beulahbondo's Diaryland Diary

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So I've been reading about this performance by Ronald Isley singing songs by Burt Bacharach - and if that doesn't sound fabulous enough, apparently he's also doing songs co-written by Bacharach and Tonio K.

Tonio K's album "Life in the Foodchain" was a favorite among my geeky, proto-punk, college newspaper crowd. We'd drink beers on Friday afternoons and sing the song "H-A-T-R-E-D" at the top of our lungs. "I'm full of H-A-T-R-E-D! I'm bitter! And annoyed!" How many incidents of locker-kicking did that one inspire, I wonder?

Here are lyrics from the album's title song:

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because it's dog eat dog

����and it's the cat and mouse

����it's cut the cake and grab a plate

����and hope it goes around

����it's do or die

����it's down to push and shove

����because everybody's hungry

����and there isn't quite enough

But what in the world are those Bacharach/K songs like? Does anyone know?

Wow, is it windy tonight. The windows are rattling. Very Wuthering Heights.

Next time: My inexpressible love for Plastic Bertrand.

5:59 p.m. - 2003-11-13

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