OK, another caffeine fueled silly Saturday morning parody. Come with me on a journey back to 2004. Remember Bubble-Mania?

Sung to the tune of Safety Dance:

Bubble Dance

We can buy if we want to
We can leave the bears behind
'Cause the bears don't own and if they don't own
Well that ain't no investment advice
We can buy where we want to
A place with a three hour drive
And we can act like we still live in the city
Try to keep up with our former lives
But, we can buy
Acheter!

We'll buy the stuff that we want to
You look good and so do I
And I can wear Armani from my head to my feet
I really need a Gucci tie
We'll drive Humvees if we want to
Nevermind the big gas bill
And we'll spend our weekends at Lowes and Whole Foods
Cause we've got a big trunk to fill

I say, we can buy, we can buy
Our finances are out of control
We can buy, we can buy
Take out another HELOC loan
We can buy, we can buy
Take another trip to France
We can buy, we can buy
We'll just have to re-fin-a-a-ance

It's the Bubble Dance
It's the Bubble Dance
It's the Bubble Dance

B-b-b-b-U-u-u-u-B-b-b-b-B-b-b-b-U-u-u-u-L-l-l-l-E-e-e-e
Bubble, Dance!

We'll buy two or three if we want to
There's a hundred people in line
We were told to abuse it, our LO said to do it
If the price goes up we'll be alright
I say, we can buy if we want to
We can leave the bears behind
Cause the price goes up, it always goes up
This investment has no downside

Is it safe to buy?

Whoops! Bear. Where am I? I mean Max! Must still be cringing over that 80s music. Coming on the heels of the great 70s it's an abomination.

BeeGees anyone? C'mon: House Fever, House Fever -- We've all got to do it...

Finish the lines. I've got to check local listings again... Maybe a price has dropped into my range...

droppin this bomb on Berlin:

Watching every flipper in the foolish buying game
On this endless suburb finally realtors know no shame
Churning and returning until appreciation slides
Watching in slow motion as the bankers turn and say:

Take that house away
Take that house away

Watching I keep waiting still anticipating cash
Never believing, never seeing the fated crash
Burning through my earnings, running to the government to hide
Watching in slow motion, I turn to mortgage holders and say:

Take their house away

Through the closings once I saw you, in time you slipped away
When the market crashed I called you, and turned to hear you say
We gambled it away, we are so afraid

OK, Alo. I accept your challenge. Sung to The Metro by Berlin:

The Bubble

I am broke
Sitting in an empty home
Nothing left
When they foreclosed on my loan
I was rich in equity
Now I'm lost in poverty
And Mozilo's on CNBC
Complaining about liquidity

I remember searching for the perfect house
They told me prices always go up
I remember the real estate agent smiling at me
Buying into the Bubble

She wore Chanel
Arrived in a Mercedes Benz
So well-off
She spoke of buyers on the fence
Open houses came and went
Ten or twelve a crazy blur
Of vanilla scented granite,
Welcome mats and hardwood floors.

I remember the contract wrinkled in my hand
Pre-payment penalty filled my eyes
And other language I did not understand
Buying into the Bubble

I remember trying to extract some equity
Application denied, go away
I wondered who was going to rescue me
Buying into the Bubble

I am broke
Sitting in an empty home
Nothing left
When they foreclosed on my loan
I was rich in equity
Now I'm lost in poverty
And Dodd is on CNN
Saying it is all predatory

I remember dreadful feelings coming over me
My payment doubled overnight
I had never once considered bankruptcy
Buying into the Bubble

Pretty dead around here today. Everybody waited 'till the last minute to do the taxes, huh?

Tanta: please make sure CR read this:

The page cannot be found

Every word there counts.

"Fewer people can qualify for starter homes, Mr. Hovnanian said at the National Association of Home Builders' Multifamily Pillars of the Industry conference in Hollywood, Fla. For another, repeat buyers are finding fewer prospects for their houses, which they must sell before they can move, he said. But perhaps most important, the situation is having a dampening effect on the market in general. "The biggest impact is psychological," Mr. Hovnanian told the meeting. "Homebuyers were just beginning to feel good about getting back into the market" when the subprime meltdown became fodder for the media, he said. "Now they have lost their confidence."

Mortgage Insider : The Orange County Register

Max, I fold -brilliant -- goes for the rest of you (SDmisfit I kept trying to queue something up to grandmaster last week but drew a big blank) Yeah it's slow -- hadda go to the park today -- before this alleged storm is set to blow in tomorrow...

Tanta and CR, can you some posts for tomorrow perchance? For us Eastern seaborders who will be socked in?

This is a test. I can't seem to post my song. Just seeing if Haloscan is acting up.