populair

De Gebroeders Mael (Ron & Russell), opererend onder de naam SPARKS (niet The Sparks, dat is/was een Amerikaans country-gospel groepje), hebben altijd de vinger aan de snelkloppende polsslag van de heedendaagsche cultuur gehad.

Op »Sparks In Outer Space«, uit 1983 [!], voorzagen deze zieners de MSN- en Hyvesgeneratie, met het nummer ‘Popularity’:

I like you and you like me a lot
And we do those things that can make us feel hot
Then we join some friends, all of them are all right
And we talk a while, then we climb in our cars

What a night, we all drive into town
Where we'll park our cars, and meet the rest of our friends
At a place that's called, I forget what it's called
But it's really great, and all our friends will be there

Popularity
Popularity

I like you and you like me a lot
And it's nice to be all alone with you too
But it's also nice being out with our friends
Cause they're all all right, maybe that's why we're friends

Popularity
Popularity

I feel great, but it's getting real late
So I'll drive you home and you'll slide up real close
I'm so glad we met, and I like you so much
And I'm also glad that I got all those friends

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Popularity
Popularity

[Tekst & muziek: Ronald D. Mael/Russell Craig Mael]