MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1 – “Everybody Knows” set-up from the movie / needle drop)

Released on this day in 1990…

Christian Slater started a pirate radio station…

and introduced a whole new generation

to Leonard Cohen.

(Music Cut #2 – “Everybody Knows” via the movie lyrics kick in)

“Everybody Knows” by Leonard Cohen

was all over the movie: Pump Up the Volume.

And as a kid… I totally locked in on this song and promptly went out to get the soundtrack (show the CD)

(Music Cut #3 – “Everybody Knows” by Concrete Blonde)

Nothing against Concrete Blonde…

but that’s the version you get on the soundtrack.

Again, this was the ’90s…

so I had to go find the Leonard Cohen album

with the version I actually wanted. (show the CD)

(Music Cut #4 – “Everybody Knows” by Leonard Cohen)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows.” – Leonard Cohen

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