hooked

Early on, our singular friend sat with Daniel Fahrenheit, watching television in a quiet Nebraska house. An infamous advertainment appeared on the screen. You know the one. Hooked on what? Our friend’s commentary was immediate: “Kids are on shady street corners at 3 am trying to score dime bags of phonemes.”

Call this the Dylan version.

Daniel Fahrenheit was so taken with the phrase he later adapted it for use with his undergraduate Spanish 101 students: “Kids are on shady street corners at 3 am trying to score dime bags of upside-down question marks.”

Call this the jingle-jangle Byrds version.

What is talk about pop music? We're standing on shaky premises, trying to score whatever exists between the original and the cover. Take it from here, boyos.