Album of the week(end): Adam and the Ants - Dirk Wears White Sox (1982)
“Car! Car, car. Trouble…”
Don’t tell me I was born free
That joke has been old since high school
You’ll only find the wrong job for me
Much as I’m looking like the right tool
I never wanted to grow up to be
Some kind of social construct
Step 1: Drink.
Step 2: Make mistakes.
Step 3: Pretend you don’t remember.
Step 4: Drink a little more.
Step 5: Run dry.
This song is so fucking good
So fuck the world, and what it wants me to be.
Gonna Fly Now by Rocky Soundtrack
DA DA DA DA DA DA DA, DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DAAAAA
DA DA DA DA DA DA
DA DAAAAAAAAAA
DA DA DAAAAAAAAAAA
GONNA FLY NOWWWWWWW
Best fucking soundtrack, holy shit.
Can we just take a moment to think about how fanatstic this is going to be live?
(Source: ruym)
I’ve probably posted about this album before, but I’m going to do it again. I don’t know why I didn’t fall in love with it earlier, but the more I listen to it the more I appreciate just how chaotically energetic and life affirming the whole thing is. It’s the kind of music that makes you want to do potentially dangerous but awesome things like start a fight club or ride a bike off of somebody’s roof. It’s chock full of references to American history too, which I personally appreciate a lot. These guys seem to get the spirit of our history as a nation more than most US History teachers I’ve studied under. It’s a crazy, irreverent, violent, rebellious, sprawling tribute to all our wonderful faults and failures, along with some of our victories.
TAKE IT EASY, BUDDY!
IT’S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD!
