How the Pockets Have Changed

January 14, 2024May 22, 2025FrancescaMusic

The other day, I heard “Pocketful of Rainbows” by Elvis Presley. It’s a sweet song from 1960. It brought a smirk to my lips, thinking about how things have changed. In 1991, the Spin Doctors released an album called Pocketful of Kryptonite. (You can listen to the entire album here.) The first song is called “Jimmy Olsen’s Blues,” but I’ve always thought of it as “Pocketful of Kryptonite” because of the chorus. Here is them performing the song live on the David Letterman show in 1992.

The lyrics of “Pocketful of Rainbows” starts:

I don’t worryWhenever skies are gray aboveGot a pocketful of rainbowsGot a heart full of love

Mister HeartacheI’ve found a way to make him leaveGot a pocketful of rainbowsGot a star up in my sleeve

Then, after thirty years, the Spin Doctors were influenced by life and wrote this:

I don’t think I can handle thisA cloudy day in MetropolisI think I’ll talk to my analystI got so bad for this little journalistIs drivin’ up the wall and through the roofLois and Clark in a telephone boothI think I’m goin’ outta my brainI got it so bad for little Miss Lois LaneOh, Lois Lane please put me in your planYeah, Lois Lane you don’t need no super manCome on downtown and stay with me tonightI, I got a pocket full of KryptoniteI got a pocket full of KryptoniteI, I got a pocket full of Kryptonite

Wow, how the pockets have changed, right?

Don’t get me wrong—change is good, but what I’m referring to is a mindset change in our culture. I could go on and on, but I won’t. This is a deep conversation, best had with like-minded folks over a glass of wine or cheesecake.

I just wrote this blog post to share an interesting comparison. I thought I’d mix it up. 🙂

Thank you for reading this, and I wish every one of us a wonderful week.

To pockets changing,

Francesca

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