Saturday Night Palsy
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Saturday Night Palsy is the name of a single by TISM
. It was released off Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance
(1988). It was their second single to have a film clip.
The title of the song is not an amalgam of the film Saturday Night Fever
(1977) and medical condition palsy
, but is a reference to radial neuropathy, commonly known as Saturday Night Palsy, a condition akin to falling asleep on your arm.
by hanging himself in a nearby alley.
The video was intended to parody other similar video clips of the time which showed good looking people dressing up, going out and enjoying themselves, however the final scene was cut from many broadcasts "in a superb act of bowdlerization, thus rendering the clip exactly the same as every other slickly produced clip of groovy models having a good time."
. As the song began, the seven members performing the song were joined by seven more and before the song ended, a further fourteen, for a total of 28 so-called band members.
TISM
TISM was a seven piece anonymous alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia. The group was formed in 1982 and enjoyed a large underground/independent following. Their third album Machiavelli and the Four Seasons reached the Australian national top 10 in 1995...
. It was released off Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance
Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance
Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance is the debut album by the Australian band TISM. Originally released on vinyl as a double album, it was later re-issued as a single compact disc...
(1988). It was their second single to have a film clip.
The title of the song is not an amalgam of the film Saturday Night Fever
Saturday Night Fever
Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 drama film directed by John Badham and starring: John Travolta as Tony Manero, an immature young man whose weekends are spent visiting a local Brooklyn discothèque; Karen Lynn Gorney as his dance partner and eventual friend; and Donna Pescow as Tony's former dance...
(1977) and medical condition palsy
Palsy
In medicine, palsy is the paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by loss of sensation and by uncontrolled body movements, such as shaking. Medical conditions involving palsy include cerebral palsy , brachial palsy , and Bell's palsy ....
, but is a reference to radial neuropathy, commonly known as Saturday Night Palsy, a condition akin to falling asleep on your arm.
Song
The song seems to focus on one man who has the inability to decide on matters, particularly, in which manner to harm himself. The song continues through with various opposing scenarios offered by the man, but at the end nothing has been resolved. It is one of the more nonsensical songs offered by TISM which surprisingly became a wide hit.Video
A video was made by Peter Bain-Hog which featured a handsome man spending his day getting ready to go out dancing. Eventually he finds himself outside of a TISM concert and denied entry, at the end of the video, he is so dejected by the experience that he commits suicideSuicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
by hanging himself in a nearby alley.
The video was intended to parody other similar video clips of the time which showed good looking people dressing up, going out and enjoying themselves, however the final scene was cut from many broadcasts "in a superb act of bowdlerization, thus rendering the clip exactly the same as every other slickly produced clip of groovy models having a good time."
Trivia
When the song was released, TISM were invited to perform the song on popular Australian variety show Hey Hey It's SaturdayHey Hey It's Saturday
Hey Hey It's Saturday was a long-running variety television program on Australian television. It initially ran for 27 years , debuting on the Nine Network on 9 October 1971 and broadcasting its last episode on 20 November 1999. Its host throughout its entire run was Daryl Somers, who would later...
. As the song began, the seven members performing the song were joined by seven more and before the song ended, a further fourteen, for a total of 28 so-called band members.