Sunday, September 09, 2018

Maniac by Michael Sembello




Just a steel town girl on a Saturday night
Lookin' for the fight of her life
In the real time world no one sees her at all
They all say she's crazy

Locking rhythms to the beat of her heart
Changing movement into light
She has danced into the danger zone
When the dancer becomes the dance

It can cut you like a knife
If the gift becomes the fire
On a wire between will and what will be

She's a maniac, maniac on the floor
And she's dancing like she's never danced before
She's a maniac, maniac on the floor
And she's dancing like she's never danced before

On the ice-blue line of insanity
Is a place most never see
It's a hard-won place of mystery
Touch it, but can't hold it

You work all your life for that moment in time
It could come or pass you by
It's a push-shove world, but there's always a chance
If the hunger stays the night

There's a cold kinetic heat
Struggling, stretching for the beat
Never stopping with her hair against the wind

She's a maniac, maniac, at your door
And she's dancing like she's never danced before
She's a maniac, maniac, at your door
And she's dancing like she's never danced before

It can cut you like a knife
If the gift becomes the fire
On a wire between will and what will be

She's a maniac, maniac, at your door (at your door)
And she's dancing like she's never danced before
She's a maniac, maniac, at your door
And she's dancing like she's never danced before
Maniac, maniac, at your door
And she's dancing like she's never danced before 



(WHISPERED) I THINK THAT GIRL IS CRAZY....

3 comments:

Aaron said...

Man. I love this song. This movie is so damn rad. The dude in it is lame though. Why would she fall in love with such a dweeb? I love how she is this bad ass construction worker who is secretly an amazing dancer. I also love the line “cut you like a knife”. I want to remake this movie and cast Waz as the lead girl.

Dan Tschirhart said...

I vaguely remember this movie

The video, however, has been ingrained in my brain since 83'

It was always on

Jennifer Beals was dancing in your living room just about every hour

And damnit this song's a catchy one

I remember them referencing this song in "Tommy Boy" - it was a funny moment

Willie does his own one-man band version of this song in the Sherry Bobbins episode of The Simpsons

He even does the water splash in the face, at the end of the song - brilliant!

Waz will make an outstanding second coming of Jennifer Beals


Pirate Aggro said...

It is indeed an iconic movie and song. The latest Dead Pool had a poster of Deadpool doing the famous chair splash scene only instead of water raining down it was shell casing. Funny that. I would pay good money to see Waz in that role. I always thought it would have been rad to have a batman movie with Chris Farley as Batman. Totally done straight except well a morbidly obese batman.