Dead Kennedys – Pull My Strings

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I'm tired of self respect
I can't afford a car
I want to be a prefab superstar

I want to be a tool
Don't need no soul
want to make big money
Playing rock and roll

I'll make my music boring
I'll play my music slow
I ain't no artist, I'm a business man
No ideas of my own

I won't offend
Or rock the boat
Just sex and drugs
And rock and roll

Drool, drool, drool, drool, drool, drool
My Payola!
Drool, drool, drool, drool, drool, drool
My Payola!

You'll pay ten bucks to see me
On a fifteen foot high stage
Fatass bouncers kick the shit
Out of kids who try to dance

If my friends say
I've lost my guts
I'll laugh and say
That's rock and roll

But there's just one problem

[Chorus]
Is my cock big enough
Is my brain small enough
For you to make me a star
Give me a toot, I'll sell you my soul
Pull my strings and I'll go far

And when I'm rich
And meet Bob Hope
We'll shoot some golf
And shoot some dope

Is my cock big enough?
Is my brain small enough?

[Chorus]

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"Pull My Strings" as written by Jello Biafra Bruce Slesinger

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    General Comment:Really though,
    is the footage online somewhere?
    I've been trying to find it since I heard about this fiasco.
    Flag dvdvcr1on July 18, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:fuck sounds like something i'd do if my shit band ever played at and award show. never gonna happen but fuck it would be fun to see the looks on those little wanker's faces when you play this. that's right i said wankers. anyway i don't even think of this song as a dead kennadys song i think of it as a jello biafra song because jello was the voice of the dead kennadys all the rest were just fucking puppets. good puppets who knew how to play a song but puppets. and i bet if they didn't reform like they did i wouldn't be calling them puppets. anyway great fucking song.
    Flag gg allinon November 22, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i think they're talking about the pop-new wave stuff, like the knack, because some new wave bands, like the b-52's and devo, had more of a punk moral compass than pop.
    Flag yutsion September 01, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:yeah, it's so messed up that I'd never heard about this. VH1 talks about scandleous shit, but they'd rather tell you about when Lindsay Lohan's panties are showing than something historical like this. Thank you to those of you who shared that info
    Flag Musixexon November 10, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:speaking of which is there a video anywhere of this i agree with whoever said this was what empitamized dk and everything they ever wanted to be recognized with whats a search query that i could do to find this video
    Flag peace.love.ska.punkon August 24, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:"Hold it! We've gotta prove that we're adults now. We're not a punk rock band, we're a new wave band." - Biafra before they played Pull My Strings.
    Flag callanon June 25, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:damn

    I need a video of this
    Flag kijimaon March 02, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:My favourite DK song ever - A momentous occasion at the Bay Area awards. You can imagine the 80's Hair bands, or even the Knack, that the song was eluding to... and 'MTV get off the air' is another jab at the industry

    The guitar solo is stupendous and godly.
    Flag bkat004on January 30, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I like the little ska guitar part at the chrous.
    Flag redredjelloon December 12, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:In my not at all humble opinion, this is quite possibly the most punk rock thing ever recorded. What an awesome song/stunt. Sums up exactly why I love the Dead Kennedys.
    Flag freehat17on September 28, 2005   Link

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