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Idiot Box Lyrics
I can't turn you off
I just try and laugh you off
Tom Verlaine may be art
But you sure ain't rock n roll
[Chorus]
People standing in the rain
Just to see a dream of him
Supersonic, oh come back soon
'Cause all we got is a Marquee Moon
Billy Ficca don't waste my time
Just turn on to "What's my line"
Richard Lloyd you hear us knock
You sure have wrote "The Golden Shot"
[Chorus]
Old Fred Smith works for the box
Oh what a haggard face
Hope he gets lots of shocks
From his Fender bass
I just try and laugh you off
Tom Verlaine may be art
But you sure ain't rock n roll
People standing in the rain
Just to see a dream of him
Supersonic, oh come back soon
'Cause all we got is a Marquee Moon
Just turn on to "What's my line"
Richard Lloyd you hear us knock
You sure have wrote "The Golden Shot"
Oh what a haggard face
Hope he gets lots of shocks
From his Fender bass
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This song is slagging off the group Television... Idiot Box is slang for a Television.... 'Tumbling you made me art' in the first verse is 'Tom Verlaine you maybe art'... 'Billy Singer' is 'Billy Ficca'... 'Old Friend Smith' is 'Old Fred Smith'... I dont know what Television did to annoy The Damned though.
'Unlucky Moon' is 'A Marquee Moon'... Marquee Moon being Televisions first album
"I dont know what Television did to annoy The Damned though"
Television acted like twats. Read the book "Light At The End Of The Tunnel"
Also the song is musically a pastiche of Television - the mostly-unsuitable production of this record actually suits this bit of mimicry very well.