Pop will, indeed, eat itself. In commenting on the effort required to produce some of the earlier Interrobang Cartel songs, Stacia (also known at the time as ‘The Avocado Avenger’) had a few encouraging words:
> They could have been doing something useful, like
> playing solitaire, or planting geraniums, instead.
Lyricist Rich Holmes (‘Doctroid Doctroid Holmes’) immediately saw the possibilities and responded with the lyric below. This version ended up on the second Cartel album, “The Last Days Of The Crazy People’s Supermarket“.
Planting GeraniumsThey all irritate me
Talking on their folding cell phones
Instant message from the back row
And they aren’t really here
They all irritate me
With their precious little theories
Make us happy little robots
All with happy self esteem
And they could have been
Doing something useful
Doing something useful
Planting geraniums
They annoy me now
Driving like they’re crazy
Cross the double yellow
Just to stop first at the light
They annoy me now
Standing clapping at the concerts
Yelling when I’m trying to listen
To the guys up on the stage
And they could have been
Doing something useful
Doing something useful
Planting geraniums
They’re all criminals
Bleeding dry the corporation
Hiding in corrupt accounting
You won’t take your pension home
They’re all criminals
All their lies and their hypocracy
Amend the constitution
Just to win one in the fall
And they could have been
Doing something useful
Doing something useful
Planting geraniums