Lightning
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"Lightning" is a song by The College Walkers (also known as Residents, Uninc.), first released in December 1972 on their debut double 7" EP Santa Dog. Its title is often erroneously swapped with its adjacent track "Explosion", most recently in its appearance on the 2018 pREServed edition of Meet The Residents.
Composition
The song opens with an unaccompanied whistled melody, which is possibly a reference to the theme of 1960s American sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. The percussion section heard on the track is sampled from the 1930 recording of "Ritmica No. 6: Tiempo de Rhumba" by Cuban avant-garde composer Amadeo Roldán.[1]
Lyrics
When everyone lives in the future, The present is au revoir When everyone lives in the future, The present is au revoir When everyone lives in the future, The present is au revoir When everyone lives in the future, The present is au revoir
Something pale and mercenary left a pile of turkey very near a little Spanish town, And every day the big cranberries peer into the mouths of Marys being held for nothing more than being what was there before all this happened.[2]
List of releases
- Santa Dog (1972) [Version 1]
- The Residents Radio Special (1977) [Version 1]
- Meet The Residents Classic Series edition (1988) [Version 1]
- Refused (1999) [Version 1]
- Eat Exuding Oinks! Ralph Records' 1977 Radio Special (2002) [Version 1]
- Meet The Residents pREServed edition (2018) - mistitled "Explosion" [Version 1]
List of versions
External links and references
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Santa Dog (1972) Side A: "Fire" by Ivory and the Brain Eaters · Side B: "Explosion" by The Delta Nudes |
