The Decline and Fall of Pop Music 55

Oh for the days

when pop songs were five minutes long

and had great guitar hooks

and used their lyrics to tell a complete and completely believable story

with wry humor and linguistic flair

and broke in the middle for

a bass solo,

a keyboard solo,

AND

a guitar solo.

Diesel, where did you go?

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(Youtube took the video down, but the song is here.)

Worth a Listen

Sorry there doesn't seem to be a real video for this one!

Double the Fun!

Enthusiectomy 55

I detach and stare blankly

Buffered

Muffled

Afloat in something formless

looking through dull lenses at the lives moving by, 

one of them apparently my own.

Nothing stops me from reaching for passion, 

except that 

my passion for reaching 

has slouched 

down 

in 

apathy. 

Things happen 

yet 

I no longer seem to act. 

Why not?

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Prodding the Plodding 55

Wake up!

There is so very much to see and do in this world - beauty and worth in bewildering abundance wherever you turn. What fool sits slumped and morose in the midst of glowing wonders? 

Slap him. 

Shake the senseless jackanapes by his collar!

A bold and startling universe hangs in wait for us all.

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Friends 55

They know

what you like

what you don't

what makes you laugh

what really cheeses you off

how you think

when you're sad

who your dream date is

when to push you

when to lay off

when to buy you a drink

when to just shut up and listen

and

how 

to 

make 

you 

smile.

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Resolutions

He wanted HD TV for Christmas.

She wanted a digital camera with more megapixels.

He got her a very nice necklace.

She got him expensive power tools.

He pretended to be happy.

She pretended to be happy.

Luckily, each of them picked the same New Year's Resolution:

I resolve to just SAY what I want.

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