I'm getting sick of sleepless nights...

I had the unintentional pleasure of not going to my prom my senior year of high school. See, I originally was going to go with a certain special someone but then that certain special someone in a moment of what I'd like to call inconsideration, though I'm sure she considered very carefully how I'd react and and came to the conclusion that she just didn't care (I'd like to point out that I took it like a man and waited until I got home to cry), turned me down post asking. The whole story is very depressing really, but I mention the circumstances surrounding it in order to convey my sentiment regarding the matter. I mean... what the fuck do I mean? I would have gone to the prom. I'm not one of those losers who would just blow something like that off and sit at home. I'm one of those losers who can't get a date and ends up sitting at home. There's a big difference here and I want to make sure the lines are drawn.

Anywho, the matter I was trying to get to was the unbelievable degradation of prom music. I think the chosen prom song was "Time of Your Life." Time to pick better fucking music is what I say. Waste your life listening to that shit. I have put together a selection that I feel says a lot more.

-Baba O'Riley by The Who - "it's only teenage wasteland" - What could be more appropriate?

-The Kids Are Alight by The Who - If the above question has an answer, this is it.

-Pictures of Lilly, also by The Who - This song really doesn't have much to do with anything. It's about masturbation actually. I guess it just touched me on a personal level because I had a lot of experience with it in high school.

-Kodachrome by Paul Simon - "When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all." - I think that line pretty much says everything.

-Let it Bleed by The Rolling Stones - Someone to lean on and all that good stuff, a little sappy but still a great song.

-Lola by The Kinks - About a transvestite. I think that imagery really captures a lot of what high school is about. Or maybe I'm just weird.

-Seven Deadly Sins by Flogging Molly - This one really doesn't make sense but if pirates ever made a punk song it would sound a lot like this one.

-Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle by Cake - Give all those punk ass posers something to think about.

-We Can Talk About It by The Band - This song has a good sentiment so I threw it in.

-Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by The Beatles - You have to be on drugs to write a song like this. drugs = only real way to get through school without going stark raving mad or killing someone

-Ride of the Valkries by Wagner - Fuck if I know.

I think this is a very good list. It took me all of a minute and a half to throw together but I still say it's better than anything anyone on whatever group you have to be in to make decisions regarding the prom came up with.

--"Lonesome Cowboy Bill still rides the rodeo."--
I bet you didn't know that.