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Enjoy.

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dyin'
Are the best I've ever had

I find it hard to tell you
'Cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very

Mad world, mad world
-Orzabel 1983

I prefer this version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4

Though the original ain't bad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFsHSHE-iJQ

Seems pretty obvious how it applies to here.

John Waite, of the Babys, one of the best pop writers ever, with Pat Benetar on backing vocals, and her husband on lead guitar. Waite wrote the piano lick, according to my sources.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rqoeSps7zA

Enjoy.

Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y15iusA4ylc

You didn't know how rock and roll looked
Until you caught your sister with the guys from the group
Halfway home in the parking lot
By the look in her eye she was givin' what she got

I said my, my, my,
I'm once bitten twice, shy babe
My, my, my,
I'm once bitten twice shy baby
My, my, my,
I'm once bitten twice shy baby

Once Bitten Twice Shy, Ian Hunter, ©1975

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQjrlsSGJrs


I felt your grip begin to fade
You kept me tied, blind and afraid
But then I broke you and saw
The look on your face said it all

So could you feel the way I felt
Did you kneel the way I knelt
Did you stand up and yell
Pleading for someone to help

Or listen to reason
Open your eyes
It's a wonder what you'll find with an open mind
You may be surprised
Yeah

Gotta get away from this illusion
For the sake of the world, this delusion
It's gotta, gotta, gotta go-ooh
Yeah-ooh

If the dark is just a thought
Then the light is in your mind
The lies we tell ourselves
Will ruin the world with time

Did you feel the way I felt
Did you kneel the way I knelt
Or did you look up and stare
Waiting for your acts of prayer

Won't you listen to reason.
Will you open your eyes
It's a wonder what you'll find with an open mind
You might be surprised
Yeah

Gotta get away from this illusion
For the sake of the world, this delusion
It's gotta, gotta, gotta go-ooh
Yeah-ooh

Gotta get away from this illusion
For the sake of the world, this delusion
It's gotta, gotta, gotta go-ooh

When is it enough
When will we all wake up
So look around
And see what's right before your eyes
No control beyond these skies

Gotta get away from this illusion
For the sake of the world, this delusion
It's gotta, gotta, gotta go-ooh
Yeah-ooh

Gotta get away from this illusion
For the sake of the world, this delusion
It's gotta, gotta, gotta go-ooh

Music is music and reality is reality. Don't try to insist reality conform to your cultural artifacts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHFbzaf8FX8

Machine, Machine Messiah
The mindless, Search for a higher
Controller, Take me to the fire
And hold me, Show me the strength of your singular
Eye...

-Jon Anderson, "Machine Messiah," Drama, Yes, 1980

We need new religion that isn't so weak it needs make up lies about reality.

This one seems appropriate this evening, for people who have forgotten the power of money.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsskd9LCp_Y

Sometimes building ivory towers
Sometimes knocking castles down
Sometimes building you a stairway --
Lock you underground
It's that old-time religion
It's the kingdom they would rule
It's the fool on television
Getting paid to play the fool

Neal Peart, "The Big Money," Power Windows, ©1985, Rush

From commercial intro music on Sunday Night Football. Robert Palmer really does say it all. Woke some memories.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNLfQkHQlE8

I know you like it, you like it on top
Tell me, momma, are you ever gonna stop?

You had me down, 21 to six
Smile of Judas on your lips
Shake my fist, knock on wood
I've got it bad, yeah I've got it good

Doctor, doctor, gimme the news
I got a bad case of lovin' you
No pill's gonna cure my ill
I got a bad case of lovin' you

Robert Palmer, 1978