The Adicts are an English Punk rock band from Ipswich, Suffolk. They began … Read Full Bio ↴The Adicts are an English Punk rock band from Ipswich, Suffolk. They began life as the Afterbirth & The Pinz, in their hometown of Ipswich in late 1975. Popular in the 1980s, they were often in the indie charts at that time.
They soon changed their name to The Adicts and became known for their distinctive Clockwork Orange 'Droog' image, which, along with their urgent, uptempo music and light-hearted lyrics, helped set them very much apart from the rest of the genre. Temporary 1980s name changes to ADX and FUN ADICTS, for a children's TV appearance, also occurred.

Their song "Viva La Revolution" was featured in the video game Tony Hawk's Underground.

The band still has all its original members, uncommon for a band with such longevity.

The music of The Adicts proves that punk music is a very broad genre, often featuring extra instruments and sound clips such as carousel music (How Sad), violin played by Derick Cook (Joker in the Pack), gongs and keyboard percussion by Anthony Boyd (Chinese Takeaway), and even completely different songs like the switch to Gain To Lose's Tune #24 at the end of G.I.R.L..

The look of the majority of the bandmates is that of the Droogs from the Stanley Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange based on the book by Anthony Burgess. All white with black combat boots and black bowler hats. The band says that the look appealed to them because of the teenage angst associated with A Clockwork Orange. Singer "Monkey" wears full joker make-up and his clothes are wild, patterned suits, flared trousers, colorful dress shirts, and other such things. His favorites seem to be checkerboard patterns, or polkadots. And of course, there's the obligatory bowler hat and gloves. Along with the look come stage antics involving streamers, confetti, playing cards, joker hats, toy instruments, and glitter just to name a few things.

members:
Keith 'Monkey' Warren - Vocals.
Mel (Spider)Ellis - Bass
Pete Dee Davison - Guitar
Michael 'Kid Dee' Davison - Drums
John 'Scruff' Ellis (Mel’s brother) - Guitar
Dan Gratziani - Violin,Piano,Mandolin

Popcorn
The Adicts Lyrics

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You're not much trouble
I've seen it before
We're off to the movies
We pay at the door

So it's all just make believe
And it's all that we can see

I've seen it before
It's all about war
And then i spell my popcorn
On the floor
It's all about sex and special fx
I got my monies worth tonight

Everyone's happy
Drinking cocoa in bed
Everyone's happy
With a hole in the head

So it's all just make believe
And it's all that we can see

I've seen it before
It's all about war
And then i spell my popcorn
On the floor
It's all about sex and special fx
I got my monies worth tonight

I've seen it before
It's all about war
And then i spell my popcorn
On the floor
It's all about sex and special fx
I got my monies worth tonight

I've seen it before
It's all about war
And then i spell my popcorn
On the floor
It's all about sex and special fx
I got my monies worth tonight

Is everyone happy
Drinking cocoa in bed
Is everyone happy
With a hole in their head

So it's all just make believe
And it's all that we can see

I've seen it before
It's all about war
And then i spell my popcorn
On the floor
It's all about sex and special fx
I got my monies worth tonight

I've seen it before
It's all about war
And then i spell my popcorn
On the floor

It's all about sex and special fx
I got my monies worth tonight

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of The Adicts’ song Popcorn are a reflection on the nature of entertainment and the way it warps our views of the world. Set against the backdrop of a trip to the movies, the lyrics expose the way in which film and television are often sensationalist and escapist, with their constant focus on war, sex and special effects. The opening lines of the song – “You're not much trouble, I've seen it before, we're off to the movies, we pay at the door” – suggest that this is just one more night out at the cinema, but what follows is a critique of the way in which the movies present a distorted and often inhuman image of reality.

The repetition of the refrain “It's all just make believe, And it's all that we can see” emphasises the idea that the film and TV industries are in the business of presenting a false reality. Meanwhile, the images of war and sex that are constantly presented to us by the media become inured in our psyche, so much so that the singer seems blasé about them, casually spilling his popcorn on the floor as if to say “what’s the big deal?”. The final lines of the song – “Is everyone happy, Drinking cocoa in bed? Is everyone happy, With a hole in their head?” – drive home the point that the entertainment industry is, at best, a pleasant diversion from the harsh realities of life, at worst, a way of pacifying the masses.

Line by Line Meaning

You're not much trouble
You're not going to cause any problems

I've seen it before
I've experienced this before

We're off to the movies
We're going to the cinema

We pay at the door
We pay for our tickets when we arrive

So it's all just make believe
The movie is fictional

And it's all that we can see
The movie is what we perceive

It's all about war
The movie is focused on warfare

And then i spell my popcorn
And then I accidentally spill my popcorn

On the floor
On the ground

It's all about sex and special fx
The movie is focused on sex and special effects

I got my monies worth tonight
I feel like I got what I paid for tonight