Alas, poor Pepsi, we shall miss you
A total of 41 new songs grace my iTunes library, thanks to the recent Apple-Pepsi promotion. If the ‘1/3 rd are winners’ rule holds that means I would have had to consume about 123 bottles of soda – all between February 1st and April 2nd. At 20 ounces per bottle that’s about 2460 ounces or nearly 20 gallons. Thankfully, some good people kicked in winning caps to reduce my caloric intake and I was rather fortunate in achieving something along the lines of nearly 2/3rds winners.
The last song to be acquired reminds me a lot of “Ends” by Everlast. It’s a gritty, down and dirty indictment of living the low life told powerfully through beautifully crafted lyrics, music, and orchestration. Each covers topics that most teachers would have trouble discussing even in an appropriate setting and does so without varnish or Emily Post niceties. And each, despite being fabulous in many ways, is not a track I would comfortably share with a mixed audience.
What is this contradictory tune? Steppenwolf’s “The Pusher” from the Gold: Steppenwolf album. This track from a legendary band didn’t get much airtime when first released due to the explicit way it discussed drugs and life in society’s underbelly and for the mature language-infused lyrics. Like many other songs I have I would like to make this into or part of a lesson someday. But it certainly won’t be for high school students.
