Song: “Hell You Call a Dream”
Inspiring a chapter title in our book, this Warning song deserves attention
More and more people are discovering and celebrating The Warning, the sensational Mexican rock band consisting of three sisters. Earlier this month, one new fan wrote this in a widely circulated essay about the band:
The Warning are not just the real deal — they are a reckoning. For anyone who thinks modern rock lacks substance, soul, or shredding, a deep dive into their discography is a mandatory — and magnificent — re-education as to why they are the real deal.
In addition to all the praise about their playing, singing, and performance chops, more and more people are realizing that their songwriting — their lyrics and ideas in particular — is also next level.
They’re also having a social effect, being named Women of the Year by Glamour LatAm this week. This is the Latin American edition of Glamour.
I’ve written about their powerful lyrics and ideas before when I featured their song “More” back in July.
That video was also from the same concert as today’s, which is itself becoming a classic.
“Hell You Call a Dream” is a particularly apt phrase in this day and age. We borrowed it for a chapter title in our forthcoming book. After all, scientific publishing exhibits many of the same maladies as the rest of the information ecosystem, albeit with its own spectacular missteps. The utopia tech promised has become a churning version of information perdition.
As a song, “Hell You Call a Dream” is noteworthy. After a sparkling breath of hope, it plunges into a dark and beguiling place without any hesitation, has an amazing bridge with a peak singing note that still gives me chills, and then closes with more great singing, a major drum fill, and a thunderous final set of chords. This live performance from a few years ago is even better in their most recent concert movie, which was given wide release by AMC this summer.
The Age of AI only makes the song more resonant.
Based on unrealistic and misanthropic aspirations, Big Tech has gone full dystopian — a hell we once called a dream.
Enjoy!
