  I didn't think I would end up hating this song at the end of the day Wednesday. Let me share with you a bit of backstory.
When I was a kid, Midnight Oil's song "Beds are Burning" was a moderate hit. I found the singer to be quite creepy and his vocal style was odd even at that time. Around the same time, the movie "Weird Science" came out and I truly enjoyed it. Mainly because the women were always sooooo close to nudity. There will never be anything like the rare 80's movie nudity. Anyway, there's a scene in "WS" where this biker gang interrupts the dork's party and Anthony Michael Hall represents with his glock and the gang leaves. Remember that scene? One of the bikers was this tall, thin, creepy bald guy; I thought it was the singer from Midnight Oil. Take a look to see what I mean: Okay I know it's not an exact match-up but when you're 6, everyone that isn't your family looks alike.
Now that all this has been established, let me continue with my story. Last week I was at work and bored off my ass. My sh*thead boss and I were watching TV and "Weird Science" came on. I mentioned to him my thoughts as a child and I guess he didn't fully appreciate a flashback from my childhood. Well f*ck him. Anyway, I became inquisitive and started Googling and found pictures to disprove my childhood theory.
In addition, I downloaded their one hit song, "Beds Are Burning" and found I had enjoyed it. So I decided to put it on a cd. At work, to pass the time, I download music on the hospital's highspeed connection and move the files to my companies laptop and burn cds. All of this is very illegal as I've downloaded a sh*tload of songs. I've burned at least 30 cds worth of music and this cd was going to be an excellent mix of good songs. The list included: Chicago, Sabbath, Meat Puppets, Blind Melon, Black Flag, and of course, "Beds Are Burning. " So on Wednesday, I walked out of my office and got into my truckus ready to hear all of these wonderful songs but mostly Black Sabbath's "War Pigs. " I really do love that song. So I began my trek home and the cd started with Chicago. Anxious to hear the rest of the best, I hit forward and landed on "Beds Are Burning" next. As I sat at a really long light I thought to myself, "godd*mn this song is long. " I leaned over and hit the display button and it was on Track Four.
Sh*t. I hit advance again and again until I reached Track 18 and realized that besides the sh*tty Chicago track, "Beds Are Burning" burned itself 17 times. I took the cd out and tried to squeeze it to break it but had to stop because the light finally turned green. This story wouldn't be notable if it hadn't been for one problem. I deleted the songs I burned off of my computer at work.
To try and duplicate it, I will have to sit and try to download all of those songs again. In the words of The Dude: "Ah f*ck it, man. " The sh*tty cd met it's death on Independence Day when it was placed upon a long strand of Black Cats and was officially exploded. I hate "Beds are Burning.
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