Friday, April 18, 2014

SKApril!

The Rebel Black Dot Song of Good Friday
Johnny Socko, "Next Big Thing" from Full Trucker Effect (T.L.A.M.)

Skammentary: "Next Big Thing" is very thematically similar to the Reel Big Fish's big hit, "Sell Out."

"You want to eat your cake
And have a slice of that guy's too,
Just jump aboard that next big thing
And let the gravy pour all over you.
The timing has to be just right,
You have to know just when to act,
And meet me at the bottom line
Of a lucrative contract.

"Pick up your axe and put it on wax,
We'll rock tonight if the demographic's right.

"Jump on the next big thing,
By June she'll be full swing,
Start now and you'll have time to savor
Being that month's flavor.
Jump on the next big thing
You'll be another Sting,
They'll love you, buy you, idolize you,
Until it's time to despise you…"

The connection to Good Friday is tenuous & a little contrived, but it can be made. On the day, when confronted with a defining choice, will you stay true to what you've professed no matter the cost or will you turn your back on your principles in exchange for worldly rewards.

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