MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1 — Genesis, “I Can’t Dance”)

Released on this day…

back in 1991…

Genesis gave us their album We Can’t Dance…

featuring “I Can’t Dance!”

(Music Cut #2 — “I Can’t Dance”)

But get this…

The inspiration for this song…

was via a commercial… for JEANS!

(Music Cut #3 — Levi’s Commercial, The Clash, “Should I Stay or Should I Go”)

That’s The Clash!

And it was that Levi’s commercial that inspired Mike Rutherford’s guitar riff…

while Phil Collins came up with lyrics making FUN of those very jeans commercials!

And here’s the kicker…

the song was originally called “Blue Jeans!”

(Music Cut #4 — Genesis, “I Can’t Dance”)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“I can’t dance, I can’t talk
Only thing about me is the way I walk.” – Genesis, “I Can’t Dance”

And a special shout-out to Phil Collins, who’s being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist this weekend!

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