Friday, October 12, 2007

Born under a bad sign

If we had to choose a theme tune for simplification, what would it be? I'd pick Albert King's classic blues 'Born under a bad sign'. Apart from its obvious reference to poor wayfinding in maternity hospitals, it contains this lament for literacy:

I can't read.
I didn't learn how to write.
My whole life's been one big fight.

You can hear/get it at iTunes.

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At 9:21 PM , Blogger typofoto said...

From the designer's point of view, "Rip it Up" by Orange Juice. It contains the lines:
There were times I'd take my pen
Feel obliged to start again
I did my best, but there are things in life
That words can't quite express

Not to mention the chorus, "Rip it up and start again".

 

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