When a writer's strike interrupted a movie they were filming, Chase Hampton and Tiffini Hale were cast as the new generation of Mouseketeers. On the show, Hampton started a music group with fellow cast members, including Albert Fields. Disney, which had started the Hollywood Records label, signed the group, which now consisted of Hampton, Hale, Fields, Damon Pampolina, and Deedee Magno. As part of the promotion for the band, a name-the-band contest was held. The result was "The Party," which is a backronym for "Positive Attitude Reflecting Today's Youth."
Over the next several years, The Party released four albums; The Party (1990), In the Meantime, in Between Time (1991), Free (1992), and The Party's Over...Thanks for Coming (1994). Their albums were a mix of assembly line songs and pop/rock hits such as "Walkin' in the Rain," "My Generation," and "I Know What Boys Like," given a slick dance treatment for public consumption. However, the venture never really translated into major hit songs or platinum-selling sales.
The group did manage to find the charts with four singles, but only one, a version of Dokken's "In My Dreams," cracked the Top 40 reaching number 34. They were given the compilation treatment with a greatest-hits package released in 1997, but the Party was overshadowed by the future success of other Mouseketeers venturing into the pop music world, including Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears.
The Party has released several singles since reuniting in 2013, including their latest single, "Don't Stop" in April 2020.
THAT
The Party Lyrics
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His eyes like wheels spinnin' round
Jerkin-off at every sound
Layin' all his crosses down
O yeah
He got Six Strings
The Six Strings that drew blood
The bar is full of Holy-Joes
A Holy-hole-a-whole-aria
Around the neck of our consumptive rose
Is the root of all his sorrows
O yeah
He got Six Strings
Six Strings that drew blood
A Holy-hole-a-whole-aria
Six Strings that drew blood
In the bathroom under cover
He turns on one tap to discover
He's smashed his teeth out on the other
Well he look in the mirror and say
Don't fuck me brother
Cause I got Six Strings
Six Strings that drew blood
Numbin' the runt of reputation they call rat fame
Top-E as a tourniquet
A low tune whistles across his grave
Forever the master and the slave of his Six Strings
A Holy-hole-a-whole-aria
Six Strings that drew blood.
The Party's song THAT is a bleak portrayal of a guitar player who has descended into a cycle of addiction and self-destruction. The first verse introduces the unnamed protagonist as a "Guitar thug" who has "Six Strings" that "drew blood," possibly implying that his obsession with playing the guitar is causing him physical harm. His "eyes like wheels spinnin' round" suggest a frenzied state of mind, while his "Jerkin-off at every sound" could imply that he is constantly playing his guitar, or perhaps that he has developed a sexual fetish related to the instrument. The line "Layin' all his crosses down" could be a reference to his abandonment of any morals or values he previously held, or perhaps that he is literally sacrificing himself to his addiction.
The second verse describes a bar full of "Holy-Joes" and a "consumptive rose," suggesting that the singer is surrounded by religious imagery but is sick and dying inside. The line "Six Strings that drew blood" is repeated as a refrain, hammering home the idea that his devotion to the guitar is causing him harm. In the third verse, he smashes his teeth in the bathroom and warns himself in the mirror not to let his addiction consume him further. The final lines of the song describe him as a "master and the slave of his Six Strings," suggesting that he is both in control of and completely powerless to resist his addiction.
Line by Line Meaning
Guitar thug blew into town
A skilled guitar player comes to town
His eyes like wheels spinnin' round
His eyes are alert and moving quickly
Jerkin-off at every sound
He is excited by every sound he hears
Layin' all his crosses down
He is giving up his past troubles
O yeah
Expression of excitement
He got Six Strings
He has a guitar with six strings
The Six Strings that drew blood
The guitar has caused him pain and struggle
The bar is full of Holy-Joes
The bar is full of religious people
A Holy-hole-a-whole-aria
A religious song
Around the neck of our consumptive rose
The sickly musician has a guitar around his neck
Is the root of all his sorrows
The guitar is the cause of his troubles
Six Strings that drew blood
The guitar has caused him pain and struggle
In the bathroom under cover
He is hiding in the bathroom
He turns on one tap to discover
He turns on a faucet and finds something unexpected
He's smashed his teeth out on the other
He accidentally hits his teeth on the other faucet
Well he look in the mirror and say
He looks in the mirror and says to himself
Don't fuck me brother
He is frustrated and angry
Numbin' the runt of reputation they call rat fame
He is trying to deaden the pain of his damaged reputation
Top-E as a tourniquet
He is using music as a way to cope
A low tune whistles across his grave
A sad tune is playing
Forever the master and the slave of his Six Strings
He is both controlled by and in control of his guitar
A Holy-hole-a-whole-aria
A religious song
Six Strings that drew blood.
The guitar has caused him pain and struggle
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movieloverfan18
One thing good about disco was that people energetically danced which was aerobic and I suppose was better than standing around drinking.
Rosa Artemis G
Standing around drinking
Looking like serial killers lol I 🤪😲
Gina Greenlee
Well done. I've read Alice Echols book and between that and this doc, have the rearview historical view I've been seeking. I was there. In that moment of time, as a teen in NYC getting my groove on in the club, I had no awareness of the sociocultural implications that this was a "movement." Of course, all individual lives cover periods of history. In reflection, now in my early 60s, I view that time in a broader, historical context, which I find interesting, intriguing and ripe for further exploration, perhaps in fiction. All that said, my clubbing years from the mid to late 70s were MAGNIFICENT!! I had so much fun. And I have so many wonderful memories of the time before the scene went mainstream crazy with greed and produced atrocities like Disco Duck.
Karra Rarra
I enjoyed this about the disco music era
Sandee Driver
Disco was totally doomed when DISCO DUCK Came along. Great doc. Worth the view!
Paul R
This is not a movie It is a documentary on disco !
Fonda Sanford
It was a place for energetic dance, strobe lights, exotic dressing, sweaty, alcohol, drug’s, people looking for a partner of sorts. Disco was very sexual (a programming)... like many thing’s in this world, definitely international friendly. Most romantic and sexual music is a form of idol worship. Yes.. you can literally worship someone. I lived in this era.
rhymeandreasoning
I love disco. Was just Ebay'ing the K-tel disco compilations when this video popped up. Cool.
Sasha Fierce
I love Disco!
Flor
Thank you!!💗💫