to my random
shuffle
and they want to see my
spine
Mommy:
And suddenly
Freedom of the body
Freedom of the mind
A ho on South Street hired for tricks
Little girls pickin' up sticks
Freedom of '76
Wastee little weasel
Wants cheap tricks
Liberty bell cracked in half
A bacon steak
A perfect match
Freedom of '76
My girl Sasha
Lookin' good on the street
"Mannequin" was filmed at Woolworth's
Boyz II Men still keepin' up the beat, yeah
Freedom of '76
Fairmount Park in the summer
Lookin' good on the street
"Mannequin" was filmed at Woolworth's
Boyz II Men still keepin' up the beat, yeah
Freedom of '76, nah yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ohh, baby, yeah yeah, yea (Freedom 76, Ween.)
Well and also
So & so & so
It drops from the line up
To be heard only once
The freedom of that moment
Clear
And one of the most effective songs ever
"Spinal Meningitis (Got me down)" comes along
Next
Art! It is Art with the big A I tell you!
Try these lyrics on for size, Captain Beef Heart eat your beef heart out:
Why they wanna see my spine mommy?
Why they wanna see my spine?
It's gonna hurt again mommy
Much worse than last time
Am I gonna see God, mommy?
Am I gonna die?
It really hurts mommy!
Am I gonna die?
Smile on mighty Jesus
Spinal Meningitis got me down
I'm feelin' greasy mommy
Please don't let me die
Stinky vaseline mommy!
Please don't let me die
Am I gonna see God, mommy?
Am I gonna die?
It really hurts mommy!
Am I gonna die?
Smile on mighty Jesus
Spinal Meningitis got me down
Smile on mighty Jesus
Spinal Meningitis got me down (Ween, "Spinal Menangitis Got me Down")
Do you hear the cool
aural
link between
spinal meningitis
and Jesus?
Examine the words carefully
The words play.
Listen to the sound.
Oh and don't die, by the way.
I enjoy
living
people
much more than the dead.
Like he said
the dead will take care of
the dead
Don't you just love Art*?
*This
by the way
is one really
fucked up poem.
Because of this revelation,
I understand your reading will now change.
Do you feel
manipulated?
Art
Say it out loud
Say it out strong
Funny how you like to visualize
words.
Too bad they are not like a
riff.
Too bad they won't bring
Anyone back from the dead.
Too bad they won't stay
put.
How's that?
You've got to see the PowerPoint version of this piece.
ReplyDeleteAre there bullet points?
ReplyDeleteNot having heard the song, I'm at a tiny bit of a loss . . . but on the other hand, I love the giant drop down of "too bad they won't stay
put." (I am in "comment on poems" mode, sorry.)
Oh this thing uber sucks. It did not come together they way I want and I'm not sure it ever will.
ReplyDeleteAny tribute to Ween is a good one. This album is great. My favorite Ween song ever is on it and I feel I should pay tribute to it as well. "What Deaner Was Talking About." I love how he says when he's king he'll slip us something, leaving our imagination to wander into the vast horizon that is the lyrics of Ween.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, Swamp.
ReplyDeleteI found it odd that "Freedom '76" came on shuffle right before "Spine." It is odd because the latter directly precedes the former on the album.
We got to hear Spinal Meningitis live at ACL. BOO-YA.
ReplyDeleteI heard that song when I was in high school and it kind of freaked me out and then I loved it.