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...about Bush and Gore ("We'll make them work the night shift in a 7-Eleven store/ And let them clean the toilets and let them scrub the floor") and another verse against "the media, those mighty millionaires/ Who weave their little fictions sitting on their derrieres" and the chorus, of course, about truth marching on. The rabble got highly aroused, and some people could hardly contain their joy as they sang...
...there are no people around. They can also feature the kind of songs we sing in our showers when there are people around, because if you're the sort of person that takes group showers, hey, you're not going to get all self-conscious about belting out the chorus to "Can You Feel the Love Tonight...
...about it. Well, tried to at least. The opening beats of the song--the duh duh thwack duh duh thwack--just lodged in my brain and I couldn't shake them. Well, apparently, neither could anybody else. With each successive listen, people suddenly caught onto Music and its giddy chorus about the "bourgeoisie" and the "rebel" and almost two months after it first hit airwaves, it rocketed to number one on the Billboard charts. And it won't come down. And why should it? Every time you listen to it, it's discovery squared...
...Some of the Pokemon are brought to life by "little people" in costume, and others are puppets, but most are just immobile dummies that get pushed around the stage by members of the chorus. As each new Pokemon appeared on stage a high-pitched roar of delight filled the auditorium. (I am pleased to say that Jigglypuff, my personal favorite, makes an appearance...
...Pokemon Live" is a spectacle like many traditionally "classical" shows, but in support of a corporate product rather than a religion. (The finale's chorus goes: "You and me and Pokemon... One World.") Some see this as a sign of civilization's decline. Not so. Corpratization has become the predominant cultural force in America and much of the rest of the world. Naturally it appears in our entertainment, just as the cultural forces of Mozart's time appear in "The Magic Flute." What's interesting is how little this type of live show has changed. "Pokemon Live" is third- rate...