| Wasted Youth
Info
This isn't a song; it's a dialogue,
spoken by Jim Steinman. It is a prologue to "Everything Louder Than
Everything Else" and, as I have mentioned elsewhere, belongs played
together ("ELTEE" actually has "Wasted... Youth!" being yelled in the
background at one point).
The whole thing seems to be a sarcastic
look at all the bad things people have been saying about rock and roll
since rock and roll was first invented: it's corrupting, evil,
brainwashing, makes you violent, and so on. I find it hilarious.
Lyrics
(Wasted youth! Wasted youth!)
I remember everything!
I remember every little thing as if it
happened only yesterday. I was barely seventeen, and I once killed a boy
with a Fender guitar. I don't remember if it was a Telecaster or a
Stratocaster, but I do remember that it had a heart of chrome and a voice
like a horny angel!
I don't remember if it was a Telecaster or
a Stratocaster but I do remember that it wasn't at all easy... it required
the perfect combination of the right power chords, and the precise angle
from which to strike!
The guitar bled for about a week afterward
and the blood was sough dark and rich, like wild berries... the blood of
the guitar was Chuck Berry red! The guitar bled for about a week
afterward, but it rung out beautifully... and I was able to play notes
that I had never even heard before.
So... I... took my guitar... and I smashed
it against the wall! I smashed it against the floor! I smashed it against
the body of a varsity cheerleader! Smashed it against the hood of a car!
Smashed it against a 1981 Harley Davidson! The Harley howled in pain, the
guitar howled in heat!
And I... ran up the stairs to my parents'
bedroom... mummy and daddy were sleeping in the moonlight. Slowly I opened
the door, creeping in the shadows right up to the foot of their bed... I
raised the guitar high above my head, and just as I was about to bring the
guitar crashing down upon the center of the bed, my father woke up,
screaming "Stop! Wait a minute! Stop it boy! What do ya think you're doin'?
That's no way to treat an expensive musical instrument!"
And I said: "God dammit daddy! You know I
love you, but you got a hell of a lot to learn about rock and roll!"
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