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Data Control Lyrics
A nine digit number
For every living soul
That is all they talk about
At Data Control
They know everything about you
Keeping secrets is too hard
Your life is all recorded for you
In holes punched in computer cards
Data Control (digital readout)
Data Control (perforated feedout)
Data Control (microfilm files)
Data Control (1984 style)
A multinational corporation
A stockholder's dream
A nightmare of diversity
A defense system so supreme
Too technical to talk about
Too complex for layman's brains
It's enough to make you paranoid
Or drive you crazy losers sane
For every living soul
That is all they talk about
At Data Control
They know everything about you
Keeping secrets is too hard
Your life is all recorded for you
In holes punched in computer cards
Data Control (perforated feedout)
Data Control (microfilm files)
Data Control (1984 style)
A stockholder's dream
A nightmare of diversity
A defense system so supreme
Too technical to talk about
Too complex for layman's brains
It's enough to make you paranoid
Or drive you crazy losers sane
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Grant anticipates Facebook, Amazon, Google, and all the big data companies, and the issues of our privacy in the digital age, 30-40 years before the world really starts to see the effects.
I'd be curious if he ever made any "told you so!" comments about these companies in the 21st century!
The original on Land Speed Record is epic, but there's a higher-fi rehearsal recording on "Savage Young Dü" which is a revelation, almost Flipper-like, even.
Great stuff!
I for one hope people wake up about privacy and start working to change things in the USA like people did with the tobacco industry, green energy, "me too", and all these other social movements. European privacy laws leave the USA's in the dust.
So many F'ed up things in this world, that need to be tackled!
[Edit: fixed typos]