Godzilla

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"Godzilla"
Cover song by The Smashing Pumpkins
Original by Blue Öyster Cult
ReleasedNovember 29, 2011
RecordedAugust 25, 1990
Songwriter(s)Buck Dharma

"Godzilla" is a cover song by The Smashing Pumpkins of the 1977 single by Blue Öyster Cult. It was performed live at The Metro on August 25, 1990. A recording of this performance appears on Mashed Potatoes and the 2011 reissue bonus DVD of Gish.

Video[edit | edit source]

Live version resembling Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit". Unknown date.

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

with a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound
he pulls the splitting high tension wires down
helpless people on subway trains
scream bug-eyed as he looks in on them
he picks up a bus and he throws it back down
and he waves to the people in the center of town

oh no, they say he's got to go, go go godzilla
oh no, there goes tokyo, go go godzilla

oh no, they say he's got to go, go go godzilla
oh no, there goes tokyo, go go godzilla

history shows again and again
how nature points up the folly of man
godzilla
history shows again and again
godzilla
history shows again and again
how nature points up the folly of man
godzilla
history shows again and again
godzilla

i love you, godzirra

Availability

TitleNotesType
Gish2011 Reissue bonus DVD – Live at the Metro (Live on August 25, 1990)Studio
Mashed PotatoesBootleg

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