Why Theory?

We've all got opinions.
Where do they come from?

Man, Gang of Four was a great band. I need to throw a bunch of this stuff on an iPod and use it in my attempts to run. This outfit had it all: funky, belligerent bass; angular, crunchy guitar; shake-the-junk-in-your-trunk drums; and Marxism. What more could a suburban teen ask for?

I'm going to listen to one more track (lyrics below) and call it a night. Usually I write when I have something to say, but I don't have any coherent thoughts to share with anyone right now. I use this as a place to dump stuff that I would pester real people with. Thinking of that Talking Heads lyric about burning all your notebooks. I burned a bunch of them this week in the fire pit out back. Nothing important in there. Seriously. Mostly embarrassing.

Don't help me! I can save myself! I bought this record shortly after it came out; I liked Entertainment! more, but this one has some real staying power.

Muscle for Brains
Songs of the Free (1982)

Don't help me I can save myself
If I'm incomplete don't fill the gaps
Save me from the people who would save me from myself
They got muscle for brains

For reasons that are not mysterious
The weak are sent to the wall
They have reservations in heaven
Down here they're not so fashionable

Don't help me I can save myself
If I'm incomplete don't fill the gaps
Save me from the people who would save me from my sin
They got muscle for brains

For reasons that are not mysterious
Morality's used as a tool
The poor are told to be contented
But in this life they've no choice at all

Don't help me I can save myself
If I'm incomplete don't fill the gaps
Save me from the people who would save me from myself
They got muscle for brains

For reasons that are not mysterious
The weak are sent to the wall
They have reservations in heaven
Down here they're not so fashionable

Don't help me I can save myself
If I'm incomplete don't fill the gaps
Save me from the people who would save me from myelf
They got muscle for brains

Save me from the people who would save me from my sin
They got muscle for brains