I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday . . . (Video)

I like to think of myself as pretty open-minded when it comes to music — I like classical and classic rock; blues and bluegrass; opera and opry.  In an attempt to further broaden my musical horizons, I've been tuning my radio (that's what people listened to before streaming, kids) to an alternative rock station.  One song that recently caught my ear was Missio's "Middle Fingers."   While the lyrics are a bit too R-rated for my taste, I found myself enjoying the song.

But after a few listens it hit me why I liked it:  It's basically the same song as "Everything is Food," from the 1980 movie "Popeye."   Penned by Harry Nilsson, the Popeye soundtrack has about as much in common with alternative fare as Eugene the Jeep has with a Jeep Wrangler.  Still, Missio's "I'll just keep on throwing middle fingers in the air" sounds an awful lot like Paul Dooley singing "I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."