Marx a la Katy Perry

In the midst of Ghana's heartbreaking loss to Uruguay in the World Cup and the oil spill disaster of the Gulf of Mexico that is barely being talked about here, there are the small moments of comedy and cleverness. Today I share with you one of those moments of cleverness in the form of a parody of Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl"..." I Read Marx and I Liked it".

If my Marx Study Group had a soundtrack, this would have been one of the songs on the soundtrack. Here are the words:


I thought I just wanted to pass;
Good grades were all I cared for.
My college made me take the class
More stuff for me to ignore!
But then I found out that
His theories weren't so bad:
Labor and class combat,
What a very clever man!

CHORUS
I read some Marx, and I liked it;
The friend of the proletariat.
I read some Marx, just to try it;
Hope Adam Smith don't mind it!
It felt so wrong,
It felt so right;
Men of the working class, unite!
I read some Marx, and I liked it;
I liked it!


There is a spectre hanging o'er
The face of Europe!
'Tis communism, and it's more
Than just a social hiccup.
A time will come soon when
The masses rise as one
To carve out their place in
The brand new poetry to come!

CHORUS

Marx is the man, he's working for you;
The bourgeoisie, they just ain't your crew.
Alienation of labor is bad,
Commodification is not a good fad.
The capitalists are greedy you see;
A shorter workday, now that's what we need!
I'm reading some Marx, and I'm liking it;
Rise up now, proletariat!

CHORUS

and now without further delay... the video!