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Makes me think of Todd Snider’s Seattle Rock Grunge Blues lyrics...
....now to fit in on the Seattle scene
you’ve gotta do somethin’ they ain’t never seen
we decided to be the only band that wouldn’t play a note
under any circumstances
silence
music’s original alternative
root’s grunge
the record guy came out to see us one day
and just like always we didn’t play
it knocked him out
he said he loved our work but he wasn’t sure if he could sell a record
with nothing on it
I said tell ‘em we’re from Seattle
he advanced us two and a half million dollars
well they made us do a video but that wasn’t tough
‘cuz we just filmed ourselves smashin’ stuff
it was kinda weird ‘cuz there was no music
but mtv said they’d love to use it
the kids went wild, the kids went nuts
rolling stone gave us a five-star review said we played with guts
then we got asked to play mtv unplugged
you should have seen it
we went right out there and refused to do acoustical versions of the
electrical songs we had refused to record in the first place
well we blew ‘em away at the grammy’s show
by refusing to play and refusing to go
and then just when we thought fame would last forever
along come this band that wasn’t even together
now that’s alternative
now that’s alternative to alternative
well our band got dropped and that ain’t funny
‘cuz we’re all hooked on drugs but we’re outta money
so the other day i called up the band
i said boys i’ve taken all i can
shave off your goatees
pack the van
we’re goin’ back to Athens