I'm a 1960s kid. The first thing that came to mind when I saw the title was Bob Seger:
Feel Like a Number
I take my card and I stand in line
To make a buck I work overtime
Dear Sir letters keep coming in the mail
I work my back till it's racked with pain
The boss can't even recall my name
I show up late and I'm docked
It never fails
I feel like just another
Spoke in a great big wheel
Like a tiny blade of grass
In a great big field
To workers I'm just another drone
To Ma Bell I'm just another phone
I'm just another statistic on a sheet
To teachers I'm just another child
To IRS I'm another file
I'm just another consensus on the street
Gonna cruise out of this city
Head down to the sea
Gonna shout out at the ocean
Hey it's me
And I feel like a number
Feel like a number
Feel like a stranger
A stranger in this land
I feel like a number
I'm not a number
I'm not a number
Dammit I'm a man
I said I'm a man
Gonna cruise out of this city
Head down to the sea
Gonna shout out at the ocean
Hey it's me
[Chorus]
And I feel like a number
Feel like a number
Feel like a stranger
A stranger in this land
I feel like a number
I'm not a number
I'm not a number
Dammit I'm a man
I feel like a number
Feel like a number
Feel like a number
Nice, but this came first. Then the Iron Maiden covers, Rush references, this, the Simpsons episode, an episide of the kids' cartoon Reboot ("Number Seven"), Bester's salute in Babylon 5, and countless other honorifics and tips of the hat.
If you can get through an episode without saying "Hey, that's what they're doing now..." you weren't watching.
I'm a 1960s kid. The first thing that came to mind when I saw the title was Bob Seger:
Feel Like a Number
I take my card and I stand in line To make a buck I work overtime Dear Sir letters keep coming in the mail I work my back till it's racked with pain The boss can't even recall my name I show up late and I'm docked It never fails I feel like just another Spoke in a great big wheel Like a tiny blade of grass In a great big field
To workers I'm just another drone To Ma Bell I'm just another phone I'm just another statistic on a sheet To teachers I'm just another child To IRS I'm another file I'm just another consensus on the street Gonna cruise out of this city Head down to the sea Gonna shout out at the ocean Hey it's me
And I feel like a number Feel like a number Feel like a stranger A stranger in this land I feel like a number I'm not a number I'm not a number Dammit I'm a man I said I'm a man
Gonna cruise out of this city Head down to the sea Gonna shout out at the ocean Hey it's me [Chorus] And I feel like a number Feel like a number Feel like a stranger A stranger in this land I feel like a number I'm not a number I'm not a number Dammit I'm a man I feel like a number Feel like a number Feel like a number
Nice, but this came first. Then the Iron Maiden covers, Rush references, this, the Simpsons episode, an episide of the kids' cartoon Reboot ("Number Seven"), Bester's salute in Babylon 5, and countless other honorifics and tips of the hat.
If you can get through an episode without saying "Hey, that's what they're doing now..." you weren't watching.