capitalism's infinite ability to assimilate "radical" critiques

[W. Kiernan]

James Farmelant wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 19 Oct 1998 18:42:28 -0400 Greg Nowell
> <GN842 at CNSVAX.Albany.Edu> writes:
> >
> > 1.  Kurt Weil's "Mac the Knife" as muzak.
> >
> > 2.  Joni Mitchell's song about trees and parking lots
> > playing on a supermarket tape in the middle of a vast
> > suburban parking lot where there used to be trees.
> 
> The same fate has also befallen John Lennon's song "Imagine"
> which after all envisions a world without religions, nation-states,
> and private property.  On the other hand his song "Working class
> Hero"  has to the best of my knowledge remained immune to this
> process.

Clearly it's that word "fuck" that ensures "Working Class Hero" won't
ever make the Muzak system at the grocery.  "Fuck," what a wonderful
word.  

On the other hand, how could you not laugh hearing "Imagine" in a bank
lobby, on the ground floor of that bank's 36-story office building? 
(This happened in the Barnett building in downtown St. Petersburg,
Florida.  Incidentally, Barnett Bank is no more; it was recently
assimilated by NationsBank.)  To complete the pleasure, you look out a
two-story tinted glass window on a courtyard to see our "sacred" U.S.
flag fluttering in the breeze.

Yours WDK - WKiernan at concentric.net

**    Was it a millionaire who said, "Imagine no possessions?"    **
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