Numb Erone
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"Numb Erone" (or "Number 1") is a composition by The Residents, briefly intended to be performed as a ballet by an off-shoot project, the Number One band.
Although this project never came to fruition, a short instrumental version of the piece was featured as the second track on The Residents' debut album Meet The Residents, released April 1st 1974 on Ralph Records.
History
The earliest known recording of the song was titled "Number 1", circa 1972. This version is a live performance of the track as played by the Number One band, and was intended as a ballet piece. This version was first released on the 2013 compilation The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss. A different edit (missing intro banter) is found on Meet The Residents pREServed. (An even longer edit is found on the 3xLP edition, with a brief comment by Hardy Fox.)
The album version, recorded in 1973, is played solely on an upright piano and segues with a time signature joke into "Guylum Bardot".
Somewhere in between those two versions is another recording, much more frantic, with trombone, bass drum and violin, that segues directly into a song titled "Inka Don't Dry". This recording is found on Meet The Residents pREServed.
The Residents performed the song live at their debut performance in 1976. This version features the same lyrics as the early live version, except pronounced 'E-run, e-run-e, rum e-run-e num erum num erum'. This live version is largely made up of a backing tape, with live drums played over. The backing tape for the show was released in concentrate form on The Third Reich 'n Roll pREServed.
Lyrics
Number 1
Number, number one Number one one one one one one one one one Number, number one Number one one one one one one one one one Number, number one Number one one one one one one one one one Number, number one Number one one one one one one one one one
List of releases
- Meet The Residents Sampler (1974) [Version 1]
- Meet The Residents (1974) [Version 2]
- Meet The Residents stereo remix (1977) [Version 3]
- Liver Music (1990) [Version 4]
- UWEB Box Set (1995) [Version 4]
- Kettles Of Fish On The Outskirts Of Town (2003) [Version 4]
- Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! Can't You See That It's True, What The Beatles Did To Me I Love Lucy Did To You (2010) [Version 5]
- The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss (2013) [Version 6]
- The Residents Present The Delta Nudes (2016) [Version 6]
- Meet The Residents pREServed CD edition (2018) [Version 2] [Version 7] [Version 8]
- The Third Reich 'n Roll pREServed edition (2018) [Version 4] [Version 9]
- Meet The Residents pREServed vinyl edition (2023) [Version 2] [Version 7] [Version 8]
List of versions
- ↑ Sycamore Street studio recording, February - October 1973 (sampler edit, 0:27)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sycamore Street studio recording, February - October 1973 (original mono version, 1:23)
- ↑ Sycamore Street studio recording, February-October 1973 (1977 stereo remix, 1:07)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! live recording, Longbranch Saloon, Berkeley, California, June 7th 1976 (edited version, 1:25)
- ↑ Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! live recording, Longbranch Saloon, Berkeley, California, June 7th 1976 (2:33)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Number One band Sycamore Street "live" studio recording, 1973 (2:40)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Sycamore Street studio demo, 1973 ("Inka Don't Dry" intro, 2:54)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Number One band Sycamore Street "live" studio recording, 1973 (edited version, 2:20)
- ↑ Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! instrumental backing tape, 1976 (1:45)
See also
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Meet The Residents (1974) Side A |