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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Rapture....


(robot pot with him eating a car, by Gary Rith)
You remember the song from Blondie, about 30 years ago, Rapture?  About the man from Mars, eating cars???????
"'Cause the man from Mars stopped eatin' cars and eatin' bars And now he only eats guitars, get up! "
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"Rapture"
Toe to toe
Dancing very close
Barely breathing
Almost comatose
Wall to wall
People hypnotised
And they're stepping lightly
Hang each night in Rapture

Back to back
Sacrailiac
Spineless movement
And a wild attack

Face to face
Sadly solitude
And it's finger popping
Twenty-four hour shopping in Rapture

Fab Five Freddie told me everybody's fly
DJ's spinning I said my, my
Flash is fast, Flash is cool
Francois sais pas, Flashe no deux
And you don't stop, sure shot
Go out to the parking lot
And you get in your car and you drive real far
And you drive all night and then you see a light
And it comes right down and lands on the ground
And out comes a man from Mars
And you try to run but he's got a gun
And he shoots you dead and he eats your head
And then you're in the man from Mars
You go out at night, eatin' cars
You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too
Mercuries and Subarus
And you don't stop, you keep on eatin' cars
Then, when there's no more cars
You go out at night and eat up bars where the people meet
Face to face, dance cheek to cheek
One to one, man to man
Dance toe to toe
Don't move too slow, 'cause the man from Mars
Is through with cars, he's eatin' bars
Yeah, wall to wall, door to door, hall to hall
He's gonna eat 'em all
Rapture, be pure
Take a tour, through the sewer
Don't strain your brain, paint a train
You'll be singin' in the rain
I said don't stop, do punk rock

Well now you see what you wanna be
Just have your party on TV
'Cause the man from Mars won't eat up bars when the TV's on
And now he's gone back up to space
Where he won't have a hassle with the human race
And you hip-hop, and you don't stop
Just blast off, sure shot
'Cause the man from Mars stopped eatin' cars and eatin' bars
And now he only eats guitars, get up!

6 comments:

Barbara Rogers said...

I think I missed that song. Strange lyrics, definitely. You must have enjoyed it!

Lori Buff said...

I remember that song, it was released when Rap music first started becoming popular and many popular artists where playing around with the style. Fun.

Gary's third pottery blog said...

get it, my dude here is eating cars??? :)

Michèle Hastings said...

FLASH BACK to the 80's! I remember the song and video very well.
and your car eating robot ROCKS!

Jenn @ Juggling Life said...

I DO remember than song!

Busy Bee Suz said...

Blondie: the original rapper! Love it.

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