American Music Club(often abbreviated AMC) is a San Francisco-based band led by singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel. They've been recording and playing in SF clubs since the mid 1980's, showing a remarkable longevity for a band that has been far more critically acclaimed than financially successful. Although commonly lumped with other bands from the " slowcore" and " sadcore" movements, like the Red House Painters, AMC is better known for mastering the disparate strands of American music into a wholly unique synthesis all their own. Although born in California, frontman Mark Eitzel spent his formative years in Great Britain and Ohio before returning to the Bay Area in 1980. After a brief stint with the punk band he founded American Music Club in 1983 with guitarist Vudi, bassist , keyboardist Brad Johnson, and drummer .
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Hello amsterdam my name is fernando
Hello amsterdam I bet youve seen my kind before
Another sad tourist with his eyes rolling in his head
Another sad tourist who never had a drink before
Hello amsterdam you didnt like my waterloo
Hello amsterdam I wish I had something to offer you
Tail between my leg I crawl back to the canal
All alone with my eyes rolling like the moon
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There once was a white elephant
That escaped from the zoo
Got to the big city and didnt know what to do
Had a sticker on his shirt that said,
hello my name is unclean
I swear they would have liked us
If wed played dancing queen
Hello amsterdam dont I look cool in my white shirt
Hello amsterdam dont I look hip in my red tie
We came from america so you could share in the pride
Guilt, greed, and genocide
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