Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues Lyrics - Snider Todd

(chorus) 

hey, hey, my, my 

rock and roll will never die 

hang your hair down in your eye 

you'll make a million dollars 

well i was in this band goin' nowhere fast 

we sent out demos but everybody passed 

so one day we finally took the plunge 

moved out to seattle to play some grunge 

washington state that is 

space needle 

eddie vedder 

mudhoney 

now to fit in fast we wear flannel shirts 

we turn our amps up until it hurts 

we've got bad attitudes and what's more 

when we play we stare straight down at the floor 

wowee 

pretty scary 

how pensive 

how totally alternative 

now to fit in on the seattle scene 

you've gotta do somethin' they ain't never seen 

so thinkin' up a gimmick one day 

we decided to be the only band that wouldn't play a note 

under any circumstances 

silence 

music's original alternative 

root's grunge 

well we spread the word through the underground 

that we were the hottest new thing in town 

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 

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 

(chorus) 

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 

we're scorin' chicks, takin' drugs 

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 

then we smashed our shit 

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 

i feel stupid 

and contagious 

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