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Rating: Daddy, what does regret mean?
Well son, the funny thing about regret is
That it's better to regret something you have done,
Than to regret something you haven't done.
And by the way, if you see your mom this weekend,
Could you be sure and tell her SATAN SATAN SATAN!!!!
Ha ha ha ha, um. To be honest, the Black Sabbath cover isn’t anything shocking but once it’s over, what an amazing mishmash of blasphemies!
Behind a splendid cover image lies a better-produced and at the same time more entertaining and accessible album than the previous ones. A fierce, schizophrenic masterpiece.
Among the eleven tracks, the only one that approaches a normal song is "Human Cannonball", a melodic rock'n'roll with a '70s aftertaste, truly cool. As for the rest, this gang of lunatics throws themselves headlong into the most unrestrained madness. They are killer clowns: funny but deadly, closer to the monster from "It" than to real circus clowns. They ravage music shamelessly and do so with impressive seriousness, delighting in hurling incendiary bombs and shovels of steaming dung at the unsuspecting listener. From start to finish they don't miss a beat, whether they're building walls of unbearable noise or indecently defacing oriental music (see "Kuntz").
In "U. S. S. A. " an insane falsetto voice obsessively repeats the acronym for the entire duration of the track. In "The O-Men" a psychopathic cannibal utters incomprehensible phrases, and in response, the instruments go completely berserk. "Pittsburgh to Lebanon" is an aggressive distorted blues telling a degraded story of sex and blood. "Graveyard" is a sort of voodoo-metal with highly twisted guitars. "22 Going on 23" is the disturbing confession of a raped girl. Among these and other atrocities, Gibby Haynes performs spectacular vocals à la David Thomas and roars worthy of a werewolf.
Drawing inspiration from a wide range of sources (Beefheart, Pere Ubu, Cramps, Flipper, Chrome, Dead Kennedys, and Red Crayola to name a few), Butthole Surfers have coined a new language that will soon become highly imitated, but most importantly, they have performed the noble act of elevating burps and farts to an art form.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Sweat Loaf (06:09)
Daddy?
Yes, son.
What does regret mean?
Well son, the funny thing about regret is that it's better to regret
something you have done than
to Regret something that you haven't done
And by the way, If you see your mom this weekend, will you be sure and
tell her...
SATAN SATAN SATAN!!!!
02 Graveyard (02:27)
You lie in the graveyard
Well you're rotting away
When I talk to you daily
You`ve got nothing to say
You lie in the graveyard
Well you are down making plans
Well you control all my thoughts
Well you make dust fall
03 Pittsburgh to Lebanon (02:29)
I was born out my momma ass,
Well, I'm as blind as can be,
I brought my first shotgun,
By the age of three,
Said, Fine whiskey and women, oh,
By the time that I was five,
So tired of the way that I am living now
You know I`m gonna windup alive.
06 Human Cannonball (03:51)
Are you ready to Rock?
Well rock on!
Pardon me,
I'm only bleeding
but you cut me
to the bone
my imperfections
have reduced you
to a lowly
animal
A part of me
was introduced to you
then it walked right
out the door
And tonight
you're probably feeling
like a human
cannonball
It used to be
that loving you
was easy,
unrestrained
and now
I'm only bleeding
forgone loving,
only pain
Pardon me,
I'm only bleeding
but you cut me
to the bone
and tonight
you're probably feeling
like a human
cannonball
10 Graveyard (02:45)
You lie in the graveyard
Well you're rotting away
When I talk to you daily
You`ve got nothing to say
You lie in the graveyard
Well you are down making plans
Well you control all my thoughts
Well you make dust fall
11 22 Going on 23 (04:23)
Woman: I enjoy your show and I've been trying to get through for quite a while.
Man: Well, We're glad you kept trying
Woman: Umm. I have this problem. Last July, I was assaulted...sexually,
and ever since then, I've been having trouble sleeping.
Man: How old are you?
Woman: I'm 22 going on 23
Man: Medicine...Counseling...Anxiety...Sleep Programming
..Medicine...Sleep Programming
..Anxiety...Counseling...Medicine...Sleep
Programming...Depression...Anxiety...(etc.)
Woman: Well, they told me, when I have these bad dreams, to try and put
endings on the
dreams, like I come out a winner. But everytime i try to do that, I
just...don't get anywhere. It
seems, I keep having the same dream over and over every night, and
that's why I'm up so late.
Woman: And I watch one soap opera a day. And if he happens to walk in
the house, I'm
paranoid. I just jump up and turn off the TV. Except he says, "Is that
all you're gonna do all
day, just sit around and watch TV?" And I love to travel, so I've
mentioned traveling to him.
And finances are no problem. But he says that he did all the traveling
that he wanted to do while
he was in the service.
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