Do you have the Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues?!
Question: (chorus)
hey, hey, my, my
rock and roll will never die
hang your hair down in your eye
you'll make a million dollars
well i was in this band goin' nowhere fast
we sent out demos but everybody passed
so one day we finally took the plunge
moved out to seattle to play some grunge
washington state that is
space needle
eddie vedder
mudhoney
now to fit in fast we wear flannel shirts
we turn our amps up until it hurts
we've got bad attitudes and what's more
when we play we stare straight down at the floor
wowee
pretty scary
how pensive
how totally alternative
now to fit in on the seattle scene
you've gotta do somethin' they ain't never seen
so thinkin' up a gimmick one day
we decided to be the only band that wouldn't play a note
under any circumstances
silence
music's original alternative
root's grunge
well we spread the word through the underground
that we were the hottest new thing in town
the record guy came out to see us one day
Answers: (chorus)
hey, hey, my, my
rock and roll will never die
hang your hair down in your eye
you'll make a million dollars
well i was in this band goin' nowhere fast
we sent out demos but everybody passed
so one day we finally took the plunge
moved out to seattle to play some grunge
washington state that is
space needle
eddie vedder
mudhoney
now to fit in fast we wear flannel shirts
we turn our amps up until it hurts
we've got bad attitudes and what's more
when we play we stare straight down at the floor
wowee
pretty scary
how pensive
how totally alternative
now to fit in on the seattle scene
you've gotta do somethin' they ain't never seen
so thinkin' up a gimmick one day
we decided to be the only band that wouldn't play a note
under any circumstances
silence
music's original alternative
root's grunge
well we spread the word through the underground
that we were the hottest new thing in town
the record guy came out to see us one day
Awwww Snap!
Very clever. Good stuff.
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Thanks for the tip. I'm going to grab the track, assuming it's in the itunes store.
I think it's a genre. It's a lot more legit than a bunch of the stuff ridiculous genres I read about on here everyday.
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I picked up the live version, I like it a lot. It's funny, he says the new band that came along and was the next big thing was Guns and Roses.
Hmmm...never heard of Todd Snider. (surprise)
I did get a chuckle out of the lyrics, though.
Edit: "Beer Run"? Yeah, I've got to check that out...
I liked it.
Is Tom Snider from Athens? Or is that line from the song noting Athens was the scene just before Seattle? I think Minneapolis was in there somewhere to?
So is the tune also a ripoff of Neil Young?