My Gen X Playlist: Absolute Reality – The Alarm

I’m pretty much a realist. During my career I was often referred to as the voice of reason. I’m not sure I’ve ever questioned reality. Maybe that’s both the pros and cons about being pragmatic. Not very exciting, I know.

There are times when I’m exhausted and wake up in a daze, searching for reality. I’m not sure that counts, though.

That’s all I got. Blah.

When I add an Alarm song, it feels like I’m trying too hard for people to like it. Maybe because I liked them so much in high school and college and most may not have heard of them. The Alarm released Absolute Reality in 1985, from their album Strength. It was a great follow up to their debut.

If nothing else, I appreciate comments about their hair. I totally agree. What were they thinking. Totally a hair-don’t. Here’s a new comment I found on YouTube that I found amusing.

How did MacGyver end up in a new wave band?

YouTube comment from bendikbender

I can almost see the resemblance. No matter, the comment gave me a good laugh!

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Hey now now
Hey hey hey

You may be rich
You may be poor
You may have nothing in this world at all
You may be black,you maybe white
You may be a prisioner in your own times
You may be lost. You may be found
You may have been beaten up and knocked to the ground
You may have belief, suffer from deceit
Or you just might be blind
Oh no no

You may affect the truth
You may be seen as false
You may be a king or a vagabond
You may be up, you may be down
You may sit in judgement with the rest of the clowns
You may have love
You may have hate
You may be the President Of The United States
But even you, you can't sit and hide
While the world's resources die

This is absolute reality reality reality
We are all the cause,
The solution to reality

Ooh yeah yeah
Hey now now
Hey now now

You may be in control
You may be controlled
You may sit down 'till you do as you're told
You may work hard
You may never work at all
You may be accused but you don't know what for
You may be innocent or partly to blame
You may just be afraid in this power mad age
But there's one thing we all must find
Some peace in our time

This is absolute reality reality reality
If I may speak of truth this is absolute reality
The absolute time, the absolute place
The absolute now for the absolute solution
It's absolute reality now
Now Now Now

This is absolute reality reality reality
This is absolute reality reality reality
This is absolute
Oh reality

La la la la la
This is absolute
La la la la la
Reality
La la la la la
This is absolute
Reality