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Extreme II. Pornograffitti (A Funked Up Fairy Tale) is the second album released by the Boston rock band Extreme. The title is a portmanteau of pornography and graffiti.
The album sold very well, peaking at #10 on the Billboard 200, and was certified double platinum in the U.S. by the RIAA. It is the band's best selling album. Two singles from Pornograffiti, "More Than Words" and "Hole Hearted", reached the top-5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Two other tracks, "Decadence Dance" and "Get the Funk Out", reached the lower half of Billboard's rock chart.
In 2010, after the band's reunion in the previous years, rumours started about possible commemorative shows given the 20th anniversary of the record. Finally, in 2012, initially a small string of such shows in Japan has been confirmed.
Musically, Pornograffitti is dominated by metal guitar riffs, often with funky, syncopated timing, and incendiary, high-speed metal solos. The record provided Bettencourt with widespread admiration from rock guitar enthusiasts[citation needed] and continual exposure in guitar playing publications such as Guitar World and Guitar School.
Sex!
Sex on the brain pumped in my veins
Flowing from my head to my feet
Sex on TV rotation heavy
You and I are what we eat
Sex, when I'm all alone
It calls me on the phone
Can't stop this ringing in my ear
Sex in excess, filling all our senses
Keep saying there's nothing to fear
Can't you read the writing on the wall?
Can't you see the rising and the fall?
Oh, can't you see it?
All I see is pornograffitti
All I hear pornograffitti
See now, hear now
All I speak is pornograffitti
All I fear pornograffitti
Speak no evil
Sex in 3D, no evil eyes see
Too much of it and you'll go blind
Sex education, misinformation
Kiss me where the sun don't shine
Sex it surrounds me, pornograffiti
It's all so constitutional
Sex is literate, read all about it
But censor where you all can go
Can't you read the writing on the wall?
Can't you see the rising and the fall? Oh
All I see is pornograffitti
All I hear pornograffitti
See now, hear now
All I speak is pornograffitti
All I fear pornograffitti
Speak no evil
All I see is pornograffitti
All I hear pornograffitti
See now, hear now
All I speak is pornograffitti
All I fear pornograffitti
Speak no evil [Incomprehensible]
Say, say, say, say
Can't you read the writing on the wall?
All I see is pornograffitti
All I hear pornograffitti
See now, hear now
All I speak is pornograffitti
All I fear pornograffitti
Speak no evil
Can't you read the writing on the wall?
Can't you see the rising and the fall? Oh
All I see is pornograffitti
All I hear pornograffitti
See now, hear now
All I speak is pornograffitti
All I fear pornograffitti
Speak no evil
Sex sells, sex sells, sex sells
Sex sells, sex sells, sex sells