Procurement “Trends”: Interlude 1

As far as the silicon snake oil selling “futurists” are concerned, it’s:

Everything Louder Than Everything Else!

I know that I will never be politically correct
And I don’t give a damn about my lack of etiquette
‘Cause as far as they’re concerned the world could still be flat
And if the thrill is gone, then it’s time to take it back!
If the thrill is gone, then it’s time to take it back!

Who are we? Why are we here?
They forget the questions, they’re too busy drinking beer!
What’s the problem with them? What’s the meaning of it all?
They tried to learn to dance before they learned to crawl!
They tried to learn to dance before they learned to crawl!

So sign up all you raw recruits
Throw away those designer suits
Time to get your systems cocked and your targets in sight
There’s such massive spending all over the world
You gotta save your comp’ny, got spending to unfurl
You’re all enlisted in the armies of the night

And I ain’t in it for the power
and I ain’t in it for my health
I ain’t in it for the glory of anything at all
and I sure ain’t in it for the wealth

But I’m in it ’till it’s over and I just can’t stop
If you wanna spread the truth, you gotta do it yourself
’cause they like their drivel like I like my rock

Everything louder than everything else!
Everything louder than everything else!
Everything louder than … everything else!

Everything louder than everything else!
Everything louder than everything else!
Everything louder than … everything else!

(wasted youth, wasted youth)
(wasted youth, wasted youth)

I got a file on them and it’s a mile long and
I know that I have all of the proof
that they’re just another case of arrested development
and that they all wasted their youth
I say that they’re in need of some radical discipline,
I say they gotta face the truth,
that they’re just another case of arrested development
and just another wasted youth

They say I’m wild and I’m reckless
but they should be acting their age
They’re all illiterate schizos in a tumultuous world,
and they keep us at a difficult stage

But it seems to me to the contrary,
of all the crap they’re going to put on the page,
that a wasted youth is out-shined by far
by a wise and productive auger!

A wasted youth is out-shined by far by a wise and productive auger!
A wasted youth is out-shined by far by a wise and productive auger!
A wasted youth is out-shined by far by a wise and productive auger!
A wasted youth is out-shined by far by a wise and productive auger!

(louder, louder, louder, louder, louder!)

If you want their views of hist’ry, then there’s something you should know;
the three men they admire most are Curly, Larry and Moe!
They don’t worry about the future, ’cause sooner or later it’s the past
and if they say the thrill is gone, then it’s time to take it back
If the thrill is gone, then it’s time to take it back!

So sign up all you raw recruits
Throw away those two-bit suits
Time to get your systems cocked and your targets in sight
There’s such massive spending all over the world
You gotta save your comp’ny, got spending to unfurl
You’re all enlisted in the armies of the night

And I ain’t in it for the power
and I ain’t in it for my health
I ain’t in it for the glory of anything at all
and I sure ain’t in it for the wealth

But I’m in it ’till it’s over and I just can’t stop
If you wanna spread the truth, you gotta do it yourself
’cause they like their drivel like I like my rock

Everything louder than everything else!
Everything louder than everything else!
Everything louder than – everything else!
with many, many, many apologies to Meatloaf*.

Rock and Roll LOLCat

* Not the food!