The Story In The Song Dada Dizz Knee Land

Tweet

One of the best American punk songs ever, from 1982. A young punk runs away from home, commits various crimes, insults the US President (George Bush Senior), and after each new incident, he casually states that he is going to Dizz Knee Land. The spelling change was probably to avoid a lawsuit from the real House Of Mouse, but Disneyland is a slang expression for prison too, especially the US Orange County Jail. The narrator may simply be recognizing that his petty indifferent crimes will lead him to detention behind bars. The song has the right air of indifference and amorality of the best British punk, and the guitar work carries the simple list lyrics perfectly. The sing on Youtube Arthur Chappell