July 29, 2008 Earworm

I've found myself yelling "JESUS CHRIST!" quite often as I watch the political shenanigans of the money changers and those who are doing their best to support them. With that outrage comes the deep seated Methodist guilt for tossing the guy's name around like that. As penance, I take the easy way out and refer to a 45 that I played until it was white back in 1975, "Operator" by The Manhattan Transfer. In case any wingnuts or zealots see this, I warn them that repeated plays will not have the same effect on the president.

And, in unrelated news, Creed's new album is supposed to drop next month.

July 28, 2009 Earworm

April 1983: the once was one Heaven 17 and Human League send out their separate, and decidedly different, messages of perseverance. With its clumsy lyric, "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" could easily be taken for a love song but I never heard it as such. It was all too spontaneous - that clumsy lyric helped, like a poorly planned pep rally, where the details are overlooked in favor of the bigger picture. On the other hand, "We Live So Fast" was as serious as you could get on a dance floor, where the pace of the damn thing forced you to commit to the endeavor. And that might be the reason that "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" became the League's first #1 on the club play chart - yes, I thought "Don't You Want Me" had already done that, too - and second top ten on the big chart while "We Live So Fast" couldn't get beyond #34 on the former and didn't get near the latter.

July 2009: I'm reminded that I could once keep up with both these records even if my coif could not and am determined to do so again.