John McCain's daughter has a blog, and she has a \"Song Of The Day\" feature. Today's song was Stereolab's \"Ping Pong\". And that's a fantastic song - my favorite Stereolab song, probably. So good for her.<\/p>\n
But... as the daughter of a war-mongering, economically-clueless Republican douchebag, she might want to look up the lyrics to the songs she's thinking of choosing...<\/p>\n
\nit's alright right 'cos the historical pattern has shown
\nhow the economical cycle tends to revolve
\nin a round of decades three stages stand out in a loop
\na slump and war then peel back to square one and back for more<\/p>\nbigger slump and bigger wars and a smaller recovery
\nhuger slump and greater wars and a shallower recovery<\/p>\nyou see the recovery always comes 'round again
\nthere's nothing to worry for things will look after themselves
\nit's alright recovery always comes 'round again
\nthere's nothing to worry if things can only get better<\/p>\nthere's only millions that lose their jobs and homes and sometimes accents
\nthere's only millions that die in their bloody wars, it's alright<\/p>\nit's only their lives and the lives of their next of kin that they are losing<\/p>\n
etc..<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
What's next ? Dylan's \"Masters Of War\" ? Sabbath's \"War Pigs\" ? <\/p>\n
To be fair, Stereolab's vocals alternate between French and English with a heavy French accent, and I usually just enjoy them as sounds, not as lyrics. So maybe she didn't know what the words were. Or maybe she just doesn't understand? Either way: look them up, next time!<\/p>\n
Via Pitchfork<\/a> by way of Yglesias<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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