We all dance to a mysterious tune
There’s another of those blog memes doing the rounds. I first encountered it over at Chicken Yoghurt where Justin nominated this hilarious version of Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows as the theme tune to his blog.
I thought about posting a theme tune for The Quiet Road but then got sidetracked by a short article on Peak Oil and it slipped my mind. Earlier today though, Merrick picked up the meme over at his place. Those of you who don’t know him won’t realise just how apt his choice of theme tune actually is. Not merely for his blog, but for his life.
Anyhoo, I gave some more thought to what the theme tune for this place would be. The obvious one would be The Overload by Talking Heads (simply because that’s where I took the name of the blog from). But actually, that’s proabably a wee bit darker than is appropriate for this place. And, in truth, there’s a kind of stately genius to the song that I’d feel a bit cheeky claiming as a theme tune.
There was a strong temptation to choose something extremely silly, but I resisted it. I figured that it did actually have to be something by Talking Heads. Nothing else would really do. Which is when this amazing clip came to mind…
Enjoy.
I should point out that Merrick has been slandering me at Bristling Badger. His psychotic hatred of donkeys has led to an ongoing war against anyone who tries to lessen the suffering of these often-abused creatures. Take — for instance — forgettably mediocre crooner, Mr. Chris de Burgh (who, let’s face it, is not very good but the first couple of albums have nice tunes on, which is more than you can say for Huey Lewis). De Burgh has worked tirelessly to fund donkey sanctuaries in both Ireland and the UK and as a result, has come under heavy fire from Merrick whose strict veganism is only interrupted by his weekly bath in donkey-blood. Anyway, Merrick’s claim that this blog’s theme tune should be “the 12 inch version of Chris De Burgh’s Don’t Pay The Ferryman” is a cheap shot unworthy even of the most savage donkey-violator. Everyone knows that anything post-1980 by de Burgh is unlikeable MOR pap. Perhaps his saint-like regard for our downtrodden equine friends can redeem this disagreeable musical output. Or perhaps not. Either way, I consider the Don’t Pay The Ferryman accusations to be below the belt, beyond the Pale and unworthy of anyone who’d nominate the Theme from Shaft as their theme tune (no matter what version).
“His psychotic hatred of donkeys”?
More than four years ago I said plainly:
I do not hate donkeys. The entire point of my post is that I feel confused at De Burgh and donkeys being together, and so I have clear delineation; donkeys good, De Burgh evil.
Additionally, I posited a method in his actions, that his claim to offer miracle cures is, like his gigs for donkeys, a distraction, an attempt to confuse us with good works and thereby catch us unawares and render us prostrate before the lizard overlords.
We know that De Burgh is their minion but you, Bliss, you are the supplicant of the minion, you are the malodorous parasitic ringworm in the armpit of this befouling cockweasel.
The evidence against you is overwhelming. Your javlin practice, your attending the major research library of your nation alongside De Burgh’s progeny Hubie, your risible relentless attempts to deflect my plain and unambiguous stance on donkeys.
What could be worse than Lady In Red, then, Bliss? Why, a live version of Lady In Red. And what is it that sits on your shelf as you clumsily paw about trying to muddy the waters claiming “everyone knows that anything post-1980 by de Burgh is unlikeable MOR pap”? Why, it’s your copy of the 1990s Chris De Burgh live album High On Emotion.
And what else do we find on there? What’s track 14 Jim? Do tell us.
April 9th, 2010 | 10:45am
by Merrick
Sure Merrick. You just keep telling yourself that.
April 9th, 2010 | 11:33am
by Jim Bliss
Track 14, Jim. What is it?
April 11th, 2010 | 8:18pm
by Merrick
Well you seem to know better than I do, Merrick. I charity-shopped that CD years ago. It’s you who appears to have memorised the track listing. Hmmm… this is all starting to fit together… there’s a couple of psychoanalytic terms — “denial” and “projection” — that you might want to learn about.
April 11th, 2010 | 10:33pm
by Jim Bliss
I do indeed know the tracklisting. It’s called ‘knowing your enemy’. Can we really accuse those who fight for righteousness of denial because they face up to what must be vanquished? Is a great detective really just a gangster who wants to ‘project’?
your psychobabble won’t fool those of us with eyes to see, Bliss.
Only four years ago you felt proud to declare ownership of that live album – Lady In Red, Don’t Pay The Ferryman and all – and indeed you defended such a state.
Now you tell us that, having spent years absorbing the messages into the core of your being, you have actively gone and plied them on to an unsuspecting world.
Having learned from De Burgh’s hoodwinking use of our universal love of donkeys to ally his cause to something we cannot deny, you know that you mustn’t just give us a Chris De Burgh live album as we would impale you on your own javelin. So, as your Master does, you cloak it in a veil of ‘charity’.
As you suck on De Burgh’s scrotum for sustenance, we see you plainly. First against the wall. First against the fucking wall.
April 13th, 2010 | 11:15am
by Merrick
Merricks right, its peopl like you that planted the explosivs in the twinn towers. we know who you are and we know what your doing and YOU WILL NOT WIN WE WILL FEED YOU TO YOUR LIZARD MASTERS
April 13th, 2010 | 11:19am
by donal mccabe
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