Pop Song of the Week: “Johnny Can't Read”
Just in time for the beginning of the new school year, it's a video for Don Henley's 1982 song “Johnny Can't Read,” a video I didn't even realize existed until I found it on the Internet. This video is even darker than most of Don Henley's attempts at social commentary -- “The Last Resort,” for example. Among other things, it includes an image towards the end that looks like a foreshadowing of the Columbine High School massacre. Or maybe that's just an unfortunate coincidence.
Anyway, it's not like they had school shootings back then. Especially below the college level. Nor songs inspired by them.
Right?
Anyway, I'm praying my niece and nephew don't have a “Johnny” in any of their classes...
Just in time for the beginning of the new school year, it's a video for Don Henley's 1982 song “Johnny Can't Read,” a video I didn't even realize existed until I found it on the Internet. This video is even darker than most of Don Henley's attempts at social commentary -- “The Last Resort,” for example. Among other things, it includes an image towards the end that looks like a foreshadowing of the Columbine High School massacre. Or maybe that's just an unfortunate coincidence.
Anyway, it's not like they had school shootings back then. Especially below the college level. Nor songs inspired by them.
Right?
Anyway, I'm praying my niece and nephew don't have a “Johnny” in any of their classes...
Labels: Armas de Fuego, Canciones Populares de la Semana, Crimen, Don Henley, Música de los Años 1980, Oraciones, Violencia
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