This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
kill that noise
kill the noise
make it alright
kill the drummer
kill the bass player
kill both bass players
this song is so hip right now
I'm going deaf
I wanna kill the singer
kill the 3x bass expansion unit
kill the drummer
he can't play
yeah I wanna make it alright
kill my headache
kill the sugar
kill the honeybees way off time
strip it down
take it to the house
kill the singer
(One of us will will fall
there is no time)
Make it alright
kill the sexplayer
kill the saxplayer
make it, all right
kill the noise
make it alright
kill the drummer
kill the bass player
kill both bass players
this song is so hip right now
I'm going deaf
I wanna kill the singer
kill the 3x bass expansion unit
kill the drummer
he can't play
yeah I wanna make it alright
kill my headache
kill the sugar
kill the honeybees way off time
strip it down
take it to the house
kill the singer
(One of us will will fall
there is no time)
Make it alright
kill the sexplayer
kill the saxplayer
make it, all right
Lyrics submitted by PLANES
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shit.. no one has commented on the meaning of this song... well I don't care what it means it kicks ass live that's all I know!! :D
i dunno but they used it in clerks and it was awesome, and i bought the clerks soundtrack, which was also awesome, and clerks is awesome. so, i dont see why people havnt commented
my take here. this song is obviously about killing.. eh. its about nothing, just a kickass songs with some words with certain expressions, still not giving the whole proper meaning. it's the case with a lot of songs.
Sounds like he's drunk or stoned or perhaps just sleep deprived, and wants to kill whoever's playing music.