- published: 27 Dec 2012
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A tube top, colloquially known in the U.K. as a boob tube, is a shoulderless, sleeveless women's garment that wraps around the upper torso. It is generally tight over the breasts, usually by means of elastic bands at its top and bottom, to prevent it from falling. The tube top's precursor was a beachwear or informal summer garment worn by young girls in the 1950s, that became more widely popular in the 1970s, and returned to popularity in the 1990s and 2000s.
In 2012 Israeli fashion designer Elie Tahari claimed that he helped popularize tube top after his arrival in New York in 1971. The original tube tops, as spotted by Tahari in a New York shop run by Murray Kleid, were elasticated gauze tubes reportedly produced through a factory manufacturing error. Tahari bought up all the tubes Kleid had, and sold them for up to double Kleid's $2 asking price, later setting up his own factory to mass produce tube tops to meet widespread demand.
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A top is a toy designed to be spun rapidly on the ground, the motion of which causes it to remain precisely balanced on its tip because of inertia. Such toys have existed since antiquity. Traditionally tops were constructed of wood, sometimes with an iron tip, and would be set in motion by aid of a string or rope coiled around its axis which, when pulled quickly, caused a rapid unwinding that would set the top in motion. Today they are often built of plastic, and modern materials and manufacturing processes allow tops to be constructed with such precise balance that they can be set in motion by a simple twist of the fingers and twirl of the wrist without need for string or rope.
The motion of a top is produced in the most simple forms by twirling the stem using the fingers. More sophisticated tops are spun by holding the axis firmly while pulling a string or twisting a stick or pushing an auger. In the kinds with an auger, an internal weight rotates, producing an overall circular motion. Some tops can be thrown, while firmly grasping a string that had been tightly wound around the stem, and the centrifugal force generated by the unwinding motion of the string will set them spinning upon touching ground.
Chorus:
When I hear music, it makes me dance
You got the music, heres my chance
Repeat (1x)
Went to the disco, couldn't belive my eyes
I looked on the dance floor, saw so many guys
I asked myself, could this really be
Whether it is or not, I'm going to see
Chorus
The guys look really fine, they almost blew my mind
They almost blew my mind
The guys looked really good, just like I knew they would
And I'm gonna get a man if I get a chance
Here's my chance
Chorus (2x)
The night is still young and I'm gonna have some fun
And I'm in a trance, all I want to do is dance
Watch me dance
Everybody's having fun, and the musics number one
And the lights shining bright, there's a party here tonight
Chorus
It stated getting late, the night was really great
When I hear music, give me a chance, heres your chance
When I hear music, I wanna dance
You got the music, I'm gonna dance