THE RAMONES SUGGEST: HAVE A NICE DAY |
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by Charles Carreon 5:21pm, September 10, 2005 Lately the NewSpeak agency has turned up the volume real loud. You remember NewSpeak, don't you — Orwell discovered it back in 1984. Remember Winston Smith? Remember O'Brien? Remember when you had a brain? Before you became a spineless Party Member? "'I had been hoping for an opportunity of talking to you,' he said. 'I was reading one of your Newspeak articles in The Times the other day. You take a scholarly interest in Newspeak, I believe?' Winston had recovered part of his self-possession. 'Hardly scholarly,' he said. 'I'm only an amateur. It's not my subject. I have never had anything to do with the actual construction of the language.' 'But you write it very elegantly,' said O'Brien." Before we all learn to write NewSpeak, it's time to fight back. Somebody tries to give you a raft of bullshit, like the Bush Administration isn't racist, tell them to Have A Nice Day, then crank this vintage Ramones in their ear to drive home the point. HAVE A NICE DAY I heard it from the gangster I heard it from the priest I heard it from my best friend Way down in the middle east Have a nice day. That's all I hear every day Have a nice day. I don't believe a word you say I heard it from the landlord When he kicked me out I heard it from the spirits As they possessed my house Have a nice day. That's all I hear every day Have a nice day. I don't believe a word you say When they look me in the eye, I turn the other way It's just a trained reaction something they gotta say... yeah I heard it from New Zealand I heard it at the club I heard it from my doctor Before he pulled the plug Have a nice day. That's all I hear every day Have a nice day. I don't believe a word you say Have a nice day. That's all I hear every day Have a nice day. I don't believe a word you say Click here for more Rock and Roll Radio at American Buddha The American Buddha Online Library website offers music for study and scholarship and other nonprofit purposes. For even more Rock and Roll Radio, visit http://www.Joey Ramone.org
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