Dedicated to the Cube Man!

Sung to Juke Box Hero (obviously).

Cube out in the rain, with his head hung low

Couldn't get a jersey he was too damn slow

Heard the roar of the crowd, he could picture the scene

Shim in the break made the young girls scream. 

Saw the power of the sprint just blew him away

He saw stars in his eyes, and the very next day

Bought a beat up ten speed, in a secondhand store

Didn't know how to ride it but he knew for sure

Those carbon bars felt good in his hands, didn't take long, to understand

Just one young man dropped way down low

The EPO was a one way ticket, only one way to go

So he started racin', ain't never gonna stop

Gotta keep on racin', someday he's gonna make it to the top

And be a cat 4 hero, got stars in his eyes, he's a cat four hero

He took one long pull,  cat four hero with stars in his eyes

Cat four hero (stars in his eyes) He'll come alive tonight

In a town without a name, in a heavy downpour

Thought he passed his own shadow, by the registration (or doping control) door, a trip through the pack, that race in the rain And that one big crit made and his whole life changed. Now he needs to keep on droppin, he just can't stop

Gotta keep on droppin the other boys haven't got a shot cuz.......

He's a cat four hero, got stars in his eyes

He's a cat four hero, got stars in his eyes

Yeah, cat four hero, stars in his eyes

With that one old bike (stars in his eyes)

He'll come alive, come alive tonight...Woah

Yeah, he's gotta keep on racing, just can't stop

Gotta keep on droppin  that boy has got to stay in the drops 

And be a cat four hero, got stars in his eyes

He's a cat four hero, got stars in his eyes

(Just one old bike) cat four hero, (aah aah aaah) got stars in his eyes

He's just a cat four hero, aah aah aaah

Cat four (stars) hero, (stars, stars) cat four hero, (stars, stars)

He's got stars in his eyes, stars in his eyes

Pearl Jam Sucks!

Ok, so what's it been like six months since I posted my last blog comment, and let face it nobody is gonna read this one, but  I have been out drinking and I have a few things I wanted to jot down. It's late in the evening and Barbies Fairy Pincess is playing on the TV for no reason. On the ride home tonight I was listening to my XM Radio and started wondering why Lucy was so interested in playing Peal Jam. Its safe to say that I have always hated Pearl Jam and I don't know anybody who has ever really liked them, yet this radio station I pay $12 per month to listen to jams them down my throat almost everytime I turn it on. If your thinking about getting XM and you hate Pearl Jam don't bother. So this lead me to engage in the mental thought process on who were the most overrated bands of all time.

OK, #1 is a given Pearl Jam has always sucked and yet they are really rich, so lets face the facts, life isn't fair. I have yet to like one of their songs, and Eddie Vedder probably has the worst voice in all popular music. They sucked off of Nirvana's coat tails, only one problem, they had no talent.

#2) This one was a bit of a toss up, but number three did set some trends, even though their music was very boring. With that said in my opinion my the #2 most overrated band is "The Dave Matthews Band". These guys were boring from day one, and yet yuppie hipster radio DJ's think they are the shit, please! I would ratther loose my hearing then be subjected to having to listen to nothing but "The Dave Matthews Band".

#3) The Doors, let face it these guys were all fizzle and no substance. They brought the synthesizer to rock music, which they should all be shot for. Their music was all pretty boring. During a period of time when bands like the Who, were struggling to make it, the doors were getting all the publicity they could hope for and then some. I challange you to name me one really cool Door's song that has stood the test of time (even on a Classic Rock Station).

Can you guess which President this was written about?

You know, all people see are the sound bites. Of course this whole thing is choreographed. It's nonsense; it's a ridiculous thing. And if anybody truly believes the president is truly evil because of it, they've got to check into what politics and government is all about.

Bright Eyes Wake Up

I'm not really up on what people are into, I don't follow the press. I can safely say that suburban white-guy guitar grunge rock has been tired since people called it that. And if that's what people are reacting against, then I'm all for it, because it's really not that interesting.
My take on the music business in general: I think there's a real problem happening right now and it's the fact that the whole business has boiled down to a handful of large, multi-national corporations that are struggling to get teen-agers to part with their money in their direction.
There's way too much bad music out there these days. I think people are getting sick of buying music that doesn't mean anything to them. Unfortunately, popular music is being reduced to a backdrop or as an accessory when you're buying clothes at the Gap. It's like a handbag or fingernail polish; music has been reduced to something that's meaningless. It's a real shame, but maybe it needs to be destroyed so those of us who take it seriously can find another way to go about our business. Because the music business as it exists right now is a pretty unattractive proposition.

Bob Mould