Doin' the Cockroach

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Well, late last winter down below the equator

It is both fatalistic & wryly joyful at the same time. “Doin' the Cockroach” uses the dance metaphor in contrast to the pop culture usage such as “Do the Locomotion…” to give the fatalistic observations in the first verse an ironic twist that subverts total fatalism. “Doin' the Cockroach” for Brock is to “Do the dance of life”. Cockroaches are small, tiny, insignificant, disgusting creatures. Here, Brock is saying that each member of the work force is just a tiny, dispensable cog in the clock that is American corporatism. To “do the cockroach” means to “survive”, compa… read more
It is both fatalistic & wryly joyful at the same time. “Doin' the Cockroach” uses the dance metaphor in contrast to the pop culture usage su… read more
It is both fatalistic & wryly joyful at the same time. “Doin' the Cockroach” uses the dance metaphor in contrast to the pop culture usage such as “Do the Locomotion…” to give th… read more

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