Yesterdays and Yesteryears
Upon reading this post, you might be moved to ask, “Oh God, yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?”
Yes, this is the “Y” post. That means plenty of things like Yeats and YouTube. The latter which, of course, is responsible for one of man’s greatest achievements: The ability to combine sound and video slightly off-track from one another.
Being slightly off-track is a hobby of mine, too. I enjoy taking beautiful things and juxtaposing them jarringly with crudity. It’s what I do.
Why can’t the past just die?
–Christine Daae in Phantom of the Opera
Yesterday,
All my troubles seemed so far away,
Now it looks at though they’re here to stay,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
–The Beatles
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.
–William Butler Yeats
I was a young boy that had big plans.
Now I’m just another shitty old man.
I don’t have fun and I hate everything.
The world owes me, so fuck you.
Glory days don’t mean shit to me.
I drank a six pack of apathy.
Life’s a bitch and so am I.
The world owes me, so fuck you.
Wasted youth and a fistful of ideals.
I had a young and optimistic point of view.
Wasted youth and a fistful of ideals.
I had a young and optimistic point of view.
I’ve decomposed, yet my gut’s getting fat.
Oh my god I’m turning out like my dad.
I’m always rude I’ve got a bad attitude.
The world owes me, so fuck you.
The wife’s a nag and the kid’s fucking up.
I don’t have sex `cause i can’t get it up.
I’m just a grouch sitting on the couch.
The world owes me, so fuck you.
Wasted youth and a fistful of ideals.
I had a young and optimistic point of view.
Wasted youth and a fistful of ideals.
I had a young and optimistic point of view.
I was a young boy that had big plans.
Now I’m just another shitty old man.
I don’t have fun and I hate everything.
The world owes me, so fuck you.
Glory days don’t mean shit to me.
I drank a six pack of apathy.
Life’s a bitch and so am I.
The world owes me, so fuck you.
The world owes me, so fuck you.
The world owes me, so fuck you.
–Green Day, The Grouch
In closing I present the only known song by Styx to start with the letter “Y.” This is classic Styx circa 1973.
This is my “Y” post in the A-Z Blogger Challenge.
Strange days indeed
Source: Wikipedia
Nobody Told Me
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Strange days indeed, strange days indeed
… most peculiar mama
… most peculiar mama, whoa
I’ve just been feeling that we’ve been having some strange days lately and it made me think about John Lennon.
I know some young folks who say the don’t like the Beatles. Personally I think they are missing out on a lot.
Beatles and the taxman
If you’re overweight I’ll tax your fat.
Touché, touché!
The Beatles sure knew how to get a point across in very few words. 🙂
Being from another country The Beatles didn’t write their famous song “Taxman” for April 15 in the United States, but it certainly still applies.
One of the lyrics in the song states, “There’s one for you, nineteen for me.” Did you know this is a direct reference to the fact that The Beatles were being taxed at the rate of 95 percent?
The Beatles’ large earnings placed them in the top tax bracket in the United Kingdom, liable to a 95% supertax introduced by Harold Wilson’s Labour government. (Source.)
Yep. Do the math. Divide one by twenty and you get a result of .05 aka five percent. The “one” in the song represents the money that The Beatles were allowed to keep!
Speaking of math, if you live in the United States the probability you’ll hear the song “Taxman” at least once before the end of the day is infinitely close to one-hundred percent. 🙂
More Beatles songs to be used in marketing
Now that the Beatles library has been whored out to the highest bidder, I thought we could brainstorm more uses for the library. Here are some ideas:
You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
Americans For Prosperity
Bang! Bang! Maxwell’s silver hammer
Came down on her head.
Bang! Bang! Maxwell’s silver hammer
Made sure she was dead.
Sears Craftsman Tools
She’s so heavy…
Jenny Craig Weight Loss Centers
Why don’t we do it in the road?
No one will be watching us.
Why don’t we do it in the road?
Goodyear Tires and/or Mr. Goodwrench
Sitting a corn flake, waiting for the van to come
Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes
Well, she was just 17,
You know what I mean,
And the way she looked was way beyond compare.
So how could I dance with another (ooh)
When I saw her standin’ there.
Roman Polanski legal defense team
I’m trying to think of more, but I’m stumped. What others can you come up with???
The Beatles made whores for hawking products
The hate in me is swelling. The target this time: Blackberry.
Some trendy guy sings a cover of the song “All You Need Is Love” by the Beatles. Meanwhile, a trendy chick needs to learn how to dance so she can be accepted by her peers. Her need to conform and be cool is apparently very great. So she turns to her Blackberry, of course, which teaches her the hip new moves so people will like her. Finally, true friends!
In other news, David Spade has a new commercial featuring his dead buddy, Chris Farley. I’m no Farley fan, I just didn’t think the guy was funny, but COME ON!!! How tasteless can ya be? Just because you can do a thing doesn’t mean you should. Seriously, I’d like to know who got paid off for selling out Farley.
For another example involving Kurt Cobain, please keep reading after the jump.
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