X Ray Spex-Germ Free Adolescence #148. *T*O*T*Ps*70s*

X Ray Spex-Germ Free Adolescence
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Lyrics:
I know your antiseptic
Your deodorant smells nice
I'd like to get to know you
You're deep frozen like the ice

-chorus-:
She's a germ free adolescent
Cleanliness is her obsession
Cleans her teeth ten times a day
Scrub away scrub away scrub away
The S.R. way....

You may get to touch her
If your gloves are sterilised
Rinse your mouth with listerine
Blow disinfectant in her eyes

-chorus-

Her phobia is infection
She needs one to survive
It's her built-in protection
Without fear she'd give up and die

-chorus-

She's a germ free adolescent
Cleanliness is her obsession
(x4)
Cleans her teeth ten times a day
Scrub away scrub away scrub away
The S.R. way....

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[CourgetteWithFlipper]

How did we get from brilliant stuff like this to the brain-free adolescence of the Spice Girls?

[Lucretia Raven]

I'm in my early 20s and i can see my generation are soo oppressed and boring , terrified of doing anything outside the norm , in case someone says something bad about them , its soo pathetic. I blame the whole urban, ghetto , RnB scene etc , it's concentrated on "respect" by oppression.

[paul tate]

seen en bk in the 70s myself with sham69

[VintageSG]

The original lyric is SR, but listening again, you are right. I picked one up but missed the XR/SR substitution.

Seems the Beeb did pick it up, but cloth ears here failed to notice.

Thanks for putting me right. I 'heard' it as a slight lisp on the 'S', but listening again, it is an 'X' for sure.

[Jamie Keld]

i had a friend in london who believe or not worked for the nat west bank in77 to 79 in her spate time she organised the x ray spex fan club we saw some great bands every other nite skids ,buzzcocks dr feelgood joe jackson many more .ggreat days ,billy idol used to play football [soccer] in hyde park sunday afternoons with 20 nat west staff oh thats my hat pollys wearing ,never got it back r i p polly surly missed

[niponStep]

You are a bit over the top, and just talking about the majority of people...there are tons and tons of kids in our generation doing what they want and not caring about what people think about what they do or like...

[tmallo1]

X RAY SPEX were so different ...great to hear them again!! wasnt she called Polly Styrene..? love it!!

[David Smith]

Well put.

[Saffie Hawkins]

It seems that only when the economy is up shit creek and there is social injustice etc that you get unbelievably good songs like this that actually mean something. So long as people have their SKY TV and Macdonalds we'll continue to have bland music borne from bland lives

[Lucretia Raven]

Hey the Spice Girls are the crucible of creativity compared to 2013.