Much like the opening track to Metal Circus, “It’s Not Funny Anymore” is another indictment of the increasingly conformist attitude of the early 1980s hardcore punk scene – to which Husker Du belonged but were increasingly distancing themselves from, both in terms of attitude and aesthetics.
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You can do what you want to do
You can say what you want to say
You can think what you think you want
It doesn't matter anyway
It's not funny anymore
Play what you want to play
Hear what you want to hear
Don't worry about the result
Or the effect it has on your career
Act like you want to act
Be what you want to be
Find out who you really are
And don't pay any attention to me
It’s Not Funny Anymore was written by Grant Hart.
Hüsker Dü released It’s Not Funny Anymore on Sat Oct 01 1983.