Afternoon Viewing: Placebo
The band’s excellent video for the song “Blue American”:
I wrote this novel just for you
It sounds pretentious but it’s true
I wrote this novel just for you
That’s why it’s vulgar
That’s why it’s blue
And I say, thank you
And I say, thank youI wrote this novel just for Mom
For all the mommy things she’s done
For all the times she showed me wrong
For all the time she sang god’s song
And I say thank you Mom
Hello Mom
Thank you Mom
Hi MomI read a book about Uncle Tom
Where a whitey bastard made a bomb
But now Ebonics rule our song
Those motherfuckers got it wrong
And I ask
Who is uncle Tom?
Who is uncle Tom?
Who is uncle Tom?
You areI read a book about the self
Said I should get expensive help
Go fix my head
Create some wealth
Put my neurosis on the shelf
But I don’t care for myself
I don’t care for myself
I don’t care for myself
I don’t careI wrote this novel just for you
I’m so pretentious, yes it’s true
I wrote this novel just for you
Just for you
Just for you
AuthorScoop
August 1st, 2008 at 7:47 am
This is terrific, the video and the song. I actually have a Placebo cd - which is weird. I never buy cds, but I like these guys enough that that I did. I even listen to it.