Week One Hundred and Sixty-Five: TV21 - "Snakes and Ladders" - A Thin Red Line

Some weekends simply cannot get better than the one I just had --- a performance of Dirty Dancing as part of the Dallas Summer Musicals followed by a trip out to the Arlington Convention Center to browse through the Half Price Books $2 clearance sale.

Speaking of that sale, check out the treasure that I scored in the "Coffee Table" section:

That's right, folks, 304 beautifully colored pages and biographies of my favorite bands...EVER! And as if that is not heavenly in itself, check out who graces the back cover:

It is none other than Siouxsie Sioux in all of her majestic glory...best $2 I have spent in quite some time!!!

So speaking of New Wave, I have recently been watching The Carrie Diaries on Netflix. It is supposed to be the precursor to Sex and the City, and while the show is quite painful to sit through, the soundtrack is phenomenal. In some party scene or club scene or whatnot (I wasn't paying much attention), I heard today's song, "Snakes and Ladders", and I stopped in my tracks. I do not recall ever hearing it before, but I love it and wish to share it with all of you, as well! 

And before I leave you today, I had to snicker to myself at the coincidence between the fact that the individual who posted the video on YouTube is named Aidan, and one of Carrie's greatest loves in Sex and the City was also named Aidan...a bit of trivia there for you... Enjoy!!!

We're not happy and we're not sad

We're not crazy but we must be mad

There's snakes at the bottom snakes at the top

and the ladders all shake and the ladders all rock

[twice]

[music break]

We're not happy and we're not sad

We're not crazy but we must be mad

There's snakes at the bottom snakes at the top

and the ladders all shake and the ladders all rock

and everywhere I look I see 

a thousand other fools like me

all crouched down on bended knee

with their eyes shut tight but their hands are free

and everyone is fighting blind

scratching biting wasting time

up to the bottom and down to the top

where snakes and ladders never stop

and no-one asks the question why?

we exist by getting by

and we keep playing this crazy game

where snakes and ladders are all the same

And the man at the top builds his stash

a thin white line of others' cash

but all he sees is blue and green

'cause there are no colours in between

we're the puppets we're the fools

we're the products we're the tools

pick us up knock us down

keep us spinning round and round

but I'm a cynic hypocrite

and I rub my own face in it

and I keep playing this crazy game 

where snakes and ladders are all the same

[chorus x 2]