Tinsel Town Rebellion (Live At The Palladium - 10/31/81 - Show 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
They're a Tinsel Town Rebellion Band from downtown Hollywood

Tinsel Town Rebellion
Tinsel Town Rebellion Band
It's a little bitty Tinsel Town Rebellion
A Tinsel Town Rebellion Band

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

And when they think they've got it
They launch a new career
Who gives a fuck if what they play is somewhat insincere

It's that feedback again, we gonna stop and fix it
Wonderful
Now, wait, no, I don't know
What? Talk amongst yourselves?
Hey Bob

Tinsel Town Rebellion
Tinsel Town Rebellion Band
It's a little bitty Tinsel Town Rebellion
A Tinsel Town Rebellion Band
Did you know that in Tinsel Town the people down there
Think that substance is a bore
Stop, that is good 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

Is everybody happy?
Why not?
It's Halloween