Is author Seth Godin on to something?
The world’s lingering bad economic conditions could be an addiction to “thinking” things are going to return to normal.
Godin points to a one time monster sized music industry that’s totally ignoring Itunes, MP3 players and smart phones connected to I Heart Radio; writers, producers and masters of marketing are convinced that compact discs are the money maker.
Microsoft was said, “Google isn’t a real company. It’s a house of cards.”
I downloaded a video of Sean Lennon occupying Wall Street…the Rollingstone Magazine description clearly stated John Lennon’s son was going to sing Madonna’s Material Girl. What viewers got was a behind the scenes view of the occupation that looked more like a wedding than a demonstration. The speaker would blurt out five words, the crowd would repeat him. Another five words, the crowd repeated. Wait! Another five words…here come the same words.
By the time I reached Sean Lennon singing Material Girl the payoff was a famous man’s son singing the hook over and over kind of like John doing, “All we are saying is give peace a chance.”
“Living in a martial world, living in a material world, living in a material world, living in a material world, living in a material world, living in a material world…”
Please write to me when you’ve been moved to do something about our future.
“Living in a martial world, living in a material world, living in a material world, living in a material world, living in a material world, living in a material world…”
Are we addicted to thinking that things will return to normal?
What is normal? I was a newlywed during Ronald Reagan’s bout with bad economic luck. Normal was being able to afford Kraft Macaroni and Cheese versus generic. Normal in 2011 is returning to an overpriced market where bowling in uptown
Charlotte is $50 an hour. Normal is the divorce rate hitting 52%. Normal is KFC returning to Kentucky Fried Chicken only introduce a new dish blessed with fried chicken, steaming hot mashed potatoes and bacon chunks on top.
Seriously? Do we truly want to go backwards to locate what drove us to the party? If we go back there’s not enough noise in the world to convince Wal-Mart not to take over.
If we’re going back to find happiness we might as well wake up the Bee Gee’s and do Disco again. Call up Harrison Ford and put him in the front seat of American Graffiti. George Lucas who? Monica did what? Not on my President’s dime!
I get it! But let’s not reinvent it. The age of growing forward is what shapes our roots that run deep. This year for Christmas why can’t we just be happy about having each other? Talk about an incredible inactive game! I ask a question and you respond. I throw a ball and you catch it. Who invented this game?
When the body comes under attack from the flu or a bad cold the last thing I’m reaching for are the moments before the system was weakened. I stopped drinking in my teens not because it was an illegal buzz but the hangovers kept me from discovering new beginnings.
I love the idea that hundreds of thousands are protesting around the world against big business but what’s the point if you have no listeners? CEO’s, GM’s and coworker Eddie the butt kisser are focused on tomorrow.
Pictures from a past last forever because the future holds no truth until after it’s happened.
If you truly are disgusted with the way big business America has failed its nation of worker bees the one voice you have that can be louder than protesters on Wall Street are the vocals inside your heart. When you regain control of the life you want to life…never treat people the way you were. Be fair. Be loyal. Be dedicated, determined and for the love of God have some integrity.
Now go out there and score me a point, maybe two, ten or twelve. Win this ballgame with class! We are America! We love the bright colors that shine red white and blue! We succeed in areas other nations become weak! We love burgers! We can’t get enough of Super Bowl Sunday! Christmas is every day! Being on this soil is the greatest gift you’ll ever be handed! So stand up and believe in the threads that hold your family photo album together. There’s more incredible memories to make and it requires your participation!
I will always believe in you first…
arroecollins@clearchannel.com
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