Sing a Song of Seeing

Rock videos are firing up a musical revolution

"Have you seen the new Michael Jackson song?"

—One ten-year-old to another, on a Manhattan subway

And you may find your self living

in a shotgun shack

And you may find yourself in

another part of the world

And you may find your self behind

the wheel of a large

automobile

And you may find yourself in

a beautiful house, with a

beautiful wife

And you may ask yourself—

Well. . .how did I get

here?

—David Byrne, Once in a Lifetime

You may also find yourself in the Schaumburg Snuggery. For...

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