This song was given to Roger McGuinn and appears on his 1991 album "Back from Rio." EC later recorded his own version four years later with the Attractions on "All This Useless Beauty."
Lyrically, it's a pretty straightforward poison pen to a relentless ass-kissing sell-out corporate ladder climber. They lyrics are clever, though sparse in EC's signature word-play and multi-layered meanings.
The best part of the song is the majestic riff that is meant to be an inversion of the Byrd's "Turn Turn Turn." EC turns the idealistic 60's optimism on its head.
This song was given to Roger McGuinn and appears on his 1991 album "Back from Rio." EC later recorded his own version four years later with the Attractions on "All This Useless Beauty."
Lyrically, it's a pretty straightforward poison pen to a relentless ass-kissing sell-out corporate ladder climber. They lyrics are clever, though sparse in EC's signature word-play and multi-layered meanings.
The best part of the song is the majestic riff that is meant to be an inversion of the Byrd's "Turn Turn Turn." EC turns the idealistic 60's optimism on its head.