Song of the Week: 'Stop Drop and Roll'

To join in with the partying mood of New Year's Eve/New Year's Day, this week's Song of the Week is the dance-inducing Stop Drop and Roll by Green Day's side-band the Foxboro Hot Tubs. Stop Drop and Roll is the first track off the album of the same name, originally released free online in December 2007, and then later released on various formats in April 2008. The original downloadable version of the song was preceded by the quote 'oh baby, aren't you something?' taken from the 1966 movie Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, starring Elizabeth Taylor.

In true Hot Tubs style, this song is all about being young, care-free, somewhat boozy and losing your inhibitions. It's also about sex - I'm not going to quote one single line because the entire song is one big allusion to it. The music, though, is what really makes this song tick - the 60's rock'n roll sound with the tinny, distorted guitars and the driving, punctuated beat topped off with the Reverend Strychnine Twist's growling vocals make it a hit with Green Day fans and non-Green Day fans alike.

Here's an awesome live performance of Stop Drop and Roll from June 2009 on the TV show Last Call with Carson Daly:


Lyrics and a download of the song can be found here, and this is Stop Drop and Roll's Song of the Week thread, where you'll find a greater song-analysis and some member-discussion. Feel free to stop by and post your opinion, or nominate next week's song.