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“One Planet – One Utopia – One Helmet” (TV broadcast)
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“One Planet – One Utopia – One Helmet” (TV broadcast)
…On the streets of San Francisco, a day doesn’t go by without a protest march or some other hub-bub, which led me to create this song. It’s about as political I get. On a cosmic jukebox this record would play next to ZIGGY-era David Bowie, The Who SELL OUT, and (especially) The Kinks katalogue cirka PRESERVATION ACT II and SOAP OPERA (deep-Davies fans will catch the neologisms).
The lyrics were prompted by San Francisco mayoral elections in which punk rocker/poet Jello Biafra (of The Dead Kennedys) came in 5th in the vote count-off. Other lyrics allude to St. Paul’s visit to the Areopogus as well as assasinations of world leaders and famous pop stars--not that I’m encouraging anyone to assassinate anyone (instead, do an entomylogical study of the word “assassin”—the source of that word is fascinating).
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