'Man on the Moon'
by R.E.M.Mott the Hoople and the game of Life. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Monopoly, Twenty one, checkers, and chess. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
See you heaven if you make the list. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hey, Andy did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby. Are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve, then nothing is cool.
Moses went walking with the staff of wood. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Newton got beaned by the apple good. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hey Andy did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey, Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby. Are you having fun?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
Here's a little agit for the never-believer. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here's a little ghost for the offering. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling [wrestling bears]. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hey Andy did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby, are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
This is a song about Andy Kaufman. I just watched the movie about his life again tonight for the first time in a few years so he's on my mind.
The guy was a genius. The chorus speaks of Elvis and Andy 'goofing' on him. Kaufman did Elvis impersonations before it was acceptable. This was when Elvis was still alive. And the part about putting a man on the moon is that some people think the moon landings were faked. Just as many people think Andy Kaufman faked his death as a bit of a practical joke.
Also, Kaufman was sometimes called the man on the moon because he was pretty out there.
And the bit that says "If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve then nothing is cool" is self-explanatory for a Kaufman fan. He would often trick people into thinking he was tricking them when he really wasn't, if that makes sense.
Another thing you have to know about him is that he wrestled women just to make people hate him. He's a person that was probably willing to give up his career in order to make himself and a few of his friends laugh by pissing off 80% of America.
If you don't know about Kaufman, read up on him. Or just watch the movie "Man on the Moon" about his life. Its a great film. If you're narrow-minded or up-tight, you will NOT understand him or why he did things like he did. But if you are, you'll love him and hope that all of the nuts are right and he is still alive, though if he isn't, he'd almost certainly love people wondering if he was or not.
Look for more songs dealing with Kaufman in the future. "Great Beyond" is another good one from the movie.
But that's all for now. Hope you've enjoyed.
-=The Prynce
