Girls and boys, before you wish for what you wish for
There's a list for who's been
Naughty or nice, but consider the price to an elf
Unholy Xmas Song of the Day--Barenaked Ladies: "Elf's Lament"
One can only hope that Canadians put more excitement into their Boxing Day songs. Here we find the Ladies attempting to put the woeful existence of a North Pole elf into words. This elf is a particularly annoying, unjolly one. He's critical of the toys he manufactures and is constantly bitching about his aspirations for a better life without any concrete plans aside from veiled threats of an organized labor strike. He refers to his boss not by name but as a "fat man" with a "silly red hat," and condemns innocent recipients of his toys for perpetuating his misery.
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January 17, 2008 at 3:13 a.m.
| Kathe |
I think its a funny, cool song. And I think that it puts some perspective on the must-buy Christmas toys, that satisfy for the day, but when it comes right down to it, it is just conspicuous consumption. |
...this is the seasonal theme song of every retail wage slave in America... especially the poor bastards that toil away in the WalMart/China slave labor factories...