Mini mix for Eliot of Mr. Robot

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Paranoid Android - Radiohead
Please could you stop the noise
I'm trying to get some rest
From all the unborn chicken voices in my head
What's that?
When I am king, you will be first against the wall
With your opinion which is of no consequence at all
This is a very computer-y song, but it also reflects Eliot's unsettling mix of scared and arrogant, and of course his mania. The title alone is very Eliot, with his withdrawn and at times robotic nature. The whole notion of a "paranoid android" is an oxymoron, but it fits Eliot!

Split Personalities - P!nk
Does anybody hear me
 Can they even see me

This is my reality, oh oh
 Said I'll say it again, you're my only friend

(I protect you from the world, I basically protect you from yourself)
This is obvious, with the multiple personalities thing. Yet it works on multiple (hah) levels, since Eliot also talks to "us" asking if we are his friend. And the whole aspect of both of Eliot's alter egos being essentially protective for him--but from who/what?

Basket Case - Green Day
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up, I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Not just because of the title and lyrics, similar to the songs above, but because I can imagine Eliot listening to Green Day, especially some of the more raucous songs.

Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) - Temptations
Round and round and around we go, where the world's headed nobody knows.
Great googa mooga, can't you hear me talkin' to you, just a
Ball of Confusion that's what the world is today
This relates to the financial meltdown that Eliot and his team unleashed, and how it resulted in more confusion, and more suffering, perhaps what they were trying to solve. The song itself has a pulsing, unrelenting feel that is so like the anxious pressure that the world now seems to be experiencing....