PLUG IT IN AND PLAY By: BLATANT BILL

I got the idea from a system management room where I noticed 
a leaflet on the wall with this text: 
PLUG AND PLAY  -  PLUG AND PRAY  -  PLUG AND PAY, which 
obviously referred to the Plug and Play concept, and maybe also 
to a thing which devotees call: Virus '95. It also referred 
to a saying of my English teacher: A Dirty Mind is A Joy Forever! 
All of this amused me very much, and I wrote the text for 
this little song. The form of the music took some contemplating, 
but finally I thought: since it is a song about a concept 
from a man (You know Who) who may be considered to be 
the god of the PC, it will be a gospel. The first performances 
of the song by Quintese made me realize that the music itself 
should appeal more to the muscles that make you grin. That is 
why I changed the band into a MIDI group of children with 
instruments to make noise with, accompanied by a sort of 
weird dixyland band. Fortunately, before their performance, 
the members of this band had an afternoon with plenty of drinks. 
I only had to add my slightly manipulated voice and: Presto.
I hope that you enjoy it: it could become the 1999 Summer Hit, you know!


PLUG IT IN AND PRAY

I bought a new expansion card
Plug it in and pray
'Cause my computer is so smart
Plug it in and pray
Plugged it in and started up
The system crashed and just blew up
And all I had to say ...... (uithalen)
was Plug it in and play

My friend went to the red light zone
Plug it in and Pay
To brush up all the old hormones
Plug it in and Pay
Started up and plugged it in
Got VD after his sin
And all that he could say .....
was Plug it in and Pray

My latest date went all the way
Plug it in and Play
All night long we had our way
Plug it in and play
All night long we had our way
but now a child is on its way
O fuck this awful day .....
We plugged it in and playd

Now all you sinners gather'round
hear now what I say
This Gospel merely isn't sound
hear now what I say
Computer salesmen often Lie
And women often french your fry
so this is what I pray .....:
forget to plug but play .........