The Real Thing

from The Real Thing by The Unknown

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lyrics

I saw your pictures of miss Monroe,
Jackie Kennedy, old soup cans and Grace Jones
And what they told me was that there was a time
When pop could mean a different thing to the world
I want the original
A classic every time, a taste I've come to know
I wonder what, what you would think of us now
We all grew up on the Beatle sound
And now I look around its no where to be found
I know that pop could be a different thing
I know that pop should be - the real thing
And it bums me out that this culture bleeds
With the fools and rules that make our scene so uncool
And the attitudes that alter everything
It's all we got to make a mark on the world
Make it original.
No formulaic themes by robotic beauty queens.
I wonder what, what you would think of us now.
We all grew up on the Beatle sound
And now I look around its no where to be found
I know that pop could be a different thing
I know that pop should be - the real thing
(The real thing) and it bums me out
(The real thing) and it burns me up
We all grew up on the Beatle sound
And now I look around its no where to be found
I know that pop should be - the real thing

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from The Real Thing, released February 1, 2002
Music by Chris Roscoe, Lyrics by Ken Blaze

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The Unknown Cleveland, Ohio

The Unknown is a band from Cleveland, Ohio that has been playing its blend of punked out pop rock 'n roll since 1989. Why should you buy their CDs? Because they rock and they rock out hard. Think what would happen if ALL, Big Drill Car and all that is cool about 80s pop were thrown into a blender and then whipped to a fine sugary fix. Sugary sweet pop-punk to the Nth degree. Check it out. ... more

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