Friday, August 11, 2006

A different kind of smart

Here is something fun for the weekend . . .

The Pet Shop Boys (whom most people think were one-hit wonders of the 80s, when in reality they have been at the forefront of electronic pop forever, including now -- I'll be writing a band post about them soon) have a new album out, and their new single is entitled "I'm With Stupid." The song itself if delightfully campy dance pop, but it is the inspiration for the song that I love so much.


"I'm With Stupid" is a love song written from the perspective of Tony Blair, written about his lover, George W. Bush.

Here are the lyrics:

I see you on the TV,
Call you every day,
Fly across the ocean
Just to let you get your way.

No one understands me,
Where I'm coming from.
Why would I be with someone
who's obviously so dumb?

Love comes
Love grows
Every time you rise to meet me
Take my hand to greet me
Love comes
Love grows
and power can give a man
much more than anybody knows.

Oh-oh, I'm with Stupid.

Before we ever met
I thought like everybody did:
You were just a moron,
a billion-dollar kid.
You flew up all the way
like a hawk chasing a dove
I never thought that I would be
a sacrifice in love.

It comes
It grows
and now we're tied together,
everybody knows.

Oh-oh, I'm with Stupid.

Is stupid really stupid
or a different kind of smart?
Do we really have a relationship
so special in your heart?

Oh-oh, I'm with Stupid
Oh-oh, I'm with Stupid

I have to ask myself
like any lover might:
Have you made a fool of me?
Are you not Mr. Right?
You grin
I pose
It's not about sincerity
Everybody knows

Oh-oh, I'm with Stupid

Is stupid really stupid
or a different kind of smart?
That's how you stole my heart --
I'm with Stupid


The video is also very fun to watch, even though it does not really have anything to do with Bush and Blair. But it is quirky, surreal, and humorous. So if you want to hear the song, watch the video. (The guys in the video are just actors, not the Pet Shop Boys themselves, FYI -- except at the end, when they show the Boys tied up watching the impostors.)

Sorry, but I find it quite hilarious. Have a great weekend!

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