"CAPITALISM STOLE MY VIRGINITY" by The (International) Noise Conspiracy

I don't think the mavens of modern education are aware of just how cynical and wised-up school children are. It's no longer a shock to them to find they're being manipulated by advertising, image doctors and spin-meisters. Indeed, they seem to expect it. They no longer reject the hypocrisy of their elders when a fraud has been exposed; instead, they seem to judge propagandists on their skill, on just how well they've been manipulated. Only the stupidest children think that MTV is "their" network, for example. Most know that MTV will pander to them only so long as they fit into the desired demographic, and then it will be another generation's turn. What difference does it make? When I was an adolescent, there were still certain persons and things that could not be bought, sold, distorted, or made into a logo or animated cartoon. The sons and daughters of the Me Generation don't have those bedrock beliefs, unless they retreat completely into the blind assurances of fundamentalist religion. The children's teeth are set on edge, and with bloody good reason.

Maud Newton's Blog

put me onto this song that sort of sums it all up:

CAPITALISM STOLE MY VIRGINITY

MP3

Nowhere's untouched by the shame
Who said we could get by on our childhood games
Days of innocence are all long gone
Avoid the shock honey and try to live on

Woke up all paralysed
All dreams corrupted in front of our eyes
On every forehead of every little whore
There is a sign that says: Baby don't come back no more

Distasteful ugly and cheap
That is how you make me feel, I said
Capitalism stole my virginity

Capitalism stole
Capitalism stole
Capitalism stole my virginity

Robbed out of our bleeding hearts
Smashed our illusions, tore them all apart
Now unsentimental, unafraid
To destroy this culture that we hate

So tired of being nothing
When we should be everything
And on every forehead of every little whore
There is a sign that says: Baby we are all born to die

Distasteful ugly and cheap
That is how you make me feel, I said
Capitalism stole my virginity

Capitalism stole
Capitalism stole
Capitalism stole, yeah!

We are all sluts, cheap products in someone else's notebook
We are all sluts, cheap products in someone else's notebook
We are all sluts, cheap products in someone else's notebook
We are all sluts, cheap products in someone else's notebook

Distasteful ugly and cheap
That is how you make me feel, I said
Capitalism stole my virginity

Capitalism stole
Capitalism stole
Capitalism stole my virginity, oh, oh!

Capitalism stole
Capitalism stole
Capitalism stole my virginity, oh, yeah!

Capitalism stole
Capitalism stole
Capitalism stole my virginity, oh, oh!


by

The (International) Noise Conspiracy

Dennis Lyxén (vocals, tambourine), Lars Strömberg (guitar), Sara Almgren (guitar, organ), Inge Johannsson (bass), Ludwig Dahlberg (drums).