BUST OUT THE FUNK! Apr 11 '03    Write an essay on this topic. Tweet Popular Products in Music Jersey Boys [Original Broadway Cast Recording] by Original Broadway Cast From $8 Mai by Eri Sugai From $4 The Bottom Line Hey Blur, modern life is rubbish on this side of the pond, as well. Last semester, I took a history of rock and roll class. For a final project, we had to form a band and record an original song. We knew that we wanted to write a protest song of some sort, but everything we wrote sounded cheesy. So, instead, we decided to write a self-mocking, satirical protest song. It’s mainly a joke, as many of the lyrics don’t make that much sense, and the bulk of the song involves us yelling slogans you might see on bumper stickers. Plus, how can you take any song seriously that ends with a gong? However, behind every joke, there is a certain amount of truth. So despite the silly exterior, this song is, in fact, a scathing critique of modern American life and also pokes fun at left-wing activists, or, in other words, ourselves. We recorded the drums, yelling of slogans, gong, and guitars in our university’s recording studio and over-dubbed the other vocals using Curtis’ computer. Curtis sings lead for the verses, and I sing the bridge. Everyone in the band (plus a few other friends) contributed to the yelling of "Bust out the funk." This title and concept has nothing to do with mfunk75. Our bass player Ian, was the best musician in the band, so I told him he should "bust out the funk" on our recording, and we made that our band’s motto. We tried to incorporate several different genres into our piece, which has a bass solo, a guitar solo, a fake ending, and a slow bridge. Influences: The Manic Street Preachers, Blur, "Kick out the Jams" by the MC5 Ian was originally supposed to yell something other than "God save the Queen" the second time he says it, but I guess he really meant it, man, so we kept it in. Bust Out the Funk by Munky of Mass Destruction ©2002 It doesn’t matter anyhow You’ve got your SUV car and your Fender guitar now You wouldn’t care anyhow So just eat that Big Mac, chase it down with a Prozac Think about your kids right now Are there guns in your house with your trophy wife now? It wouldn’t matter anyhow We’re gonna kick your ass out of the upper-middle class Rock the vote! (Bust out the funk now) Meat is murder! (Bust out the funk now) Down with sexism! (Bust out the funk now) You haven’t got a prayer now And you file a suit cos you’re fat as a cow It doesn’t matter anyhow Can we take off our pants and show you teenage angst? Think about the future now Your mom is Ché, your dad’s Chairman Mao Stand right up and take a bow We’re gonna rock it fast cos your generation sucks ass Take back the night! (Bust out the funk now) Save the whales! (Bust out the funk now) No more nukes! (Bust out the funk now) Just say no! (Bust out the funk now) Plant a tree! (Bust out the funk now) Freedom of speech! (Bust out the funk now) BUST OUT THE FUNK! Kill your TV! (Bust out the funk now) Buy domestic! (Bust out the funk now) Free Mumia! (Bust out the funk now) Free Tibet! (Bust out the funk now) Tax the rich! (Bust out the funk now) Honk if you’re Jesus! (Bust out the funk now) Bridge: I love my TV more than I love you My best friend is the 10 o’clock news I’m crying inside but what can I do? Save our farms! (Bust out the funk now) God save the queen! (Bust out the funk now) Hug a tree! (Bust out the funk now) And it doesn’t matter after all Everybody’s insane in this suburban sprawl You couldn’t care anymore When you buy crap at the Gap in this corporate strip mall Burn your bra! (Bust out the funk now) Hail to the chief! (Bust out the funk now) Stay in school! (Bust out the funk now) Bang a gong! (Bust out the funk now) God save the queen! (Bust out the funk now) No attack on Iraq! (Bust out the funk now) BUST OUT THE FUNK! [gong] -- Vote for me for EPINIONS IDOL at http://www.epinions.com/user-annexation ‘cos I really can sing.

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