TV Party

Album: Damaged (1981)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song criticizes kids who chose to stay in, drink beer and watch mind-numbing TV shows, rather than go out and experience the real world: "I wouldn't be without my TV for a day (or even a minute)/Don't even bother to use my brain anymore (there's nothing left in it)." Throughout the song, Black Flag name-check multiple TV shows which were popular at the time, including Dallas and Hill Street Blues.
  • The cartoon cast of the TV show Futurama covered this song for the "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" episode.
  • This song features on Black Flag's influential debut studio album, Damaged. This album was ranked at #340 on Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.

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  • Logan from Washington DcA true punk satire song :)
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