I was catching up on other blogs and saw that Ed Harrison has a clip of Boy George “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?” as his theme song of the week just passed.
I think this is a bit more evocative of what we have been through (trust me, just play it):
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The only problem with the concert rendition, while fun to watch, is that the display at the end cuts off a bit of the musical climax.
The concert version is shortened; to hear the full version, go here.
mojito says: "4:01 a.m.?"
M&A types don't need to sleep, due to self-selection and self-deprivation during grunt years.
Michael says: Ah, Yves, you’re showing your prog-rock roots. As for the connection with the week just past, well, both this ELP number and our current troubles are nerve-jangling, over-wrought productions indeed. But for sheer raw energy and even more appropriateness, may I nominate X’s “Your Phone’s Off the Hook, But You’re Not”.
Anonymous says: I’ve been thinking more like “Once In A Lifetime” by the Talking Heads…”And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?”
Ben says: Shock, awe, confusion, glimmers of hope and rainbows. Mostly a numbing dread of what’s coming next. Good choice!
mlnberger says: following up on the David Byrne quote: “My god what have I done?”
Abbott_Of_Iona says: Hopefully followed by
"I Can See Clearly Now"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HagzTRmUBIE&feature=user
Anonymous says: Not exactly in style, but may I add to this collection:
== it’s almost over now (rockstar remix)
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdANcmDkoH8
john bougearel says: yves,
you were asking a monumental lot of me to trust you with a lead in about Boy George ~ bleak!
Thank god I didn’t get boy george on the other end. A little brain salad surgery is way better.
Welcome home my friends to the show that never ends, come inside, come inside….
And go to bed young lady! You may live in the city that never sleeps but the city you ain’t! 
Anonymous says: Who is Iron man? Mr. Market? Comrade Bernanke? King Tut Paulson?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xQvkV1cL5U&feature=related
tomd says: Historical note from an aged one: what a memory trip. I was present for the afternoon session of California Jam, but had to leave before ELP made their appearance. To my great disappointment. And I finally see part of it 34 years later on an outstanding financial site. It’s an amazing world. Thank you.
Anonymous says: Anybody know who’s the joker, the thief? Why was LEH punished?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCwCBh0z3Hs
bruce says: “You need’nt be Well to be Wealthy;
But you’ve got to be Whole to be Holy”
E L P The Works album.
Anonymous says: The overdose of drugs or credit will both kill you in the end……
Goodbye Jimi, goodbye ibanks….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Ps16GlrgA&feature=related
Rick Dawson says: While we are departing from the usual…
Raf says: I’ve always enjoyed Prince Charles’s version
http://sustento.org.nz/its-all-about-money-cash-money-cash-money-whos-making-all-the-money/
Who is making all the money?
SlimCarlos says: Yves,
ELP? You? Whodda thunk?
U rule….
Jon says: Yves,
During the past two weeks the song that keeps coming to mind for me is….well this is pretty obscure….it’s Skeeter Davis singing “End of the World” (1967).
Why does the sun go on shining?
Why does the sea rush to shore?
Don’t they know, it’s the end of the world
‘Cause you don’t love me [I hear "leverage"] anymore….
Link to the song is at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l-GpISGBFY
bg says: I pounded ELP into my skull for a decade, but I don’t get the reference. You must be too smart for me.
Unless you meant the wild mind-frigging pounding of a ride we just took.
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