Today's Song of the Day

The Beautiful People, Marilyn Manson, 1996

File this one under: Absolutely phenomenal song by an incredibly problematic artist. Honestly, my psyche is showing out by cementing this song in my path right now.

My my my. This song from 28 years ago is a brutal play-by-play of today's world. Isn't it super cool how songs transcend space and time like that? It's kind of cool, too, how something 100% problematic isn't 100% all bad all the time -- this song is case in point.

Thank you, random elder millennial dude, for reminding me how we are all not the same. For example, isn't it fascinating that there are people amongst us who can't differentiate between Marilyn Manson and the Robert Smith? Stop laughing -- I'm serious. Sure, wittnessing such a shocking mix up a few days ago made me a little sad but ultimately, it prompted a wonderfully edifying teaching moment and planted this song in my head.

Trust. My younger (sadly mistaken) friend promptly pulled out his phone, did a quick search and fell in line as a Cure convert. I watched him cross over from not understanding why his misidentification was so funny to me to being "in on the joke" of the ridiculousness of confusing the Robert Smith with Marilyn Manson. Gratifying.

Sometimes I wonder: What if my little rural Alabama 1980s teenage world had stayed so very sheltered -- what if I didn't know about the Cure? What if I wasn't musically adventurous? Better yet, what if my coming of age story had been fueled by the internet? If everything is special, nothing is -- pre internet vs. post internet raising is one extreme to the other. Truth is, I got the best of both worlds. Timing is everything, y'alll.

I'm rambling. Don't wanna do this workday Monday. Can you tell?