porphyrian
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Fri Apr-28-06 08:20 PM
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You got a bullet in your head. |
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I can't watch TV without getting furious at commercials. I hate them. I can't believe anyone could feel any different about them. I'm especially dumbfounded that anything that stupid and irritating could actually influence consumers. But they do, to the tune of millions and millions of dollars each year.
Anyway, it makes me think of this song by Rage Against The Machine. Here are the lyrics:
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Bullet In The Head
This time the bullet cold rocked ya A yellow ribbon instead of a swastika Nothin' proper about ya propaganda Fools follow the rules when the set commands ya They said it was blue When the blood was red That's is how you got a bullet blasted through your head
Blasted through your head Blasted through your head
I give a shout out to the living dead Who stood and watched at the feds cold centralized So serene on the screen You was mesmerized Cellular phones soundin' a death tone Corporations cold Turn ya to stone before you realize
They load the clip in omnicolor They pack the 9, they fire it at prime time Sleeping gas, every home was like Alcatraz And mutha fuckas lost their minds
Just victims of the in-house drive-by They say jump, you say how high
They load the clip in omnicolor They pack the 9, they fire it at prime time Sleeping gas, every home was like Alcatraz And mutha fuckas lost their minds
No escape from the mass mind rape Play it again jack and then rewind the tape Play it again and again and again Until ya mind is locked in Believin' all the lies that they are tellin' ya Buying all the products that they are selling ya They say jump Ya say how high Ya brain dead Ya gotta fuckin' bullet in your head
Just victims of the in-house drive-by They say jump, you say how high
Ya standin' in line Believin' the lies Ya bowin' down to the flag Ya got a fuckin' bullet in ya head
A lot of you parental-types (older than me, anyway) probably never heard the words to this song. It's amazing how well this song nails TV and republican propaganda in general.
Especially since it was released in 1992, when pappy bush was spending his last days polluting the White House.
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Fri Apr-28-06 08:31 PM
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1. Do you listen to NPR? Every five minutes.... NPR is supported by |
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blah blah blah..... if they would just CHANGE the damn intro, "NPR is supported by, a different voice, a computer, a dog barking, a cricket chirping, something, anything but that dial tone they call an ad.
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Sat Apr-29-06 07:42 AM
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2. I stopped listening to them around 2001. |
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Once the republicans were in charge, I couldn't stand their idea of "fair and balanced."
I know what you mean about the call sign crap, though. It's been irritating like that forever.
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