August 20, 2006

  • King of the World

    Hello one and all, was it you I used to know?

    Can't you hear me call on this old ham radio?

    Maybe you noticed the title of this post (more than likely you didn't,
    so now is a good time to take a glance)... Chances are that when you
    read or hear "king of the world," you think of that famously arbitrary
    scene from Titanic. Well, you shouldn't.

    king_scream

    Only one thing should come to your mind when you hear "king of the
    world." No, not me, although that's close. Instead, you should think of
    the underappreciated, post-apocalypse-themed song written back in 1973
    by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker (Steely Dan) of that title.

    "King of the World" is a beautiful song that does what many songs
    attempt to do but very few actually accomplish; the lyrics are arranged
    in such a manner that the listener can sit back, close his (or her, if
    you are an exception to the rule, and have both a vagina and good taste
    in music... heh) eyes, and
    actually imagine being in the same desolate disposition as the subject
    of the song--a sole survivor of a nuclear fallout that is hopelessly
    broadcasting from his shelter in hopes of reaching anyone. Donald
    Fagan's wavery singing compliments the ever-mutable mood and words of
    the "king
    of the world" as he goes from hopeful to paranoid to desperate to
    suicidal to apathetic.

    Why would I bother to write a post about a song, and not even include
    song lyrics? Because I'm not the type of arrogant prick that thinks
    you'll actually sit through and read all the lyrics. If your interest
    has been touched upon at all, you'll download the song and look up the
    lyrics yourself.

    The main reason I bring up the theme of King of the World is because Xanga seems to be in its post-apocalypse. Seriously, examine:

    NYC

    If this were Xanga this time two years ago...

    APOCALYPSE-V03

    this would be Xanga now.

    Sometimes I feel like the King of the World,

    ~Taylor Wilson, Staff President

Comments (10)

  • DATS HOW WE ROLL OUT DA MAD DUMPS IN DA HOOD, BOYEEEEEEEEEEEEE

  • it's odd. you used to receive an unfathomable amount of comments. what happened taylor wilson?

  • hello. i am still an avid reader mr. no worries. xanga won't go to total destruction unless i stop reading posts.

  • hey tay tay... i know! i am never on here i am always on myspace though haha so we should def talk on that.... i found one of the postcards you sent me when you were in italy like 2 yrs ago or something- it made me smile

  • I can only imagine that Xanga's decline will continue as Facebook seems to be adopting Google's business model: have one website that does the work of ten much uglier websites. We're through the looking glass, people.

  • xanga may die but there will still be a way to stalk 15 year old girls don't worry

  • ...when did this happen?  I just got here?   Maybe to am just to old.

  • Zepplin, The Who is awesome too but Zepplin are more pure....no glam.

  • uMMMM DANFORTH and kelly but I don't start until friday ^_^

  • his hair was thinning pretty bad. it took some getting used to ("is that penis headed maniac Angle??") but he looks crazier and more intense than ever. His new thing is the mouth guards. he has different phrases printed on them like "violence" "ecw" "machine"

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