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Fun Music Information -> Slits
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Quotes:
Ari Up and the Slits are highly defined examples of an ideal type that is becoming more attractive to women all the time. What they represent is a revolutionary and basic shift of female ego from one which is biologically defined to one which is made strong by an assertive, mainstream role in society. Thus they are far more 'threatening' than the male musicians they are touring with. At their most outrageous, the antics of male rock stars are only traditional expressions of male aggression and delinquency...The Slits however, without giving up their capacity to be warm, emotional people, are fighting for power, independence and recognition for their ideas and what they do. - Caroline Coon (1988 -- the New Wave Punk Rock Explosion 1977) The audience is scruffier than I imagined. There are a few urchin punk and Slits lookalikes...most of them are expecting some kind of rasta-feminist freak show... - Myles Palmer (New Wave Explosion-'New York Notes: The Slits at the Ritz' 1981) They were obvious targets for the sensationalist British press who began running headlines like 'All Girl Punk Horror' - Glen A. Baker and Stuart Coupe (The New Music 1981) |
New Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Shocklifting" | "Shoplifting" | Allison O'Silla |
| "Suspend, Suspend, Suspend" | "Spend, Spend, Spend" | Nell Allen |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name |
| "Shoplifting," Slits | "Been Caught Stealing," Jane's Addiction |
| "Shoplifting," The Slits | "Getting Away With It," Electronic |
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Bikini Slits
Bikini Kill combined with The Slits
It's the kind of thing that the girls of the "Riot Girl" movement would do - slit their bikinis.
Submitted By: Gave Drohl
Misheard Lyrics:
"Spend, Spend, Spend"
Misheard Lyrics: I need something new
Something to be loyal to I want to satisfy this empty feeling. Original Lyrics: I need something new
Something trivial would do I want to satisfy this empty feeling. | "FM"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm waiting to feel a robber's business
A robber's business or I'm waiting to see a rubber midget A rubber midget. Original Lyrics: I'm waiting to hear what program is next
What program is next? |
"Spend, Spend, Spend"
Misheard Lyrics: I need something new
Something that is overdue I want to satisfy this empty feeling or I need something new Something to be here with you I want to satisfy this empty feeling or I need something new Something to get over you I want to satisfy this empty feeling or I need something new Someone to get over you I want to satisfy this empty feeling. Original Lyrics: I need something new
Something trivial would do I want to satisfy this empty feeling. | "Spend, Spend, Spend"
Misheard Lyrics: The whole kingdom, down the street looking in the windows.
Original Lyrics: Walking down the street looking in the windows.
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Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Lopshifting" originally "Shoplifting"
Submitted by: Sylvia Curruca
