Disaster
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"Disaster" is the 2nd track on The Residents' Diskomo / Goosebump, released by Ralph Records on April 11th 1980. like all other songs from the Diskomo / Goosebump b-side, it is made using toy instruments from toys R us then touched up by The Residents afterwards.[1][2] To follow The Residents' childlike concept for the album, all the songs reference pre-existing nursery rhymes. "Disaster" specifically references the rhymes "Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be", and "Humpty Dumpty."
History
This song sadly has very little history. The song was recorded between January and February 1980 and like every other song from "Goosebump" was made with snakefinger as "Co-lead artist". [3]
Legacy
Although this song has not be revisited on its own, goosebump has been reissued a few times with the most notable cases being "Diskomo 2000" and "Eskimo pREServed."
Lyrics
Oh dear Oh dear Oh dear Oh dear What can the matter be? Oh dear What can the matter be? Oh dear Oh what can the matter be? Johnny’s so long at the fair
Oh dear He promised to buy me a Bunch o' Blue Ribbons Oh dear He promised to buy me a Bunch o' Blue Ribbons Oh dear He promised to buy me a Bunch o' Blue Ribbons To tye up my bonny Brown Hair
Oh dear What can the matter be? Oh dear What can the matter be? Oh dear Oh what can the matter be? Johnny’s so long at the fair
Oh dear Oh dear Oh dear Oh dear Oh dear Oh dear Oh dear Oh dear Oh dear
Humpty Dumpty Sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty Had a great fall All the king's horses And all the king's men Couldn’t put humpty together again
Falling Down Falling Down Falling Down Falling Down Falling Down Falling Down Falling Down Down Falling Down Falling Down Falling Down Down Down Falling Down Falling Down Falling Down Down Falling Down Falling Down Falling Falling Falling Down Falling Down Falling Down Down Falling Down Falling Down oh Falling Down Falling Down Falling Down Falling Down Down Falling Down Down Falling Down Down Falling Down Down Falling Down Down Falling Down Down Falling Down Down Falling Down Down[4]
Credits
- Snakefinger: Performance on Goosebump
- Drawing of The Residents by Jad Fair of Half Japanese
- Art Direction by Pore Know Graphics
List of releases
- Diskomo / Goosebump (1980) [Version 1]
- Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen "Classic Series" CD reissue (1987) [Version 1]
- In Memoriam Torso (1994) [Version 1]
- Diskomo 2000 (2000) [Version 1]
- Eskimo pREServed (2019)[Version 1]
List of versions
External links and references
- ↑ "On [side two] is a number entitled "Goosebump". What it is, is a medley of children's songs which are played entirely 100% on children's instruments, I mean, on toy instruments purchased from a toy store... It's more typically Residential [than "Diskomo"]. Jay Clem, KPFA Radio Interview, 1980
- ↑ Duck Stab Classic Series CD reissue liner notes, 1987
- ↑ The Cryptic Guide to The Residents
- ↑ Ima Buddy, ''ima Buddy's Totally Impartial Companion to Uncle Willie's Highly Opinionated BIG MAMAS'', 1992
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