i was driving today, perfecting my latest impression: Johnny Cash singing Beck’s “Devil’s Haircut” when it occurred to me: not only has this been done before, but done in all earnestness by the Man In Black hisself. yes, Cash has recorded this song, as well as songs by Soundgarden, Tom Waits, and a host of other juxtapositioned covers.
made me feel like i’d just drunk a whole bottle of Scope: i felt guilty and pathetic, yet i wanted more.
and then it hit me: i realized that in 20 years, there will be no more comedy bits, as civilization turns back in on itself in an endless downward spiral of self-parody.
so on the way back, i perfected -yes, friends… *PERFECTED!*– my impression of Neil Young doing “Where It’s At” (oddly, it sounds an awful lot like “Don’t Let It Bring You Down”). …at least there may yet be time left for that one.
