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Posted by BD on 01-17-2003 at17:43:

  To the powers that be...

Why hasn't anyone released a special Swirling Eddies single of Big Guns?

I would think with all the anti war protests going on this weekend, the liberal radio stations would jump on it. Maybe make a three song disc and send it out to all the major stations around the nation.

Put it in a package like the AC discs and send them out! Get Terry and the Eddies playing on real radio stations! And then when they are hooked, come out with a new Eddies CD! Woo Hoo, what a plan. Who’s with me on this?

BD

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Posted by brdhsnyrsoul on 01-17-2003 at17:46:

 

I'm right there with you, BD. That's brilliant. Make it happen, somebody.

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Posted by Tyler Durden on 01-17-2003 at17:49:

 

This song still stands.
It is a great catchy song, who knows the liberal stations would play it because they read the lyrics and the conservative ones would play it because of the chorus. (Like Ronald Reagan did with Born in the USA)

The boys can sell the same song to both sides. Rush L and the NPR will play it nonstop.

I love Terry's voice as a Swirling Eddie.

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Posted by EdHead on 01-17-2003 at19:31:

 

I'm with ya! (Though, I'm no "power-that-be".)


I'd even go stand out on the street corner and hold up a sign to get people to listen.

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Posted by Joey T. on 01-17-2003 at19:35:

 

Roger Waters - The Powers That Be


From the album "Radio K.A.O.S."


The powers that be
They like a tough game
No rules
Some you win, some you lose
Competition's good for you
They're dying to be free
They're the powers that be
They like a bomb proof cadillac
Air conditioned, gold taps,
Back seat gun rack, platinum hub caps
They pick horses for courses
They're the market forces
Nice car Jack
They like order, make-up, lime light power
Game shows, rodeos, star wars, TV
They're the powers that be
If you see them come,
You better run - run
You better run on home

Sisters of mercy better join your brothers
Put a stop to the soap opera right now
They say the toothless get ruthless
You better run on home

You better run - run
You better run on home

The powers that be
They like treats, tricks, carrots and sticks
They like fear and loathing, they like sheep's
clothing
And blacked-out vans

Blacked-out vans, contingency plans
They like death or glory, they love a good story
They love a good story

Sisters of mercy better join with your brothers
Put a stop to the soap opera state
They say the toothless get ruthless
Run home before its too late
You better run - run
You better run on home

Billy: Goodnight, Jim.
Jim: Goodnight, Billy.
Uncle David's Great Dane: Woof, woof, woof!

The canyon - daytime. Billy plays with Great Uncle David's Great Dane.

Paraquat Kelly: Bull heads, three red snapper, one pink snapper and your Pacific coastal trench hosemonster fish.
Cynthia Fox: Ohhh! At Sky David's juke joint of joy reports, forty under the console giggle stick ling cod, twenty-three purple perches four sledgehammerhead sharks, and what a surprise, eightyfour crabs, and no red snappers.
Paraquat Kelly: Hey, and that'll do for the triumphant return of the fish report with a beat.

Jim: We think of it as mainstreet, but to the rest of the country it's Sunset Strip. You're listening to KAOS in Los Angeles.

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Posted by Jevon the Tall on 01-17-2003 at19:45:

 

Hands down one of my favourite albums. I must've worn out my CD when that one first came out.

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Posted by dorfsmith on 01-18-2003 at10:41:

 

That is a great disk. I play it often.