Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site abnji.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!mhuxv!abnji!nyssa From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Anthrax Message-ID: <742@abnji.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 07:50:06 EDT Article-I.D.: abnji.742 Posted: Tue Jul 16 07:50:06 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 04:12:54 EDT Organization: Terminus Hospital, Incorporated Lines: 55 This song is my favourite love song. It has been suggested to me that I post the lyrics to net.singles to evoke some discussion on the sentiments raised (or is it a discussion on my sanity?). Having survived a fight with my latest young lady friend, the lyrics came back to me... The song has two channels running simultaneously: ANTHRAX (Gang of Four, 1979) (copied without permission, please forgive me...) Channel One (This is the "song" channel) Woke up this morning desperation AM What I've been saying won't say them again My head's not empty it's full with my brain The thoughts I'm thinking like piss down a drain And I feel like a beetle on its back And there's no way for me to get up Love'll get you like a case of anthrax And that's something I don't want to catch Ought to control what I do to my mind Nothing in there but sunshades for the blind Only yesterday I said to myself The things that I'm doing are not good for my health Channel Two (This is the more important channel; it has the philosophy behind the first channel. It is not sung, but spoken.) "Love crops up quite a lot as something to sing about, most groups make most of their songs about falling in love or how happy they are to be in love, you occaisonally wonder why these groups do sing about it all the time -- It's because these groups think there's something very special about it either that or else it's because everybody else sings about it and always has, you know to burst into song you have to be inspired and nothing inspires quite like love. These groups and singers think they appeal to everyone by singing about love because apparently everyone has or can love or so they would have you believe anyway but these groups go along with the belief that love is deep in everyones' personality and I don't think we're saying there's anything wrong with love just don't think that what goes on between two people should be shrouded in mystery." -- James C Armstrong, Jnr. ihnp4!abnji!nyssa "Congratulations, Sir, You survived the vote!" (What story was that? Who said it?)