Tinseltown Rebellion Lyrics - Does Humor Belong In Music? - Frank Zappa

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 

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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 practice all their poses 

In between their powder sniffs 

Chop a line now, snort it up now 

Photos 

And when they think they've got it 

They launch a new career 

Who gives a fuck if what they play 

Is somewhat insincere 

Tinsel Town Rebellion, 

Tinsel Town Rebellion Band 

A 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 

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 

It's everybody happy? 

Oh, never mind! 

No problem