Story Behind The Song
Inspired by modern day Hollywood, particularly by the show COPS and reality TV. The song suggests that television may have a negative influence on the subconscious.
Song Description
The songs is about the influence that television has on the subconscious.
| Song Length |
4:21 |
Genre |
Folk - Alternative, Pop - Rock |
| Tempo |
Other |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Worried, Disturbed |
Subject |
Television, Conformity |
| Similar Artists |
The Beatles, Smashing Pumpkins |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
TELEVISION VOO-DOO
music and lyrics by Joe Olivier
IT WAS A CAR CHASE???ON THE TV
THAT FLIPPED THE FIRST SWITCH?..,ON??WHAT IT WOULD BE?
LIKE TO FEEL EU-PHORIC?.AS THE DEMON OF SPEED..
AS THE BLUE LIGHTS TRAILED BEHIND THE MAN IN THE LEAD
AND HE SAID TO HIMSELF?..?NAH -NAH -NO -NOT NEVER ME !?
UNTIL THAT ONE CASE?.THINNED OUT THE BLEED?
IN HIS HEAD, ALONG WITH A BAD DAY?AND ALL WOULD PROCEED
HIS FULLFILLMENT OF THE QUASI DREAM
AND YOU SEE YOURSELF THERE?.WITH THAT BLUR ON YOUR FACE,
GRIPPING ON STEEL RODS, AND THE TASTE OF MACE?
??????...THAT?S WHEN YOU CONCLUDE????
IT?S TELEVISION VOO DOO
TELEVISION VOOD DOO??..TELEVISION VOO DOO
TELEVISION VOO DOO?.WHO KNEW
DADDY WAS A BIG SHOT?..IN THE NRA
A BIG PROPONENT?..ONE WAS MIA
BUT WHAT HE DIDN?T SEE?IN HIS KIDS OF THREE
WERE ASPIRATIONS OF WAR IN THE STREETS
AND WHEN THE BULLET HIT?.ALL WITH FID
CAME A SLATE FULL OF ITINERARIES
AND SOON THEY WOULD FULLFILL ? THEIR WESTERN DREAMS
AND TAKE DOWN THE ?NOT - OK CLINIC CORRAL?
BRIDGE
CHORUS
SITUATION DRAMAS?WERE ALL THAT HE FOUND
HE?D BE IN EVERY SCENE?ALL AROUND TOWN
BUT HE MADE HIS OWN BED?AND PRODUCED HIS OWN SOUND
BUT HE?S BLAMED THE BLACK CLOUD THAT WOULD FOLLOW HIM AROUND
BRIDGE
CHORUS
© copyright Joseph R. Olivier IV, South of but not Southie - Boston, MA. All Rights Reserved