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C30, C60, C90, Go! Lyrics
Every day I get a brand new show
off TV record and radio
I breeze with the sleaze on my cassette
'cause I got the affirmative
C30 C60 C90 Go
C30 C60 C90 Go
C30 C60
C30 C60 C90 Go
30 60 90 Go
A bit bam-boogie and a booga-rooga
my cassette's just like a bazooka
a bligger a blagger a blippity-blop
well I'm going down to the record shop
Yeah!
And the boss said
"LP, single, picture cover or plain
I've got all the hits and all the big names
I've got biggest discounts in my store
if you buy three records, I'll give you four"
C30 C60 C90 Go
off the radio I get a constant flow
hit it, pause it, record it and play
turn it, rewind, and rub it away
C30 C60 C90 Go
C30 C60 C90 Go
C30 C60 C90 Go
C30 C60
C30 C60 C90 Go
30 60 90 Go
It used to break my heart when I went in your shop
and you said my records were out of stock
so I don't buy records in your shop
now I tape them all, 'cause I'm Top of the Pops!
Yeah!
Now I got a new way to move
it's shiny and black and don't need a groove
now I don't need no album rack
I carry my collection over my back
C30 C60 C90 Go
off the radio I get a constant flow
hit it, pause it, record it and play
turn it, rewind, and rub it away
Policeman stopped me in my tracks
said "Hey you, you can't tape that
you're under arrest 'cause it's illegal"
So I shoved him off and blew his whistle
I'm a pirate and I keep my loot
So I blew him out with my bazooka
C30 C60 C90 Go
off the radio I get a constant flow
hit it, pause it, record it and play
turn it, rewind, and rub it away
You're rich enough to have a record collection
I'll bring my bazooka round for inspection
Sometimes it better get hit twice as fast
so I press my playback to make it last
I breeze with the sleaze on my cassette
I've got the affirmative
C30 C60 C90 Go
off the radio I get a constant flow
hit it, pause it, record it and play
turn it, rewind, and rub it away
C30 C60 C90 Go
C30 C60 C90 Go
C30 C60 C90 Go
C30 360
C30 C60 C90 Go
30 60 90 Go
off TV record and radio
I breeze with the sleaze on my cassette
'cause I got the affirmative
C30 C60 C90 Go
C30 C60
C30 C60 C90 Go
30 60 90 Go
my cassette's just like a bazooka
a bligger a blagger a blippity-blop
well I'm going down to the record shop
"LP, single, picture cover or plain
I've got all the hits and all the big names
I've got biggest discounts in my store
if you buy three records, I'll give you four"
off the radio I get a constant flow
hit it, pause it, record it and play
turn it, rewind, and rub it away
C30 C60 C90 Go
C30 C60 C90 Go
C30 C60
C30 C60 C90 Go
30 60 90 Go
and you said my records were out of stock
so I don't buy records in your shop
now I tape them all, 'cause I'm Top of the Pops!
it's shiny and black and don't need a groove
now I don't need no album rack
I carry my collection over my back
off the radio I get a constant flow
hit it, pause it, record it and play
turn it, rewind, and rub it away
said "Hey you, you can't tape that
you're under arrest 'cause it's illegal"
So I shoved him off and blew his whistle
I'm a pirate and I keep my loot
So I blew him out with my bazooka
off the radio I get a constant flow
hit it, pause it, record it and play
turn it, rewind, and rub it away
I'll bring my bazooka round for inspection
so I press my playback to make it last
I breeze with the sleaze on my cassette
I've got the affirmative
off the radio I get a constant flow
hit it, pause it, record it and play
turn it, rewind, and rub it away
C30 C60 C90 Go
C30 C60 C90 Go
C30 360
C30 C60 C90 Go
30 60 90 Go
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No comments? What? This was a great debut single it really showed what bow wow wow were about: That Burundi beat. As for the meaning, it's extremely obvious, the song is about recording and taping songs onto cassettes (the c30, c60 and c90s) which are large culture of young adults and kids would do to avoid spending loads of money on songs. It was illegal yes, but this was the earliest form of piracy.
Released as the first cassette single ("cassingle") with the B-side left blank to encourage taping songs off the radio. Taping music illegally was termed "piracy" back then, so the band dressed up like actual pirates. Malcolm McLaren certainly knew how to stir up trouble and grab attention, but it's a great debut song as well - showing off all the band's strengths.