For some
reason, the election season has me thinking about this song by Frank Zappa:
Here are the
lyrics from his 1973 Apostrophe'/Overnite Sensation recording session:
I am gross and perverted
I`m obsessed `n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little had changed
I am the tool of the Government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you.
I may be vile and pernicious
But you can`t look away
I make you think I`m delicious
With the stuff that I say
I am the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I am the slime oozin` out
From your TV set
.
You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don`t need you
Don`t got for help...no one will heed you
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold.
That`s right, folks...
Don`t touch that dial.
Well, I am the slime from your video
Oozin` along on your livin` room floor.
I am the slime from your video
Can`t stop the slime, people, lookit me go.
I thought that the third verse was particularly
pertinent. Oh yes, and the "...day that we don't need you..." will be November 7th, 2012.
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Dude Apostrophe was released in 1974 - and that Saturday Night Live clip was obviously from the 70s!
ReplyDeleteGreat song tho - on my Top 10 Zappa Songs list
Fixed.
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ReplyDelete2nd -- IMHO an even better FZ song for our troubled times, the aptly titled: Trouble Every Day
Well I'm about to get up sick
From watchin my t.v.
Been checkin' out the news
Until my eyeballs fail to see
I mean to say that every day
Is just another rotten mess
And when it's gonna change, my friend
Is anybody's guess
So I'm watching and I'm waiting
Hopin' for the best
Even think I go to praying
Every time I hear them sayin'
That there's no way to delay
That trouble comin' everyday
No way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
Wednesday I watched the riot
I've seen the cops out on the street
Watch them throwing rocks and stuff and choking in the heat
Listen to reports
About the whiskey passin' round
Seen the smoke and fire
And the market burnin' down
Watched while everybody on his street would take a turn
They stomp and smash and bash and crash and slash and bust 'n burn
And I'm watching and I'm waitin hopin' for the best
Even think I go to prayin'
Every time I hear em sayin'
That there's no way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
No way to delay
That trouble comin' everyday
You can cool it You can heat it
Cause baby I don't need it
Take your t.v. tube and eat it
And all that phony stuff on sports
And all those unconfirmed reports
You know I watch that rotten box
Until my head begin to hurt
From checkin' out the way
The newsmen say they get the dirt
Before the guys on channel so and so
And further they assert
That any show they litter up
They bring you news if it comes up
They say that if the place blows up
They will be the first to tell
Cause the boys they got downtown
Working hard and doin swell
And if anybody gets the news
Before it hits the streets
They say that no one blabs it faster
Their coverage can't be beat
And if another woman driver
Gets machine gunned from her seat
They'll send some joker with a brownie
And you'll see it all complete
So I'm watching and I'm waiting
Hopin for the best
Even think I go to praying
Every time I hear them saying
That there's no way to delay
That trouble comin' everyday
No way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
Well I've seen the fires burnin'
And the local people turnin'
All the merchants and the shops
Who use to sell their brooms and mops
And every other household item
Watch the mob just turn and bite em
And they say it serve them right
Because a few of them are white
And it's the same across the nation
Black and white discrimination
Yell and you can understand me
And all that other crap they hand me
In the papers and t.v.
And all that mass stupidity
That seems to grow more everyday
These time of year some asshole say
He wants to go and do you in
Cause the color of your skin
Just don't appeal to him
No matter if it's black or white
Because he's out for blood tonight
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