke up all of the songs and tangents into sections so you don’t have to read all of it. (This is largely going to just be a bunch of interpretation on my part with no real knowledge on what went through Araki’s mind while writing, but I hope this still makes sense lol. I’ve thought about this a lot already, so I thought it would be a fun idea to go through the five songs on that album and compare it to his character. In particular, I think what he largely took inspiration from is In the Court of the Crimson King, their debut album released in 1969. However, the one that personally interests me the most is Diavolo and King Crimson, his stand and the progressive rock band that it shares a name with. Pucci and “Made in Heaven”, Kira and “Killer Queen”, Trish and “Wannabe”, among many other examples, connect to or are influenced by their songs’ lyrics and meanings. So, it’s a pretty well known fact by now that JoJo characters are often based off of or inspired by the music that they or their stand are named after. (this was asked about by a little while back and i thought it sounded fun to write about, so thanks a bunch for the suggestion)
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