A: Pussy and Money - (Click me to play!)
Rock & Roll Philosophy? Funny song by 'The Dictators'. Tongue is buried firmly in cheek...
Pussy and Money
You wake up in the morning
totally confused
can't get a date
but you're getting screwed
you're searching for a reason
a way to carry on
when everything is broken
and everything is wrong
So you tried to save the whales
You found a tree to kiss
You gave a crippled child
His dying wish
You're waiting for an answer
A message from above
You've always been a sucker
Another fool in love
What's it all about
Pussy and money
I ain't tryin to be cute
I ain't tryin to be funny
Everybody lies about
Pussy and money
It's always gonna be that way
It's always gonna be that way
You see a girl
You start talkin
She sees your car
She starts walkin
Sweet success
Just take it
If you're sincere
You can fake it
What's it all about
Pussy and money
I ain't tryin to be cute
I ain't tryin to be funny
Everybody cries about
Pussy and money
It's always gonna be that way
It's always gonna be that way
You wanna be the big dog
Down on the street
But if you spill a drop of blood
The shark's gotta eat
A million stars
out of reach
A billion grains of sand
on the beach
So you pray every night
When the sun goes down
Cause there are only two things that make the world go round
What's it all about
Pussy and money
I ain't tryin to be cute
I ain't tryin to be funny
Everybody lies about
Everybody cries about
Everybody shout it out!!
Pussy and money
It's always gonna be that way
It's always gonna be that way
The Dictators, eh? You are an old guy!
ReplyDeleteMy blog-posted reply to them at http://delightsprings.blogspot.com/2011/10/meaning-of-life.html:
Thursday, October 13, 2011
The meaning of life
(Also known as the "secret of happiness")...
A student in CoPhi yesterday posted the lyrics of a vulgar song by the old punk band The Dictators, purporting to express the meaning of life. I found it a bit reductive. Here's a more expansive view, from the conclusion of Bertrand Russell's 1930 Conquest of Happiness:
The happy man or woman is
a citizen of the universe, enjoying freely the spectacle that it offers and the joys that it affords, untroubled by the thought of death because he feels himself not really separate from those who will come after him. It is in such profound instinctive union with the stream of life that the greatest joy is to be found.
The "secret" is this:
Let your interests be as wide as possible , and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
Maybe. But maybe those other Brits were onto something too:
Well, it’s nothing special. Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.
Fundamentally that's all the same advice, isn’t it? Someone should put it in a song.
Posted by Phil at 10/13/2011 06:49:00 AM