flop culture

when i was young i used to turn up the bass and

rock out to billie jean and thriller in my basement

when michael jackson was a pop sensation

every second song on the radio station

remember axle telling us to have patience

and records sold without any affiliation

when william hung and music still had no relation

someone tell janet bring back the rhythm nation. no gloves

no zipper coats

no more yellow submarines or kokomos

if we could ask luther vandross

i bet he'd wonder the same: can ya tell me what happened to michael jackson?

and mtv trading music for acting?

avril lavigne's on the cover of maxim

woah oh oh oh

and theres a million other people with a lot on their mind

but for me i'm not the type to let a good thing die

if we could bring the beatles back to rock it one more time

we could turn this mess around

one beat at a time. when i was young i used to turn up my headphones

and flip through the pages of the ro-oh-lling stone

used to turn it up to 10 on my drive home

with mick jagger singing its only rock-n-roll"