The Victims - Television Addict (1977)
Tonight we go back to the late 70s with my absolute favorite Aussie punker of all time. It's a perfect performance with perfect production and absolutely prescient of media in our current times. It's wild to think this came out almost 50 years ago. "We're not dumb!"
Read the news the other day
About a boy they threw away
He went out and shot someone
Like some Kojak teleplay
He claimed he was confused
Between fact and fantasy
It seems he spent all of his time
In front of a TV screen
He was a
Television addict
His lawyer said, "This boy is sick
Blame the ratings for his crime"
They say too much sex and too much violence
On the idiot box spoiled his idiot mind
He was a
Television addict
About a boy they threw away
He went out and shot someone
Like some Kojak teleplay
He claimed he was confused
Between fact and fantasy
It seems he spent all of his time
In front of a TV screen
He was a
Television addict
His lawyer said, "This boy is sick
Blame the ratings for his crime"
They say too much sex and too much violence
On the idiot box spoiled his idiot mind
He was a
Television addict
Ah, you and me, we spend all of our time
In front of window on the world
Just because I watch Dinah Shore
Doesn’t mean I need a face-lift
Doesn't mean my brain has slipped
Doesn't mean anything
There’s more everything on my mind
Than on any television screen
Oh, we're not dumb (Television addict)
We're not dumb (Television addict)
Ah, we're not dumb (Television addict)
We're-we're-we're-we're not dumb (Television addict)
The Kinks? The Standells? Nope.. even better!
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