Karaoke Friday - That's me

I figure I haven't been around much recently.  Well that is not entirely true, I have been reading some of the blogs on my newsfeed, I just haven't been writing all that much.  So before the clock strikes midnight I thought I might throw up another one of these entries before calling it a year.



I ran into this song in a roundabout fashion.  Back when I was a wee pup I used to listen to an alternative station here in Pittsburgh, 100.7FM WXXP.  The station was only on the air for a few years (1986-1988), but it had enough of a cultish following that it has been brought back, sort of.  They built a Live365 station dedicated to the old WXXP, and they play some current alternative music as well as some older music, the stuff that I grew up with.  On weekends they actually play entire old shows from the former WXXP, complete even with the old commercial breaks, weather forcasts, everything.  As I was at work Saturday, looking for something to listen to and Pandora was on one of it's whiny chick music kicks, I decided to head over to the WXXP 365 station instead.  They were rebroadcasting an end of the year show from 1987, the Dare (the station's slogan used to be "Dare to be different") 100 countdown, the top 100 alternative songs they played from 1987.  And that was where we found this little gem, your latest Karaoke Friday addition to the blog....



I was sitting with Matthew,
We were watching TV I said;
Hey Matthew, what do you see?
Do you see the guns? Do you see the bombs?
See those people throwing all of those stones?
Do you see the cars going up in flames?
See their faces, do you know their names?
Hey Matthew, when you're watching TV;
Hey, Hey Matthew, what do you see?

Do you see the tension in a rich man's house?
Do you see the cat? Do you see the mouse?
Do you see the beauty or the big bad beast?
Do you see the famine? Do you see the feast?
In this world of villains do you see the crime?
Is a superhero waiting at the edge of time?
Hey Matthew, when you're watching TV;
I said Hey, Hey Matthew, what do you see?

I see Dallas, Dynasty, Terrahawks,
He-Man, Tom and Jerry, Dukes of Hazzard,
Airwolf, Blue Thunder, Rambo, Road Runner,
Daffy Duck, The A-Team, The A-Team, I see the A-Team.

I was sitting with Matthew,
We were watching TV;
I said Hey Matthew,
What'll you be?
Will you walk like a lion in the danger zone?

Will you pass unnoticed in the great unknown?
When you see the press out on a witch hunt.
When you see a political publicity stunt.
Will you fight for the right? Will you be a man?
Will you step aside? Will you give a damn?

Will you ride that tide with the starry eyed?
Will you give and take?
Will you laugh 'til you ache?
Will you learn to live?
Will you take? Will you give?
As the bridges burn, will you live and learn? Will you be numbered with the brave and true? Well, good luck kid, here's lookin' at you.

In the future, Matthew, so bright and free,
Hey Matthew, what'll you be?
Hey Hey Matthew, what'll you be?

I want to be a soldier, street fighter, be a policeman, A captain of a boat - big boat.
I want to be a magic man, a cowboy,
A train driver, high jump champion,
A fireman, a pilot, I want to be your friend.

It's all a game - I hope.

Hey Matthew,
Hey Hey Matthew.

I hope.
I hope.
I hope.
I hope.