Punk Rock Classic

Album: Mother's Milk (1989)
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  • I'm a radio Joe of the biz called show
    I'm a rockin' popstar with a get up and go
    Rubbin' elbows with the big wigs at my sold out shows
    I've been on every cover even rolling stone

    Put us on MTV
    All we really need
    Begging on our knees
    Please, please, please, please, please

    Conforming to the norm straight out of the mold
    Compromising each and every ounce of soul
    I'm a doin' anything for the records of gold
    I only want what I can hold

    Put us on MTV
    All we really need
    Begging on our knees
    Please, please, please, please, please

    We know that we'll never be better than
    Mister slick superstar David Letterman
    I promise we'll be perfect gentlemen
    Just put us on the show you'll regret us then

    Put us on MTV
    All we really need
    Begging on our knees
    Please, please, please, please, please

    Thank you very much be sure to label us
    We wouldn't want to cause a ruckus or a fuss
    AOR, CHR, top forty or bust

    Put us on MTV
    All we really need
    Begging on our knees
    Please, please, please, please, please

    What I am is a picture on the TV screen
    Don't make waves don't make a scene
    What I say when I play isn't worth a bean
    I'm a video Joe in an industry

    Put us on MTV
    All we really need
    Begging on our knees
    Please, please, please, please, please Writer/s: ANTHONY KIEDIS, CHAD SMITH, JOHN FRUSCIANTE, MICHAEL BALZARY
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Bob Diole from Duddle Link Link BlubberFlea and Anthony knew Slash from their High School days, so the Sweet Child o Mine riff was a joke at a friend.
    The song was aimed at Ugly Kid Joe who were a label produced 'sanitised ' version of them.
  • Cesar from Florianópolis I sounds like rhcp is mocking on guns stick honey melody and I like it lol
  • Nicole from Chicago, IlAlthough don't misinterpret this as RHCP disliking GNR.
    1. On the inside of Mother's Milk, John Frusciante says he loves them in the "thank you" section.
    2. Just because Anthony Kiedis didn't like the GNR hairstyle doesn't mean he didn't like the band.
  • Colleen from Allentown, PaI think it's supposed to be more sacratic than anything
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