With their fractured songs, unexpected blasts of feedback, laconic vocals, cryptic literate lyrics, and defiant low-fidelity, Pavement were one of the most influential and distinctive bands to emerge from the American underground in the '90s. Pavement, along with Sebadoh, were the leaders of the lo-fi movement that dominated U.S. indie rock in the early '90s. Initially conceived as a studio project between guitarists/vocalists Stephen Malkmusand Scott Kannberg in the '80s, Pavement gradually became a band during the early '90s. Along the way, their initial EPs and debut album, 1992's Slanted & Enchanted, earned a devoted following of musicians, indie fans, and critics.
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Fame Throwa Lyrics

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Fame throwa pass out the gold,
The diamon watch the last reward,
All the things we had before
You sold us out and took it all
Head-borne cries from zenith sluts
Astral rites from dead-end ruts
These ends are sickened wars [x2]
Hes one of our nations spies
Hes one of our first recruits
I click with her leather thighs
Hes one of our first recruits
How can you know?
In the distance lies a grower,
Ne rudolph, king fame throwa,
Son of groupie, bed-worn sexan
Spent his cash convincing us
That the desert was a starscape
Took our lives for satellites so we could cry:
Naked, naked, foul.
Hes one of our nations spies
Hes one of our first recruits
I click with her leather thighs
Hes one of our first recruits