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After their first album, the masterpiece "Korn" (1994), the band from Bakersfield is back with "Life Is Peachy" (1996). The first impression of the album is that it is fresher and more direct than the first, and perhaps even dirtier and rougher (in a positive way, of course...): TWIST is represented by 51 seconds of surreal, frenetic, schizophrenic, nonsensical verses.
The fast and targeted guitar riffs "assault" the listener's senses: this can be understood from tracks like CHI, GOOD GOD, MR. ROGERS, NO PLACE TO HIDE. Also within the album are two covers: WICKED by the rapper Ice Cube (sung together with Deftones' lead singer Chino Moreno) and LOWRIDER by War (whose voice is none other than the former guitarist of the Californian band, Brian "Head" Welch...). As the icing on the cake comes KILL YOU, a song dedicated (so to speak...) to the singer Jonathan Davis's stepmother; the track can be considered the second part of DADDY ("Korn"), as here too Davis's voice is filled with suffering.
Good work from all the members of Korn: excellent guitar riffs from Munky and Head, phenomenal bass by Fieldy, great work by drummer David, and Jonathan's voice is wonderful.
To conclude, the sound of "Life Is Peachy" does not deviate from that of the previous album: this can be understood from Jonathan's voice, with its sudden surges and tempo changes, which convey to us through music what Jonathan's adolescence was like, i.e., the despair and suffering of an adolescence marked by dependencies and abuses (consider that Jonathan and his father did nothing but talk about sex, and his stepmother wanted him dead...). An album undoubtedly wicked, but very intelligent.
Tracklist Lyrics and Samples
01 Twist (00:49)
Scat Version
Your not rat dat not then they push stop it take a minute, rat tut,
take a mob at that then i pick up a rock so then i pretend to pick up a bat,
rock something in my heart, it don't matter i remember rocks,
something, running in ma i hit the bone i think why is it so?
rock said i do not egzagerate over it now getting up
but i run nothing but a rock...twist..twist...twist..
Lyrics Version
You're not the right one dumb damn rapper
Not the right goddamn
Who are you to rap shit take off
And who says you're right
On top you think you'r bomb artista
But you're bent out of oooo right
Suck my dick
But don't you think that you're oooo right
Sometimes things might make me ooo ooo it makes me mad
And when it happens fuck it
Rugged in mind a hint by bite
Why does it not exist in you?
Right, shit, why hit in yet another day
Woo hoo right
It's not woo hoo right
But you'r wrong
Twist
Put me in right now make mad
Prove that you're right
Somehow you're not right, huh
But that doesn't make me mad
Right now you're beggin' for a little brew
All night
Yeah it's so simple
I had some Red Dog, you hand over it
Twist
02 Chi (03:54)
Pain!
Buried so far away. Into my life of nothing
Sick of the same old things
So I dig a hole, bury pain!
Sick of the same old things
So I dig a hole, bury pain!
I am so high always. Burying my life so slowly.
Sick of the same old things
So I dig a hole, bury pain!
Sick of the same old things
So I dig a hole, bury pain!
It opens my mind to feelings. Can't face bottom without something.
Sick of the same old things
So I dig a hole, bury pain!
Sick of the same old things
So I dig a hole, bury pain!
Re-entering my head, feeling like I'm God
With the world around me, can't you feel this pain?
Ripping through my heart!
Screaming through my mind!
Nothing I can kill!
Screaming a...
Lie! I! Am!
Can't you tear my eyes out?
Can't you take my heart?
Away to heart
Good-bye...
Sick of the same old things
So I dig a hole this big
So I dig a hole this...
Pain, pain, pain...
03 Lost (02:55)
Uh!
Why can't I decide why my feelings I hide?
Always screwing with my mind, a thorn in my spine.
Oh sure, it feels fine, wasting all our time.
In the back of my mind, a thorn in my spine.
Wait! See it before my eyes.
Why? Do I turn away?
Looking all the time, at your face so blind.
Feeling uptight, always the same fight.
Hey man now decide, go ahead take your time.
Kissing all the time, that thorn in my spine.
Wait! You cannot see inside
Why! Play yourself out that way
Why! You and me always hate
Wait! Weren't you my friend?
The pain in which I could not feel!
Hey man look inside, now you need your own life.
Remember me guy? That thorn in your spine.
Waiting all the time, I'm doing mighty fine.
Remember me guy? The thorn in your spine.
Wait! You cannot see inside.
Why? Play yourself out that way
Why? You and me always hate
Wait! Weren't you my friend
Wait! You were my friend.
04 Swallow (03:38)
Fuck Yes! Whew!
Always, I'm locked in my head.
No pain? You don't know what I have had...
By now, I'm so for sure.
Right now, I am yours.
My sorrow
I swallow
Follow me
Oh hell, no.
It came unknown to me.
Paranoid, it's controlling all of me
Somehow, terror so pure.
Right now, shit I'm yours.
My sorrow
I swallow
Follow me
Oh hell, no.
Was it me?
I swallow
Forget me
I don't know.
Oh hell no...
This thing, I follow.
The place, I'm too scared to fucking go.
A freak, that I'm sure.
A freak, that is yours.
My sorrow
I swallow
Follow me
Oh hell, no.
Was it me?
I swallow
Forget me
I don't know.
I swallow
I swallow
Freak, Punk ass sissy...
I'm a freak, Punk ass sissy...
06 Good God (03:21)
You came into my life without a single thing.
I gave in to your ways, which left me with nothing.
I've given in to smiles, I fell for all your games.
I wish so bad right now, I hadn't let you win.
Won't you get the fuck out of my face? Now! (2)
In the sea of life, you're just a minnow, live your life insecure.
Feel the pain of your needles as they shit into my brain.
I scream without a sound, how could you take away
everything that I was - made me a fuckin' slave.
Your face that I despise, your heart inside that's gray.
I came today to say - you're fucked in every way
Won't you get the fuck out of my face? Now!(2)
In the sea of life, you're just a minnow. Live your life insecure.
Feel the pain of your needles as they shit into my mind.
You stole my life
Without a sigh
You suck me dry
Won't you get the fuck out of my face? Now!(8)
In the sea of life, you're just a minnow. Live your life insecure.
Feel the pain of your needle as they shit into my mind
You stole my life
Without a sigh
You suck me dry
07 Mr. Rogers (05:10)
Time has come, to realize
What you are, what you've done inside
Time has come, we'll have something to talk about
I will too
Looking back (dumb)
And now I realize (old man)
How much you really liked him (dumb)
This child's mind you terrorized (old man)
You came to him (dumb)
He really didn't know your lies (old man)
Now his innocence’s gone (dumb)
He's that child you'd terrorized (old man)
This fucking pain that I feel - you gave to me and you
This fucking pain that I feel - because of you
My childhood’s gone - because I loved you
My childhood’s gone - because I loved you
Be my neighbour
Looking back (child)
And now I realize (fucker)
How much you really loved him (child)
This child's mind you'd hypnotized (fucker)
You came to him (child)
You really didn't know his lies (fucker)
Now his innocence’s gone (child)
I'm that child you terrorized (fucker)
This fucking hate that I feel - you gave to me and you
This fucking pain that I feel - because of you
My childhood’s gone - because I loved you
My childhood’s gone - because I loved you
Be my neighbour [x2]
My neighbour
Fred, you told me everybody was my neighbour. They took advantage of me and then they took their turns hating me. I wish I wouldn't have watched you, but then you made my childhood a failure. What a fucking neighbour
Fred, you told me everybody was my neighbour. They took advantage of me and then they took their turns hating me. I wish I wouldn't have watched you, but then you made my childhood a failure
What a fucking neighbour
I hate you! I will too [x3]
I hate you
I hate you
Be my neighbour [x2]
This fuckin' hate that I feel
This fuckin' pain that I feel
My childhood’s gone
My childhood’s gone
This fuckin' hate that I feel
This fuckin' pain that I feel
My childhood’s gone
My childhood’s gone
I will too [x8]
10 Wicked (04:00)
Yo chuck we got runnin in mixes and da headpfones
Ha ah hahaha
Wicked!
Ha Ha! 1 2 3 and I come with the wicked
style, and you know that I'm from the wicked crew,
you act like you knew,
but I got everybody jumping to the voodoo.
You kickin' wicked rhymes, picket signs,
me and my mob got a truck full of 9's.
Play ya and I'll slay ya,
I got thug-made dough by the hey-a.
Ready to BUCK, BUCK, BUCK,
but it's a must to DUCK, DUCK, DUCK,
before I bust ya, looking for the one that did it,
you want my vote, no you're never gonna get it,
cause I'm the one with the tight mad skills,
and I won't choke like the Buffalo Bills.
Sittin' at the pad just chillin'
cos Larry Parker just got 2 million,
oh what a fucking feeling!
That nigger done pass me the pill,
and I slam dunk it like Shaquille O'Neal.
Wicked, wreckin' baby
I'll rock that test tube baby, take it...
'Cause I get Wicked! I told them not to keep on their fire
Yes I Wicked! I told them not to keep on their fire
Yes I Wicked! I told them not to keep on their fire
But now I'm in your face, so you'll keep on your fire
"wicked"
Don't say nothing just listen,
got me a plan to break Tyson out of prison.
You going my way you get served,
still got a deuce that'll bunny hop the curb.
Nappy head, nappy chest, nappy chin,
never seen with a happy grin,
show the phat frown cause I'm down,
so take a look around,
all you see is big black boots steppin',
use my steel toe as a weapon.
Kick ya and flip ya,
now they want to label this one with a stick
hopn' that's not a stick
'cause I got a body count like in the city.
From men in New York
I get them skins, and I ain't talking about pork.
Ya slut, you pig, dig,
listen from the flow from a soul fro'ed caucasian,
oh, your picket signs, you know all
this funky ass wisdom picket budget talking.
'Cause I get Wicked! I told them not to keep on their fire
Yes I Wicked! I told them not to keep on their fire
Yes I Wicked! I told them not to keep on their fire
But now I'm in your face, so you'll keep on your fire
"wicked" prop ch ch ch
People wanna know how come I got a Gat
and I'm sitting at the window like Malcolm,
ready to bring that noise
and going to get heavy like the Ghetto Boyz.
April 29th was power to the people,
and you might just see a sequel,
'cause police got equal pay,
a horse is a pig that don't fly straight.
I'm doin' Daryl Gitts but it's Willie Willams,
I'm down with the pilgrims,
I'm through with the pig,
so I think the job is dead, get out and die
'Cause I get Wicked! I told them not to keep on their fire
Yes I Wicked! I told them not to keep on their fire
Yes I Wicked! I told them not to keep on their fire
But now I'm in your face, so you'll keep on your fire
WICKED! oh ass hole well i come
i come sayeeee
11 A.D.I.D.A.S. (02:32)
Honestly somehow it always seems
That am dreaming of something I could never be
It doesnt MATTER me ´cause I will always be the pimp
That I see in all of my fantasies
I dont know your fucking name
So what? Lets......
Screwing may be the only way that I can truly be free
From my fucked up reality
So I dream and stroke it harder
Cause it´s so fun to see my face staring back at me
I dont know your fucking name
So what? Lets fuck anyways!
All day I dream about sex
All day I dream about fucking
All day I dream about fucking
All day I dream about sex
Yes all day I dream about sex and all day I dream about sex
Yes all day I dream about sex and all day I dream about sex
Yes all day I dream about sex and all day I dream about sex
Yes all day I dream about sex
All day I dream about sex
All day I drem about fucking
All day I dream about sex
All day I dream about fucking
12 Lowrider (00:58)
Vocals by Brian "Head" Welch
Original by WAR
All my friends drive a Low Rider
And a Low Rider is a little lower
Take a little trip
Take a little trip
Take a little trip, you and me...
Ah yeah...
Oh shit, Aw shit, uh, yep.
13 Ass Itch (03:39)
I hate writing shit, it is so stupid. What's my problem today?
Maybe I'm depressed, maybe I'm helpless to what comes out my hand?
Pain, pain (x2)
I hate writing shit, it is so stupid. Why do I feel this way?
Feelings in my heart, I'm in way too far. Can't - it won't go away...
Pain, pain (x2)
Before long, my song is dying.
Before long, my song is dying.
I hate writing shit, ain't looking forward to it. What's fucked up today?
Writing all this time, feeling all that's mine come right out my hand.
Pain, pain (x2)
Before long, my song is dying.
Before long, my song is dying.
Tell me now I want to know, is that me inside you see?
Ah, is this fair, I gotta let this song inside me... free.
Set me free
Just set me free
Just set me free
Just set me free
It just set me free (x8)
Before long, my song is dying.
Before long, my song is dying.
That's why I die.
That's why I try.
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By valerio
This is, in summary, the essence of the content of Life Is Peachy, the second work of the Californian combo led by Jon Davis, which opens KoRn’s music to a wider number of listeners.
Fieldy delivers another masterful performance, confirming himself as THE BEST BASSIST in his genre.
By Phil1
I put this CD on and immediately realized I had made a great purchase.
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By CUNTGRINDER
Listening to this album is like traversing a swamp.
'Kill You' is simply the masterpiece of the album, much darker and more mocking than 'Daddy.'
By Apple_of_sodomY
The anxiety and anger that shroud this album in a veil of despair and frustration make Life is Peachy a masterpiece of crossover but also of groove metal.
This is the winning point of an album like LiP, a masterpiece born from its sonic or simply aesthetic brutalities, which can give you great emotions if you have already experienced such issues.
By Kurtd
Jon immediately demonstrates his great vocal abilities through verses and screams, and makes it clear he is still pissed off.
It’s these things that transport me too and make me realize that in their songs beyond the art there is heart.
