Father, forgive me for I have sinned.

Son, don't tell me you fell for it again?

Yes Father, indeed I have: I like a damn song.

Ohggisascraistsuperstar! Has a new dreadful single by the Strokes come out?

Worse, Father, worse, that Swedish jerk got me again, the Cardigans Father, the Cardigans, the ones from erais and riuaind coss aill bì cienging mà maind aill cieing mammaiiind.

And why this time?

It’s always the same story Father: they hit with the carefree indie-rock tune that's melancholic yet, bombastic in the lyrics that say “who the hell cares”, with the voice of the jerk making you think “what a piece of A..."

...Eh?

No, nothing, I was saying: what a piece of imaginative-not-even robotic half-crappy guitar - if Josh Homme did it, everyone would be screaming miracle - then the dry breaks with the return of bare bass and drums similar to ac/dc, all wrapped up just enough but not enough to make you say “but surely they didn't plan on playing Rock?” nor too little to say “what a spherical pain this poprocke is”, and then that voice of that jerk makes you think “but still a hit..."

...Eh?

No nothing, I was saying: but there's a culprit: the radio and the bùsiness, they make a chorus stick in your head without you realizing, then you enter the record store early in the morning because the post office line looks like a miracle of feeding loaves and fishes, you're just looking around and you see 189 copies of the single that's stuck in your head, roses on the cover, price 6€, and you fall for it, you just do.

But if you like it, what's the problem?

That... that... oh well, the problem is I’d have done a little bang, and I'd betray Grace Slick & Uschi Obermaier.

Ah! Impure Thoughts! You have sinned!

And what did I say at the start? Rewind without erase, eh.

Oh yes, that's true, ok: ego te absolvo in nomine Zappa & Waters & Jimi Davis

And Patton?

Now that's in the new testament, dummy.

Oh well, ok. Thank you Father, now I feel better, god bless Prudo.

For Ever and Ever son, for ever and ever... Prudo bless you all.

What do you think of your songs? “I don’t say it’s all shit, even though deep down it is. But I also tell myself “You have to live with this! People fool themselves” (Ipsa Dixit)

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