It seems just a fairly neutral comment on "progress"; from the written word, the reader must make up his or her own mind whether progress is a step forward or two steps back... In another Aussie song, Across the Western Suburbs, written by Seamus Gill and Denis Kevans, there is this verse: What's happened to the pub, our little local pub Where we used to have a drink when we were dry, boys Now we can't get in the door for there's carpet on the floor And you won't be served a beer without a tie, boys. Fairly innocuous in reading from the page, but most live renditions I've heard contain a fair bit of venom. Regretably, I've never heard Slim perform "Sequal" live, so hard to guage Slim's real opinion on the matter. Delivery is everything (and I don't just mean the beer!)
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