Tinsel Town Rebellion [Live At The Palladium - 10/31/81 - Show 1]

Lyrics

[Verse 1] From Madam Wong's to Starwood To the Whiskey on the Strip You can hear the crashing, blasting strum Of bands that come to be real hip And get a record contract From a talent scout some day They'll sell their ass, their cocks and balls They'll take the check 'n walk away If they're lucky, they'll get famous For a week or two perhaps They'll buy some ugly clothes to wear And hope the business don't collapse Before some stupid magazine Decides they're really good Thеy're a Tinsel Town Rebеllion Band From downtown Hollywood [Chorus] Tinsel Town Rebellion (Ooh, aya) Tinsel Town Rebellion Band (Ooh, wow) It's a little bitty Tinsel Town Rebellion (Ooh, aya) A Tinsel Town Rebellion Band (Ooh..) (AHH, OOH, AYA) [Verse 2] They used to play all kinds of stuff And some of it was nice Some of it was musical But then they took some guy's advice To get a record deal, he said They would have to be more punk Forget their chops and play real dumb Or else they would be sunk So off they go to S.I.R. to learn some stupid riffs (Ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah Ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah Ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah) And when they think they've got it (Ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah) They launch a new career (Ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah) Who gives a fuck if what they play Is somewhat insincere [Break] It's that feedback again, we're gonna stop and fix it Wonderful No, wait, no, I don't know What? Talk amongst yourselves Oh Hey, Bob [Chorus] Tinsel Town Rebellion (Ooh, aya) Tinsel Town Rebellion Band (Ooh, wow) A Tinsel Town Rebellion (Ooh, aya) A Tinsel Town Rebellion Band (Ooh..) [Verse 3] Did you know that in Tinsel Town the people down there Think that substance is a bore Stop, that was rude to do, give the man his chicken Did you know that in Tinsel Town the people down there Think that substance is a bore And if your New Wave group looks good They'll hurry on back for more Of leather groups and plastic groups And groups that look real queer The Tinsel Town aficionados Come to see and not to hear But then again this system works As perfect as a dream It works for all of those record company pricks Who come to skim the cream From the cesspools of excitement Where Jim Morrison once stood It's the Tinsel Town Rebellion From downtown Hollywood [Outro] Is everybody happy? Why not? It's Halloween!