Today's feature: bad music-related puns in political commentary.
If you haven't been under a rock for the past 6 months, you know that Iran's been in the news lately. Uranium. Bombs. yawn. And some people are rather upset, etc. etc.
Neon Phosphor hates politics, so we'll steer clear, but one thing must end: the use of Flock of Seagulls' 1982 hit "I ran (so far away)" as inspiration for gag-inducingly "clever" blog and article headlines. A search for the phrase "Iran so far away" on google yielded 4,690 hits.
Shut the fuck up, folks. No one's laughing. And a great song is being trivialized. Neon Phosphor would like to direct your attention to the sharp guitar work in the pop classic - the verse riff and solo are noticeably tight and melodic for a band that is now seen as a standard bearer of the synthesizer era.
Also noticeable is the song's fascinating astronomical/metereological diction:
"Aurora borealis comes in view. Aurora comes in view."
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