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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The President’s Test For Physical Fitness Lyrics

American Music Club

Once upon a time me and vudi met
A major american rock star in a shop
We were immediately jealous of his hair
And his fuel-injected sports cock
He made the usual stupid sexual jokes
About the way he comes on top
But I could tell it was a lie
By the way that he walked
How did you pass the presidents test
Even if I cant match your ability to compete
At least give me a chance to cheat
He said, are you losers making fun
Of our serious vocation?
You just gotta bring the music to the people man
And then go score a hole in one.
The pleasures of a treadmill and the factory
Took all the innocence from his eyes
Leaving him to spurt unashamed
By the size of his dull suprise
How did you pass the presidents test
I never felt honest telling those virutous lies
And my toupee always gets into my eyes
How do you pass the presidents test
I dont even want to know my score
I dont know whos telling me the truth anymore
I said, the only thing that were good for
Is being forgotten.
And I know youre big enough of a star
To make sure that the job gets done
How do you pass the presidents test
I swear one day theyll build a monument
To the man with the most reasons for his embarassment
How do you pass the presidents test
No I dont even want to know my score
I dont know whos telling me the truth anymore