Just as I was getting all pleased with myself for having found a message of peace and hope and didactic power in my favourite television series of NCIS and CSI and Criminal Minds; CSI:Miami comes on. Hubby and I don't really watch this one as much as we do the others but we were still awake on a Saturday night/what can I say/us baby boomers get sleepier faster than we used to/and decided to watch the show.
Now as I have mentioned I think these shows are great, they are delivering a didactic tale, they always catch the bad guys and they make us think with some provocative one liners. I had just completed a hub about one of the characters having a moment of enlightenment in the last show on Criminal Minds and of course I had to add my two cents worth.
I had even found a lovely article to go right along with my message of service oriented people and the wonderful things they do and how they deserve all our applause and dedication!
Then here comes the theme song for CSI: Miami!
Talk about my own moment of enlightenment I bout came off my recliner with a whiplash! After a few well chosen metaphors, thank you Mr Spock, my David was laughing at me so he could hardly contain himself. Apparently he thinks the sight of his beloved wife in an uproar is amusing.
I don't get it. Where in the world were their heads? What were they thinking? My David said "Look, Boo, most of the people in this country don't even know who {pun there for all of you} wrote this song much less what the song is about and if you'll notice they only sing the words "won't get fooled again" in the song anyway.
David's take on the whole thing is the fact that the cops are not going to get "fooled again" by the bad guys and they are going to take all of them down.
My take on the whole thing is that of a purist. Know the song, know what you are listening to and use it appropriately. Pete Townsend was using this as a warning here people.That revolution can and will bring about change. But if we are not careful, the regime we overthrow may be exactly like the one with which it is replaced!
Pay attention to the lyrics "Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss."
So, how is this a good song for CSI: Miami?
Gives me a headache.
I have the same17 year old mindset I had all those years ago. Inside my head I even look the same and inside my head I still am full of the idealistic views that have often brought me nothing but sour looks and loud words and trouble since the first time I tried them out on my parents in the 1960's!
Yet still...I keep hoping...that we will change for the better...that we will listen and learn from the songs, from the television series, from history, from each other and stop the cycle of just switching one bad boss for another.
barbara bethard
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