The Aquabats!, "Ska Robot Army!" from The Return of The Aquabats! (Captain Thumbs Up!)
Skammentary!: The Return of The Aquabats! is The Aquabats!' debut album. Let that sink in for just a moment. If that doesn't make you smile, doesn't make the world seem a slightly brighter place, well, you have my pity, though not my sympathy. You might just be a shark, because I bet you have "cold, dead eyes, like a doll's eyes." The Aquabats! also have a song about that, "The Shark Fighter!," though you & your cold, dead eyes don't have to worry about that because it isn't a ska song.
Also, yes, in light of their later defection it's hard not to see "Ska Robot Army!" as an early protest against what The Aquabats! felt were the constraints of the genre, though a fun, winking protest.
"They're coming to take over,
Look out behind you
And beware of the Ska Robot Army!…
"They're coming to take over,
To terrorize the Earth,
They're skanking in their best suits,
So beware of the Ska Robot Army!"
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