Hair Band Himbo
Fans who come to see you had your poster on their walls in 1985
You are so much older but they still think you are so fine
Fake hair extensions or a badly placed hair weave
You smile that bright smile with your newly wightened false teeth
You're the Hair Band Himbo
You are an arrogant self-absorbed juke box hero
You're the Hair Band Himbo
Your looks were a ten but your talent was a about a zero
Now looking like a lizard lounge act, you take to the stage
Singing songs from the past when in the eighties, they were all the rage
Spitting on the audience after drinking from a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey
People in the front row wonder, is this what we paid all of this money to see?
You're the Hair Band Himbo
You are an arrogant self-absorbed juke box hero
You're the Hair Band Himbo
Your looks were a ten but your talent was about a zero
You now have to wear sunglasses because you have developed a senstivity to light
Your guitar player is drowning you out and you and him get into a fight
It's hard to be a cohesive until, when old grudges start to resurface again
You realize that you hate each other even more now than you did then
You're the Hair Band Himbo
You are an arrogant, self-absorbed juke box hero
You're the Hair Band Himbo
Your looks were at ten but your talent was about a zero
Many of your peers are dying off as you continue the show
Even though your peak years were more than a few decades ago
But poeple still come to your show because it's a legend that they want to see
Even though your only motivating factor at this point is money and greed
You're the Hair Band Himbo
You are an arrogant, self absrobed juke box hero
You're the Hair Band Himbo
Your looks were a ten but your talent was about a zero
From Too Much Unwanted Noise
Copyright 2019 Resisting Distress Publishing
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Specific critique of aging hair band performer; deeply personal/autobiographical target
Multiple ideas per 10 lines: appearance, talent gap, behavior, bandmate conflict, mortality
Heavily negative; contempt, mockery, disappointment throughout
Sharp, accusatory tone; cutting observations; spitting, fighting imagery
Approximately 45 lines; within 31-60 range
Some metaphor (jukebox hero), personification (peak years), but mostly declarative accusations
Dramatic critique of persona; second-person address creates dramatic distance from lyric
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