Ka-Ching!

These days I spend a lot of time sitting, MacBook on my lap, writing.  Now that I have my entire CD collection ripped to my iTunes library I can throw headphones on, shuffle 3300 songs and be surprised by the mix that gets created.  I have been listening to a lot of music that I would not have listened to the "old" way.  One CD that I would not have grabbed from the shelf, opened up and inserted into the CD player is Up!  Shania Twain released this CD in 2002.

Anyhow...to the subject that sprang to mind today as the tune Ka-Ching! was played.  Back in 2002, before any news media outlets caught on to the rising credit storm, before it became popular to discuss, there were some experts ringing alarm bells.  The economy was running on fumes and people were spending beyond their means.  It turns out that Shania was one of those who was also ringing bells.  I wonder whether her legions of listeners heeded her advice back in 2002.  More than sixteen million copies of Up! have been sold.  Hopefully some of them listened.

Lyrics can often make a song for me.  And Ka-Ching! is now a tune that I suddenly enjoy listening to.

We live in a greedy little world--
that teaches every little boy and girl
To earn as much as they can possibly--
then turn around and
Spend it foolishly

We've created us a credit card mess
We spend the money that we don't possess
Our religion is to go and blow it all
So it's shoppin' every Sunday at the mall
.
.
.
When you're broke go and get a loan
Take out another mortgage on your home
Consolidate so you can afford
To go and spend some more when
you get bored


Let me know what you think about what you have just read. Please and thanks!

Comments

Sleepwalker said…
Well, well, that's worth a listen. I am curious now. This song will be my introduction to her.
December 05, 2008
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