Same ol’, same ol’

Today, while I was washing up after lunch, I had something of a need to listen to Joe Jackson. Not the Look Sharp! album, which I love, but Laughter & Lust.

L&L came out in 1992, it seems, and yet the opening verse of the opening song still holds so much relevance today. And it probably will forever more.

There was a man in the jungle
Trying to make ends meet,
Found himself one day with an axe in his hand,
When a voice said, "Buddy, can you spare that tree?
We gotta save the world, starting with your land."
It was a rock 'n' roll millionaire from the USA
Doing 3 to the gallon in a big white car.
And he sang and he sang 'til he polluted the air,
And he blew a lot of smoke from a Cuban cigar.

Funny thing is, the first thing that came to mind on listening to/
reading these words was our old friends Bono and Chris Martin, and how they bang on about helping those with nothing, while they're swanning around with their millions. Same ol', same ol'.