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Whatever Happened To Pong? Lyrics
My brother and me used to play it
Down at the bar
Taking money from guys
More used to the playing of cards
Paddle the paddle to the side to the side
To the side to the side to the paddle the paddle
Paddle the paddle the side to the side
Pong
Ball in the machine
Now virtually everyone's singing
A popular song
But I still believe in
In the excellent joy of the Pong
To the side to the side to the paddle the paddle
To the paddle the paddle the side to the side
To the side to the side to the paddle the paddle
Pong
Ball in the machine
Now if they take it H.G. Wells
Well, I'll be on the first flight
To a time before the Kong
Whatever happended to Pong?
Paddle the paddle to the side to the side
To the side to the side to the paddle the paddle
Paddle the paddle the side to the side
Pong
Ball in the machine
Down at the bar
Taking money from guys
More used to the playing of cards
To the side to the side to the paddle the paddle
Paddle the paddle the side to the side
Pong
Ball in the machine
A popular song
But I still believe in
In the excellent joy of the Pong
To the paddle the paddle the side to the side
To the side to the side to the paddle the paddle
Pong
Ball in the machine
Well, I'll be on the first flight
To a time before the Kong
Whatever happended to Pong?
To the side to the side to the paddle the paddle
Paddle the paddle the side to the side
Pong
Ball in the machine
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Brilliant lyrics and a brilliantly hidden message - whatever happened to PUNK?
"My brother and me used to play it down at the bar Taking money from guys More used to the playing of cards" Frank and Joey Santiago use to play it (the punk) with the Pixies at lots of bars, when they started. Getting paid from guys more interested in any other stuff ("cards").
"Paddle the paddle to the side to the side To the side to the side to the paddle the paddle Paddle the paddle the side to the side" Punk moshing, or just punk rebellion and energy.
"Pong Ball in the machine" Punk - wound in the system.
"Now virtually everyone's singing A popular song But I still believe in In the excellent joy of the Pong" Everyone's singing bullshit pop, but I still believe in the good days of pop music, such as the days of punk rock.
To the side to the side to the paddle the paddle
"Now if they take it HG Wells Well, I'll be on the first flight To a time before the Kong Whatever happened to Pong?" I'd love to go back to the times of punk rock (late 70's).
I think this one is pretty straight forward. H.G. Wells wrote The Time Machine, so he wants to go back to a time before the (Donkey) Kong to the days when he played Pong.