creeepy, but in a good way (i think?)

so, between all the shit that i've had to do lately (unload the mexico van, clean it, return it, load all my shit into storage, help prepare room for my sister and her kids to get to gran's, research, working at the farm...) i've been loading all my CD's into iTunes. now that i have a sufficient amount of them in i put on "party shuffle" and continued to clean and work.

well, i was stopped dead in my tracks by a song and i wish somehow i knew how to put the audio up here but i can paste the lyrics i googled and got off the artist's site (http://www.thethe.com/sections/library/lyricbook/armageddon.html). it's actually a kick-ass song and i remembered it was one of my favorites of theirs (oh, the group is called THE THE)but i was struck so much by the lyrics and how the more things change, the more they stay the same. see for yourself:

"ARMAGEDDON DAYS (are here again)

They're 5 miles high
As the crow flies
Leavin' vapour trails
Across a blood red sky
Movin' in from the East
Towards the West
With balaclava helmets
Over their heads
YES!

But if you think that Jesus Christ is coming
Honey, you've got another thing coming
If he ever finds out who's hijacked his name
He'll cut out his heart and turn in his grave

Islam is rising
The Christians mobilising
The world is on it's elbows and knees
It's forgotten the message
And worships the creeds

"It's War" she cried
"It's War" she cried
"This is War!"
Drop your possessions
All you simple folk
You will fight them on the beaches
in your underclothes
You will thank the good lord
For raising the Union Jack
You'll watch the ships sail out of harbour
And the bodies come floating back
Watch the ships sail out of harbour
And the bodies come floating back

If the real Jesus Christ were to stand up today
He'd be gunned down cold by the C.I.A.
Oh, the lights that now burn brightest
Behind stained glass
Will cast the darkest shadows
Upon the human heart
But God didn't build himself that throne
God doesn't live in Israel or Rome
God doesn't belong to the Yankee dollar
God doesn't plant the bombs for Hezbollah
God doesn't even go to church
And God won't send us down to Allah to burn
God will remind us what we already know
That the human race is about to reap what it's sown

Islam is rising
The Christians mobilising
The world is on it's elbows and knees
It's forgotten the message
And worships the creeds
The world is on it's elbows and knees
It's forgotten the message
And worships the creeds

Armageddon days are here again
Armageddon days are here again
Armageddon days are here again
Armageddon Days Are HERE!!!

Copyright ©2004 Lazarus Limited. All rights reserved."

I know that copyright up there says 2004, but that song was released in the early 90's, if not the late 80's. sorry i don't have a more exact date at this time, but i do have my memories of it and i know for sure that i was working for a certain print publication in sacramento where i met the couple that introduced me to thethe, since ,of course, theTHE didn't match any top40 format they rarely got radio play in sacramento. but these friends (she worked with me, he visited her at work alot) were bay area transplants and the last couple of weeks there he taped their favorite radio station and made these absolutely kickass compilation tapes. they also had an amazing music collection (well, he more than she) but at any rate, i started that job in 1987 and finally left to transfer to UCSC in 1997. if i'm not mistaken we all hung out quite a bit from '89-92. (i'm still friends with them, in fact i think i've posted about their horses and peeing in their yard and that he's a bigger tori amos fan than i, which is nearly unbelievable to people who know me...)

what?

anyway, the bottom line is that this song is about 13-15 years old, and beyond the kickass music, the lyrics are still relevant today.

COMING SOON!

i've restarted my NETFLIX membership and have MOVIE REVIEWS COMING!! how excited are you?

don't answer that...