Well someone is getting musically vocal in a sarcastic sort of way about the villainy of capitalism as it has evolved today, and that someone's name is Tina Micula, originally a New Yorker who now resides in Hampton Roads. Check her out now:
To go directly to YouTube, High Quality screen view, click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CVZ6PPQh1U
Since I didn't have high quality sound equipment, nor fancy editing equipment, you might have trouble hearing the lyrics, so here they are:
HAPPY CAPITALISM
by TINA MICULA copyright 2009
OK LET'S PLAY
THE ONE WITH THE MOST TOYS WINS
TRASH YOUR ETHICS
IT'S TIME TO BEGIN
HAPPY CAPITALISM
TAKE WHAT YOU WANT, JUST DON'T GET CAUGHT
OR YOU'LL END UP IN PRISON
HONESTY THAT'S SO YESTERDAY
DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET PAID
HAPPY CAPITALISM
OK NOW SOMEONE
MADE OFF WITH THE 401 k's
WANT TO RETIRE
UH OH I GUESS NOT TODAY
HAPPY CAPITALISM
TAKE WHAT YOU WANT, JUST DON'T GET CAUGHT
YOU MIGHT END UP IN PRISON
INTEGRITY THAT'S SO YESTERDAY
DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO JUST GET PAID
HAPPY CAPITALISM
NEED A DOCTOR
OH NO CLAIM DENIED
WHILE THE CEO VACATIONS ON THE VIRGIN ISLE
GLITTER, GLITTER, GLITTER
BLING, BLING, BLING
SORRY I HAVE TO STEP ON YOU BUT I WANT MORE MONEY, MORE TOYS, MORE THINGS
HAPPY CAPITALISM
TAKE WHAT YOU WANT, JUST DON'T GET CAUGHT
YOU MIGHT END UP IN PRISON
HONESTY THAT'S SO YESTERDAY
DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET PAID
HAPPY CAPITALISM
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Tina expects to release a professional video of this song early next year, if not sooner. Your response is inspiring her to expedite matters.
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About Tina Micula:
From CD Universe reviewing her first CD simply called Tina Micula:
On her debut self-titled CD, singer/songwriter Tina Micula delivers a heartfelt musical journey exploring life and love. Ninevolt magazine has compared Tina's vocal quality to Joni Mitchell and Jewel. Her lyrics are Dylanesque, not surprising since Bob Dylan is her favorite songwriter.
"Music has always been important in my life. I remember singing songs listening to the radio when I was six or seven years old. I loved to sing. I got a guitar from my sister when I was about fifteen and started plunking out tunes. Other early musical influences include Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. � ���"I think those early influences molded me as a songwriter.
As of late, Tina has lent her songwriting hand to help the homeless performing her song "God's Hands and Feet" at the Norfolk Homeless Vigil. She has put the story of the New Road Community into song and recently performed it with the incomparable St. Mary's choir. She is working on recording her second CD.
Tina's philosophy is � ���"I see music as a vehicle that can heal, inspire and change people for the better. She has used her time and talent to perform for the sick, the aged and the homeless. Tina's live performances are extremely interactive. For me, the musical experience is very much a living thing that happens between the audience and me. I like to think of it more as a dance than a scripted performance. I know that I have done my job as a performer if people are excited and moved by what I do. Success of a performance doesn't depend so much on doing everything perfectly. What matters is that people feel what I am doing and respond to it.
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Tina Micula is also "an artist in residence at MonroeElementary School and is training teachers to use song writing to address children's long term memory. The research project uses song writing to enhance instruction as defined by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). A summer program was conducted in 2008 and in school year 2009-2010, grades 3-5 students are writing and performing their songs. On February 25th, 2009, students performed their songs at a PTA function celebrating Black History Month." (source)
