platenzaak als topos

Whiskeytown - Empty Baseball Town

Stumble into empty baseball park.
Strike one and strike two...
I guess we’re both out.

Stumble past the record store
End up at the movies.

Missy Elliott - I'm Really Hot

Hot cars and stars and strip bars
And ain't hot if I'm not there
I'm a true playa'
You can find me up in any record store

The Refreshments (Wie?) - Nada

Baby I was never cool enough
To get a job at a record store
But if I had I wouldn't want you
Wouldn't want you...

Benefit (wie wie?) - My Enemy

Theres must be a way to end this madness
At least knock him out for the count at best
I dash into a record store tryin to avoid him
Some other kids have tried but never destroyed him

Darren Hanlon kan er een heel nummer aan wijden:

http://homes.jcu.edu.au/~ccscb/darrenhanlonlyrics/lyrics/record-store.html

Reel Big Fish - Sellout

You're gonna go to the record store,
you're gonna give 'em all your money,
radio plays what they want you to hear,
they tell me it's cool, I just don't believe it

2Pac - Can't c me

Been getten worried that these square muthafuckers with nerves
Sayin they can get with us
But picture me gettin' served
My own mama say i'm thuged out
My shit be bumpin out tha record store

Enz. enz. enz.

'I know you work across the street, in the indie record store, I’m thinking someday that we’ll meet, I’m thinking we’ll do something more.'

(Ballboy - Avant Garde Music)

(Everclear - White Men in Black Suits)

(Fountains of Wayne - Hackensack)

You're gonna go to the record store
You're gonna give 'em all your money
Radio plays what they want you to hear
They tell me it's cool but I just don't believe it

En Laughing With Lucifer At Satan's Sideshow van Snivlem:

You'll always have a home here to make whatever kind of records you want
We don't do special packaging for bands that haven't gone gold!
They rejected your video, so what do you want us to do?
You should consider yourself lucky, any other major label would've dropped you by now.
The people here in radio just don't like your band.
At least your records are in the stores.
Well we won't do a thing unless the single moves
He's in a meeting, can he call you right back?

(Kevn Kinney - Chico & Maria, rest van de tekst zo gauw niet kunnen vinden op internet)

They tried to give me advice
down at the record shop
I said sit down boys
This may come as a shock
Cos all I listen to
It's all freedom rock

Loop's in een platenzaak en kijk eens allemaal,
hoe muziek wordt beheerst door de Engelse taal.
Aan orginaliteit schiet het zwaar te kort,
er wordt zonder jou beslist wat je aangeboden wordt.

En natuurlijk Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go!

Punkock Girl van de Dead Mikmen

Over (onder meer) dezelfde winkel gaat Anorak Girl's "Anorak Girls, Anorak Boys" (ofzo, ik ben niet zo zeker van de titel): "We go to London once a month/To Select-A-Disc in Soho/Buy Damaged Goods records from the Rough Trade shop/That's just off Portebello".

(Omdat voor veel indiekids een bezoek aan de platenzaak het meest sociale in hun bestaan is, zullen er vast meer van dit soort zijn.)

The Freshies - "I’m In Love With The Girl On The Manchester Virgin Megastore Check Out Desk"

Lyle Lovett "Record Lady"

Robert Earl this friend of mine
You know he’s always looking after my best interest
He told me lyle p. you need to get some action
Get your head back in line
You need to get out on your own boy
This hanging around here’s got to stop
Get out on your own boy
And take a little trip to the record shop

I said the record shop
But Robert I don’t need no records
He just smiled and he said
What you need is a

Record lady
Record lady
She’s got the cutest little cartridge
That you’ve ever seen
She’s a phonographic dream

Hmm, 't is niet z'n meest subtiele werkstukje...

Deze diepgravende poezië is van King Khan & His Shrines. "I knew you'd be mine / 'Cause you looked so fine": de logica is onontkoombaar.