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INTRO:
It was a New York Phenomenon
That burst onto the scene


VERSE:
At the Peppermint Lounge the crowd was getting down
to Burning Down the House
The attention poured up at The 54
But you, you had the fever that I caught
For the long haul

CHORUS:
Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop
I'm making records spinning records, breaking records now
I bold over by what I found
God bless the rest they need to hear this sound
They need to hear this sound

VERSE 2:
Kid were beat boxing with the mouth
Spinning on their backs
She was flirting in a half-shirt, a crucifix on
With tenacious charm, pushing demo tapes of her songs
Some one, put it on.

CHORUS:
Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop
I'm making records spinning records, breaking records now
I bold over by what I found
God bless the rest they need to hear this sound
They need to hear this sound

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from Coney Island Ride, released June 16, 2008

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John Q. Gruber (aka “Knock ‘Em Alive”) will be forever indebted to music. He writes and records songs as a form of pay-back (with interest), hoping to add to the long-term value of the vault. Nothing loaned him more inspiration than New York City between the years 1977 to 1984. It was gritty, grimy and explosively-charged. These were the times of a near-bankrupt city, the reign of Th ... more

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