I wrote this whole post about how Heavy Metal makes me laugh sometimes, and I chose this song because it kept showing up here and there and the video fit perfectly with what I had to say. I had to scrap that post though. I should've known Dio's songs were showing up not because of a hot new album by Ronnie James Dio, or because metal hair was coming back in style (I'm growing mine now), but because Ronnie James Dio had passed on this past week. So…
Here is a classic by one of the great heavy metal artists of our time. *throws horns in salute, arm raised high*
"Metal Health", also known as "Bang Your Head", this song speaks to the health benefits of metal:
Metal health will cure your crazy
Metal health will cure your mad
Metal health is what we all need
It's like a heart attack!!!!!!!
Maybe not, but whatever. What is good for the soul may not be good for your health. Others may disapprove of your bad habits, but you want to bang your head? You bang your head all you want!
With the Olympics on TV, I've been seeing a lot of advertisements. There is a set of ads for "clean coal" proclaiming we need to grow our coal industry and create jobs. I am disgusted. They try to pull on your heart strings showing families and soldiers, as if not using coal will fail them, and make America fail. They even show good sources of energy like wind turbines to make you think clean coal is just as good. Are you kidding me!? Sadly, there are a lot of idiots out there who may just fall for such obvious manipulation and propaganda by "America's Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity". (click to here if you want to be manipulated.)
Here is a CBS news segment on the topic of "Clean Coal" power plants:
Investing in any fossil fuels at all is ultimately a waste of time and resources. I am with GreenDaily.com. "I know we can't just switch to solar, wind and geothermal power, but if we want to create jobs, protect the environment, reduce our global emissions, and create a sustainable energy system for future generations, it's counter-productive to put any resources into the outdated and flawed coal industry." – GreenDaily.com (Read the entire article here.)
The evidence is overwhelming that global warming, climate change, or whatever you want to call it ("humans screwing themselves" perhaps?) is real. Clean coal is not going to help. Where is Jimi when we need him to set these douche bags straight?
Lord, there's got to be some changes
Living together's gonna be a lot of re-arranges
You better be ready, lord, my lord
Just hope love comes before the summer
G had this song stuck in her head, so I sang out a few lines from the chorus, "It's more than a feeling (more than a feeling)", prodding her, but it backfired. Now it is stuck in my head! It is not that it is bad… I love this song! I just don't know if I want it playing in my mind all day.
It's more than a feeling (more than a feeling)
When I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling)
PS: Although the band does have connections to MIT, I wonder if the residents of the city Boston feel the connection? Anyone know?
PPS: A friend said "I'd say Nirvana had more than a feeling about this tune…" and passed on this fun clip: