Cult Potential – Cult Potential
In general, people don’t care about your happiness and well-being. And, other than your therapist, there’s no person who cares about your hobbies, provided that they’re somehow on the payroll, or neck-deep in the same scheme as you are.
But what are you gonna start doing? Begin collecting stamps?
Cult Potential know what it all means. And the band’s alright with the working hours, the lack of money and living in a van. They can even stand to stomach dirty looks from their parents.
Not enough people do anything out of concern for beauty and positive thoughts.. And just as few people do anything out of a concern for negative emotions. Punk-rock demands so much of you that it might as well take everything.
Cult Potential join the list of great bands who’ve written a great song whose name coincides with that of the band (Bad Company, Green Day, Mott the Hoople). They’ve got spirit, a punk-rock edge and some healthy humor about the chances of it all succeeding. Ain’t that enough to get a few people to love you a lot? It ought to be!
Lazy Queen – Unemployed, Uninspired
Some streets, in a few lands, may be paved with gold. But there are always people starving on the pothole-filled back alleys nearby. This is something you best not bring up in the presence of someone who has dedicated their life to the Positivity movement.
Some people chant mantras to make the Sun come out and help them earn a million bucks. Others, like Lazy Queen, get their kicks by screaming their problems at the top of their lungs.
This writer feels a much greater appreciation for the latter approach. Still, the same writer will confess to feeling stunned that the main songwriter is unemployed and living in Norway. I once had cake in a sailors’ joint in Bodo and could swear that even the tiny forks gleamed with gold.
But why should any idiot force you to be happy? And what’s in it for all those missionaries knocking on your door and trying to save you? Lazy Queen once had the freedom to starve if they wanted to and tell strangers all about it on “Unemployed, Uninspired.” Sure, I predict that the song hits differently if you’re a Norwegian. But, hey, what do we have if we let all cultures blend into each other? Either way, it’s a great song!
