Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
Put your sneakers on
Put your sneakers on,
We're goin' dancin' all night long
I got somewhere to be (where to be, where to be)
I want you to come with me (come with me)
See, I've put my sneakers on
'Cause I'm gonna keep dancin'
After they all go home
So are you ready?
Did you eat?
Do you have the energy?
Are you reloaded?
Are you able to stay on your feet?
Don't want you passing out
After a couple o' hours of beats
We're gonna keep going, and going, and going
Yeah, 'cause
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
It will come easily when you hear the beat (oh)
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
All you gotta do is take a chance
Yeah that's right, it's sneaker night
So now they're closing
(Close it up, shut it down, go home now)
But this is far from the end
(Second round, ding, it's about to begin)
'Cause I've got comfortable footwear
The weather is nice
So let's take it outside
This needs some hand claps
And the beat-box, and it's all right
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
It will come easily when you hear the beat (oh)
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
All you gotta do is take a chance
Yeah that's right, it's sneaker night
When the sun goes down (sun goes down)
Oh we wake up (we wake up)
A good nights sleep
Ha! No need!
No problem staying awake (no, no)
When the beat is like an earthquake
And we're unstoppable
We're uncontrollable
Just admit it
You can't stop it
It's addictive
Yeah yeah yeah!
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Yeah that's right, it's sneaker night
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
It will come easily when you hear the beat (oh)
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
All you gotta do is take a chance
Yeah that's right, it's sneaker night
Oh, put your sneakers on
Oh, let's go all night long
Put your sneakers on,
We're goin' dancin' all night long
I got somewhere to be (where to be, where to be)
I want you to come with me (come with me)
See, I've put my sneakers on
'Cause I'm gonna keep dancin'
After they all go home
So are you ready?
Did you eat?
Do you have the energy?
Are you reloaded?
Are you able to stay on your feet?
Don't want you passing out
After a couple o' hours of beats
We're gonna keep going, and going, and going
Yeah, 'cause
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
It will come easily when you hear the beat (oh)
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
All you gotta do is take a chance
Yeah that's right, it's sneaker night
So now they're closing
(Close it up, shut it down, go home now)
But this is far from the end
(Second round, ding, it's about to begin)
'Cause I've got comfortable footwear
The weather is nice
So let's take it outside
This needs some hand claps
And the beat-box, and it's all right
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
It will come easily when you hear the beat (oh)
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
All you gotta do is take a chance
Yeah that's right, it's sneaker night
When the sun goes down (sun goes down)
Oh we wake up (we wake up)
A good nights sleep
Ha! No need!
No problem staying awake (no, no)
When the beat is like an earthquake
And we're unstoppable
We're uncontrollable
Just admit it
You can't stop it
It's addictive
Yeah yeah yeah!
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Yeah that's right, it's sneaker night
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
It will come easily when you hear the beat (oh)
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
Basically what we're gonna do is dance
All you gotta do is take a chance
Yeah that's right, it's sneaker night
Oh, put your sneakers on
Oh, let's go all night long
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When I first heard it...I was like whoa. Her singing is def weird and different that her song "baby, come back" and her others. No offense I thought she was trying to sound more black and put more soul in her singing but it made her sound kinda retarded. Yeah, after a few times of listening to it, it actually became quite catchy and stuck in my head. The "basically what we're gonna do is dance" part is rly catchy. But yeah, as for the meaning, we all just wanna put our sneakers on one night and start dancing. Pretty true. It's a fun song though. Not meant to be taken seriously, of course.
People are always dissing this song. It isn't really fair because Vanessa had to sing it to promote the Eco Red shoes. This song it actually good, it's refreshing from all those songs about heart-break, boys and stuff. Singing about shoes, dancing and fun is what most girls would like, it's like taking a break from pain and boys. A lot think that 'basically what we're gonna do is dance' is annoying because of it's repetitiveness, but I think it's to emphasise the point of what their doing is simple and easy. Vanessa also state that for her second album, she wanted to try out different types of songs to sing. Personally, I think that's a great experience for her, singing differnt types of songs to find out her sound.
My point is, stop trashing her and her songs just because of her past.
i agree. amen.
This is quite catchy. Much better than her old stuff, I think. Obviously the meaning is uh, rather straight forward. (But very relate-er,able)
its not so much her singing i dont like.....its the repetitiveness of 'basically all we're gonna do is dance.' unfortunately catchy, but rather annoying..i aint a big fan, but it sticks in your head.
I think the repetition of 'basically what we're gonna do is dance' implies the simplicity of what you're doing. I think it represents just how easy it is to just dance and have fun.
i mean what we're gonna do not all...my bad.
This song was actually written by a girl named Silya. Listen here: myspace.com/silyamusic
GAY
this is the worst song i've ever heard. i could sing better than this.
this song makes me laugh for all the wrongs reasons.
BREAKING NEWS; During the time this song was first played on kiss radio 780,000 sneakers were destroyed by once proud owners.