He won't know Adorno
He's an adult with an adcult
You can buy your way into his head

He was never better
Wearing sneakers and a sweater
Made by 12-year-olds sweating in Shenzhen

He says,
Let's drive, drive, drive
Till we burn, burn, burn,
We can choke on it later on tonight
And we'll fumble with the planet
Dry the river and then damn it
Just persuade me that everything's all right

This was his reality
He says the stupid love equality
And he's never seen a car he didn't like

On code like a reptilian
Pays Rapaille another billion
From your cortex to the page is just a hike

So
Let's drive, drive, drive
Till we burn, burn, burn,
We can choke on it later tonight
And we'll fumble with the planet
Dry the river, then we'll damn it
Just persuade me that everything's all right

Because things, we've got to have our things

We're not persuaded by the Omnicom
We're not persuaded we're the only ones
We're not persuaded by hegemony
We're not persuaded we were ever free

Is that your conscience, or are you alone?
Is that Noam Chomsky on the telephone?


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The Persuaded Lyrics as written by Nolan Williams Frederick Jackson

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    General Comment
    Adorno = Theodor W. Adorno, german sociologist and philosopher. adcult = the novel "Adcult USA", a book by James Twitchell on advertising & consumerism. Rapaille = Clotaire Rapaille, a french market researcher who is known for advising advertisers on how to influence people's unconscious decision making. Omnicom = one of the world's largest advertising agencies Noam Chomsky = American linguist & philosopher... not too sure what specifically he did? Yeahhh... clearly just about like consumerism and brain washing in advertising. Sick song, love it.
    blomon November 19, 2008   Link
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    badass.
    hab204on May 28, 2010   Link

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