The Youth samples a documentary called “The Information Society” filmed in 1979 in Cedar Rapids Iowa. The song opens with some eloquent dialogue from the manger of a computer store.
[Speaking: Computer Store Manager]
Uh, a computer is an educational device, it is, it is in fact a direct reflection of your own imagination, your own intelligence
And once you're given the freedom in which to create things and see the immediate response on the screen
Then uh, you uh, then it becomes a very enjoyable experience, you go on to involve yourself in many other things
[Speaking: Man at Computer Store]
It seems to be a very fantastic and hypnotic field, once you start you just can't stop
It's something you can't explain
[Speaking: Computer Store Manager]
To the question of, what is all this microcomputer and computer business is going to do to our society
The case is that we are humans and we are much more adaptable to our environment than the computer is to its own
If you look at society as simply the collective contribution of millions of human beings, who carry themselves certain power and influence and emotion
And every time you turn the switch off, of one of those persons, you dampened the glow
It's the fundamental question of whether this society is going to find a way to make itself as rich and as powerful, and if you will as beautiful, as it potentially it can be
Go on like adventures, you gotta be people, and all of this
It's sort like, an adventure, a big adventure
It's fun
Youth was written by Tim McEwan & Tyler Lyle.
Youth was produced by Tim McEwan.
The Midnight released Youth on Fri Sep 21 2018.