What finally sold me was the new iPod+iTunes commercial featuring Sir Paul McCartney's stunning new song Dance Tonight which not only features a toe-tapping tune but some of the most inspired lyrics by a former Beatle since George Harrison rhymed "Bangla Desh" with "sure looks like a mess." The very first line sent chills up my spine: Everybody gonna dance tonight Here McCartney celebrates the dance of life, from the first kick of the newborn baby, to the boogie of the child's first step, to adolescents running and playing and leaping and laughing, to teenagers engaged in the dance of flirtation and first love, to young adults in the dance of procreation and childbirth — a cycle of joy and life. But the final emphasis on "tonight" seems to suggest a wistful twilight. Perhaps the dance is ending soon? The deep irony of the next line confirms our worst fears: Everybody gonna feel alright The focus of the song now shifts from the universal to the personal as the earlier juxtaposition Read More...