YOU'LL DANCE TO ANYTHING
I love this classic song from the 80's and have the CD single. It pokes fun at the new wave subculture at the time. The lyrics are clever and funny and in a lot of ways, true..lol
A lot of the greats are credited like: SIOUXSIE, The Communards, Book of Love The Smiths, Depeche Mode Sk, Public Image Limited and Naked Truth (which I never heard of). I looked them up and they were a local US band that The Dead Milkmen must have personally known. They were not New Wave, more rock, sort of alternative, from the 60's but hit bigger in the 80's. Technically, mentioning them in the song was a bit strange because they were not European, and that was the main political slant of the track, as they eloquently display in the closing lyrics of the song.
"You'll dance to anything by any bunch of stupid Europeans who come over here
with their big hairdos intent on taking our money instead of giving your
cash, where it belongs, to a decent American artist like myself!"
DEAD MILKMEN LYRICS
"Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance To Anything)"
You'll dance to anything [x4]
Oh, baby, look at you
Don't you look like Siouxsie Sioux
How long'd it take to get that way
What a terrible waste of energy
You wear black clothes say you're poetic
The sad truth is you're just pathetic
Get into the groove just get out of my way
I came here to drink not to get laid
So why don't you just go on home
'Cause if you want to moan you'll have to moan alone
You'll dance to anything [x2]
Don't try to tell me that you're an intellectual
Cause you're just another boring bisexual
"I met Andy Warhol at a really chic party"
Blow it out your hairdo 'cause you work at Hardees
80 pounds of make up on your art school skin
80 points of I.Q. located within
Know what you are? You're a bunch of ...
Artfags! Artfags! Artfags! Artfags!
Choke on this you dance-a-teria types!
You'll dance to anything by The Communards
You'll dance to anything by Book of Love
You'll dance to anything by The Smiths
You'll dance to anything by Depeche Mode
You'll dance to anything by Public Image Limited
You'll dance to anything by Naked Truth
You'll dance to anything by any bunch of stupid Europeans who come over here
with their big hairdos intent on taking our money instead of giving your
cash, where it belongs, to a decent American artist like myself!
You'll dance to anything!
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