We all judge the times by our personal situations and how hard we are affected by the not so good times. If you think times are hard now you are correct, and things will most likely get worse before they get better. However, to put things in some sort of perspective, let's realize that we aren't the only ones to experience less than great periods in history. So, let's flashback to the year 1984, when a little hardcore punk rock band called The Circle Jerks penned a little song about the hard times they were experiencing amidst the Los Angeles punk scene in the early 1980s. The song is called When The Shit Hits The Fan and it  is very interesting to note that these lyrics sound as if they were written in the last few months of this decade – 24 years after the song was written. If it's coming back around, then we should see a punk, ska and reggae scene develop with the increasing unhappiness over our current situation. Remember, disaffected  and unemployed youth have caused some of our most interesting and memorable times as well.

	When The Shit Hits The Fan   by The Circle Jerks (1984)
	In a sluggish economy inflation,recession hits the land of the free standing in unemployment lines blame the government for hard time we just get by however we can we all gotta duck when the shit hits the fan 10 kids in a cadillac stand in lines for welfare checks let's all leach off the state gee!the money's really great! soup lines free loaves of bread 5 pound blocks of cheese bags of groceries social security has run out on you and me we do whatever we can gotta duck when the shit hits the fan

Dirque du Soleil

He's from the past, so he knows the future...

dirque@erichatheway.com