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This version was recorded in two separate sessions - the first in 2006, and the second in 2009. \n\nLYRICS\n\nVERSE\n\nYou can say what you like, you're the image of the Devil\nPlunging souls deep below the financial "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4485063470815328574\/posts\/default\/6057432526106619208"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4485063470815328574\/posts\/default\/6057432526106619208"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/planetbotch.blogspot.com\/2011\/08\/fires-of-hell-lyrics-song.html","title":"Fires of Hell - lyrics \u0026 song"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485063470815328574.post-4218703307751711530"},"published":{"$t":"2011-08-08T22:28:00.004+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2018-06-28T21:26:51.337+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Just Bullshit"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"music"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"musictracks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Planet Botch"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Just Bullshit - lyrics \u0026 song"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nJust Bullshit is a song that looks at the way complexity can persuade us that something is true, when actually it's just a lie. Increasingly, con artists have used complexity to smokescreen scams, because complexity diverts attention away from the obvious question of \"true or false\", and places it into problem solving mode. These techniques are also often used by 'legitimate' businesses.\n\n"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4485063470815328574\/posts\/default\/4218703307751711530"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4485063470815328574\/posts\/default\/4218703307751711530"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/planetbotch.blogspot.com\/2011\/08\/just-bullshit-lyrics-song_08.html","title":"Just Bullshit - lyrics \u0026 song"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485063470815328574.post-3755786785349018088"},"published":{"$t":"2011-08-08T22:13:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2017-07-14T09:58:40.720+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bob Leggitt"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"If You're Up There"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"mock gospel"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"music"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"musictracks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Planet Botch"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"If You're Up There - lyrics \u0026 song"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\nIf You're Up There is a mock gospel track, which questions some of the inconsistencies in the conventional theory of God, and perhaps even more than that, questions the hypocrisy of our behaviour when we extol Biblical morality then do the exact opposite.\n\nI wrote the song when I was spoofing a psychic on a now closed forum - hence the \"very psychic Bob Leggitt\" line in the evangelical "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4485063470815328574\/posts\/default\/3755786785349018088"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4485063470815328574\/posts\/default\/3755786785349018088"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/planetbotch.blogspot.com\/2011\/08\/if-youre-up-there-lyrics-song.html","title":"If You're Up There - lyrics \u0026 song"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}]}]}});