Victims of TISM Support Group

Let's Form A Company

Let's, let's form a company
Let's do it now
Let's form a company
Let's do it immediately
Let's form a company
Let's do it now
Let's form a company

You, you say tom-ah-to
I say tom-ay-to (1)
You say Oscar Wilde (2)
And I say Rambo (3)

You, you say art
I say relevant
You say rock
I say intelligent

You say books
I say reality
You say jealous
I say originality

You say Sting (4)
I say humility
You say Bond (5)
I say university

You say Bono (6)
I say credible
You say McDonalds
And I say edible

You say religion
I say pacifism
You say quality
I say TISM!

Annotations

1. A line from the George Gershwin song 'Let's Call the Whole Thing Off' which was performed by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the 1937 movie 'Shall We Dance'.
2. Oscar Wilde is an English playwright, novelist and homosexual. A reference to Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest is made in Aussiemandias. A photograph of Wilde appears on the back cover and insert of Gentlemen, Start Your Egos.
3. Rambo is the central character in two films - First Blood and Rambo - who is a Vietnam veteran played by Sylvester Stallone. Rambo is also referred to in Ches Baragwanath.
4. Sting (interestingly, a former schoolteacher, Gordon Sumner) fronted the band Police and has since had a successful solo career. Sting is also mentioned in Whinge Rock.
5. Alan Bond, failed Western Australian businessman, founded Bond University, Australia's first private university.
6. Bono fronts Irish band U2. He is also mentioned in We Are the Champignons.