The Girl Turned Ripe

Although I've felt for a long time that I probably don't ever need to see another ruddy freakin' documentary film about the history of punk rock, I did watch Punk: Attitude last night and... kinda sorta dug it. More talking heads than actually, like, THE Talking Heads (and boy, everybody looks so gosh darn old now) so the music took an enormous back seat to the People Who Were There nattering on like aged burned-out hippies trying to recall Woodstock, but more than anything it reminded me again how I haven't heard "Typical Girls" by The Slits in a long time and it made me dredge up the old album again and groove to that phenomenal bass line. Reminds me of a time back in the early 80's when my girlfriends and I were also so much in awe of all-female rock bands, as if they doing something magical -- or in the case of Slits lead singer Ari Up, something shamanistic. At least in the way she busts a move.

I know most guys may remember this video for the band in their naked mud-covered boobies, but I could watch Ari Up dance like that forever and never not be entertained.

Don't create
Don't rebel
Have intuition
Can't decide

Typical girls get upset too quickly
Typical girls can't control themselves
Typical girls are so confusing
Typical girls - you can always tell
Typical girls don't think too clearly
Typical girls are unpredictable (predictable)

Typical girls try to be
Typical girls very well

Typical girls are looking for something
Typical girls fall under spells
Typical girls buy magazines
Typical girls feel like hell
Typical girls worry about spots, fat, and natural smells
Sniky fake smells

Typical girls try to be
Typical girls very well

Don't create
Don't rebel
Have intution
Don't drive well

Typical girls try to be
Typical girls very well

Can't decide what clothes to wear
Typical girls are sensitive
Typical girls are emotional
Typical girls are cruel and bewitching
She's a femme fatale
Typical girls stand by their man
Typical girls are really swell
Typical girls learn how to act shocked
Typical girls don't rebel

Who invented the typical girl?
Who's bringing out the new improved model?
And there's another marketing ploy
Typical girl gets the typical boy

The typical boy gets the typical girl
The typical girl gets the typical boy

Are emotional