Sunday Music: My Bad Reputation

“I don’t give a damn ’bout my bad reputation.”

I used to only hear this song as nihilistic. You know, as in nothing has meaning. Now it kind of feels existential, or maybe even, dare I say, stoic. Where it only has the meaning you ascribe to it, and if “the others” don’t like it or call it bad, that’s on them.

Not a bad reminder for a Sunday morning (pun intended). Rock out a little with your bad reputation. Thanks Joan Jett.

I don’t give a damn ’bout my reputationLiving in the past, it’s a new generationA girl can do what she wants to do and that’s what I’m gonna doAn’ I don’t give a damn ’bout my bad reputationOh no, not meAn’ I don’t give a damn ’bout my reputationNever said I wanted to improve my stationAn’ I’m only doin’ good when I’m havin’ funAn’ I don’t have to please no oneAn’ I don’t give a damn ’bout my bad reputationOh no, no, no, no not me, oh no, no, no, no not meI don’t give a damn ’bout my reputationI’ve never been afraid of any deviationAn’ I don’t really care if you think I’m strangeI ain’t gonna changeAn’ I’m never gonna care ’bout my bad reputationOh no, not me, oh no, not mePedal, boys!An’ I don’t give a damn ’bout my reputationThe world’s in trouble, there’s no communicationAn’ everyone can say what they wanna sayIt never gets better, anywaySo why should I care about a bad reputation, anyway?Oh no, not me, oh no, not meI don’t give a damn ’bout my bad reputationYou’re living in the past, it’s a new generationAn’ I only feel good when I got no painAn’ that’s how I’m gonna stayAn’ I don’t give a damn ’bout my bad reputationOh no, not me, oh no, not meNot me, not me