I wish I was a punk rocker

There's this new song (I wish I was a punk rocker). It's a catching song, but I think it's funny that younger kids look back at the last few decades and sort of combind the last few "pop" decades. The lyrics go...


Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair,
In 77 and 69 revolution was in the air,
I was born too late to a world that doesn't care,
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair.

When the head of state didn't play guitar,
Not everybody drove a car,
When music really mattered and when radio was king,
When accountants didn't have control,
And the media couldn't buy your soul,
And computers were still scary and we didn't know everything.

Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair,
In 77 and 69 revolution was in the air,
I was born too late to a world that doesn't care
,Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair.

When popstars still remained a myth,
And ignorance could still be bliss,
And when God Save the Queen she turned a whiter shade of pale,
When my mom and dad were in their teens,
And anarchy was still a dream,
And the only way to stay in touch was a letter in the mail.

Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair,
In 77 and 69 revolution was in the air,
I was born too late to a world that doesn't care,
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair.

When record shops were on top,
and vinyl was all that they stocked,
and the super info-highway was still drifting out in space,
kids were wearing hand-me-downs,
And playing games meant kick arounds,
And footballers who had long hair and dirt across their face.

Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair,
In 77 and 69 revolution was in the air,
I was born too late to a world that doesn't care,
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair.
I was born too late to a world that doesn't care,
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair.

I bring this up because yesterday someone was showing me a Teen People (What in God's name is a Teen People doing in Humboldt County is beyond me!!!!!!!!) And they showed me what "Mom and Dad's music collection has that you (remember, it's Teen People) might like.

The Top Ten is...
1. Beatles
2. Queen
3. AC/DC
4. Beach Boys
5. Jackson 5
6. Blondie
7. Rolling Stones
8. Abba
9. Led Zepplin
10. The Ramones

Maybe I should get XM radio, because it's only a matter of time before I have to turn to the oldies station to hear "Back in Black!"

"It's gotta be Rock and Roll music, if you want to dance with me." ~C. Berry