Рок-гимн о разрыве поколений, вдохновлённый реальным нападением на журналиста Дэна Рэзера. Бензедрин, тоннельное зрение, попытка понять молодых — и провал.
Капо 7 лад → G, D, C, Em, A
Вступление:
D A G A D A G
A D Bm G A D A G
"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh
A D Bm G A D Bm E
I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed
G A
I thought I'd pegged you an idiot's dream
G A
Tunnel vision from the outsider's screen
D A D G A A G A
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
D A D G A A G A D
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh
A D Bm G A D A G
I'd studied your cartoons, radio, music, tv, movies, magazines
A D Bm G A D Bm E
Richard said, "Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy"
G A
A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
G A
You said that irony was the shackles of youth
D A D G A A G A
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
D A D G A A G A D
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
Проигрыш:
Bm A
A A G A D
A D Bm G A D A G
"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh
A D Bm G A D Bm E
Butterfly decal, rearview mirror, dogging the scene
G A
You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
G A
You said that irony was the shackles of youth
D A D G A A G A
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
D A D G A A G A
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
D A D G A A
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh
G A
I couldn't understand
D A D G A A
You said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh-huh
G A
I couldn't understand
D A D G A A
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
G A
I couldn't understand
D A D G A A G A
I never understood, don't fuck with me, uh-huh
в самом конце долго:
D
Знаете ли вы, что...
- Название и текст вдохновлены реальным инцидентом 1986 года: двое неизвестных напали на журналиста CBS Дэна Рэзера на улице Нью-Йорка, повторяя фразу «Kenneth, what is the frequency?».