And since I’m on the subject of consumerism, I just heard the song “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” on the TV show Scandal and wow, what a great song! And no, I never heard it before. It’s the most brilliant anti-consumerist song ever.
Revolution Will Not Be Twitterized
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I’m partial to “See How We Are” by the great LA Punk band X (not a name made for the internet, no).
It’s hard to believe it was written in 1987…
lyrics:
There are men lost in jail,
Crowded fifty to a room.
There’s too many rats in this cage of the world.
And the women know their place.
They sit home and write letters.
And when they visit once a year,
Well they both just sit there and stare.
See how we are.
Gotta keep bars in between us.
See how we are.
We only sing about it once in every twenty years.
See how we are,
Now there are seven kinds of Coke,
500 kinds of cigarettes.
This freedom of choice in the USA drives everybody crazy.
Down in Acapulco,
Well they don’t give a damn
About kids selling chiclets with no shoes on their feet,
See how we are.
Hey man, what’s there for me?
See how we are.
We only sing about it once in every twenty years
See how we are
Well this morning the alarm rang at noon.
And I’m trying to write this letter to you,
About how much I care and why I just can’t be there,
To draw your both and comb your hair.
Last night in a nightspot,
Where things aren’t so hot,
My friend said, “I met a boy and I’m in love”.
I said, “Oh really, what’s this one’s name?”
She said, “His first name is Homeboy”
I said, “Could his last name mean trouble?”
See how we are
Hey girl, I wouldn’t trust you as far as I can throw you.
See how we are.
We only sing about it once in every twenty years.
See how we are.
Now that highway’s coming through.
So you all gotta move.
This bottom rung ain’t no fun at all.
Now fires and rock houses and grape-flavored rat poison
Are the new trinity,
For this so-called community.
See how we are.
Gotta keep bars on all of our windows.
See how we are.
We only sing about it once in every twenty years.
See how we are.
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Yes, it is a great, classic song, which is referenced and covered many times. Did you hear the Gil-Scott Heron version?
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Here’s a link to the original
Pop culture references are a bit dated (though I get just about all of them, old, old, old I am)
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“There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers on the instant replay.” That fella had no idea.
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True. 😠
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