Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier
Manic Street Preachers * Track #1 On Everything Must Go
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Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier by Manic Street Preachers
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Manic Street PreachersProduced by
Mike HedgesWrited by
Sean Moore & James Dean Bradfield & Nicky Wire & Richey EdwardsAbout
The opening track from Everything Must Go describes an overweight Elvis impersonator on a pier in Blackpool as an example of how the American pop culture is ingrained in UK, even in decadent and cheap forms. It laments the way the Britain is slowly being Americanised and the way the British accept a...
Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier Lyrics
[Intro]
Twenty foot high on Blackpool promenade
Fake royalty second hand sequin façade
Limited face paint and dyed black quiff
Overweight and out of date
Twenty foot high on Blackpool promenade
Fake royalty second hand sequin façade
Limited face paint and dyed black quiff
Overweight and out of date
[Verse 1]
American trilogy in Lancashire pottery
American trilogy in Lancashire pottery
[Chorus]
Is so fucking funny, don't you know
Is so fucking funny, don't you know
[Verse 2]
All American trilogy in used up cars and bottled beer
All American trilogy the futures dead, fundamentally
[Chorus]
It's so fucking funny, it's absurd
It's so fucking funny, it's absurd
Twenty foot high on Blackpool promenade
[Outro]
I wish I was in Dixie
Hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie land, I'll take my stand
To live and die in Dixie
Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier Q&A
Who wrote Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier's ?
Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier was written by Sean Moore & James Dean Bradfield & Nicky Wire & Richey Edwards.
Who produced Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier's ?
Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier was produced by Mike Hedges.
When did Manic Street Preachers release Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier?
Manic Street Preachers released Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier on Mon May 20 1996.