Wednesday 22 October 2014

Alternative Lyrics to Well Known Songs 31 - Ebola

(Based on the song 'Blockbuster' by The Sweet).

This 'alternative lyrics' post is a parody of the scaremongering about Ebola that is going on in the SM (and some 'alternative news outlets' presently.

Fear-mongering is something that the MSM get up to every time a new virus hits the global scene.  Think back a few years to Swine Flue, then Bird/Avian Flu, and so on.  All of these scare-mongering stories about 'imminent viral pandemics' that have popped up over the years have amounted to nothing.  Not the next Spanish flu, not the next Black Death, not anything major to get stressed/anxious about.  If anything it's shown that all that the MSM seem to care about is finding the latest, newest (trendiest ?!) virus and claiming that it might 'go global' and cause umpteen gazillion blood-curdlingy nasty deaths around the world; ergo, you should be afraid!  Fear which should drive you to keep watching their news!  It does nothing but cause more panic, unthoughtful panic, which is no good thing.  And frankly there's enough doomer-style global-scale fear-mongering going on around that is already unjustified: colony collapse disorder, killer bees, shoe bombs, and lord knows what else.  All that these stories do is cause you to be fearful and/or pessimistic that 'the end of the world is nigh'; and we, as men, don't really need any more of that.  We've got enough mental stress as it is! (Stress is one of the contributing factors to heart problems which men suffer from more than women.)  We don't need any more stress thank you very much.  Enough with the pessimism and the fear-mongering; especially those who are sensitive and easily effected by pessimistic stories.

So whenever you encounter one of these fear-mongering stories that emphasise 'terrible things that MIGHT happen', just roll your eyes and shake your head at them and the people who peddle them, because they're not worth your attention.

Oh, and finally, the lyrics in this song themselves are written from the perspective of the newsreader.  Just imagine a familiar newsreader reading them out in an absurd comedic fear-mongering way and it should have the desired effect.  The comedy element also ties in with the light-hearted comedic music - which is 1970's glam-rock!  Check out that eye-liner and psychadelic colours!  Yikes!


Play the music video above and sing along using the alternative lyrics given below.


# Ebola #You'd better beware, you'd better take care.
You'd better avoid people from Lib-e-ria!
Don't use your mind, obey government line.
You'd better not fly on any airlines!

Listen to our noise, for we are wise,
even if it contradicts what you-see with your eyes.
Only we know, where Ebola goes,
it could strike any neighbourhood including your own!

We spoke to an expert today, here's what he did say:
"We just haven't got a clue what to do!"
Anyone should be scared, are you dear viewer scared?
Of Ebola!

Reporters are out, their squaking about
The global-wide pandemic that is imminent:
"It's gotta be caught, or it's gonna be fraught.
'Cause it's gonna kill more people than all world wars have wrought."

We spoke to an expert today, here's what he did say:
"We just haven't got a...  Ah-h!"
Anyone should be scared, are you dear viewer scared?
Of Ebola!

We spoke to an expert today, here's what he did say:
"We just haven't got a clue what to do!"
Anyone should be scared, are you dear viewer scared?
Of Ebola!

Bola, bola, Ebola.
Bola, bola, Ebola.
Bola, bola, Ebola.


[End.]

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