Twinkle
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"Twinkle" is the 5th and final 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. "Twinkle" specifically references the rhyme "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star."
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
Unique to this project Twinkle was revisited for "Diskomo 2000" which included guest appearances from Isabelle Barbier and Nolan Cook. The song was chosen along with "Farmers" to be part of the compilation album "Heaven?". It was reissued on "Diskomo 2000", and "Eskimo pREServed."
Lyrics
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star How I wonder what you are Twinkle Twinkle Little Star How I wonder what you are Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky Twinkle Twinkle Little Star How I wonder what you are[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]
- Heaven? (1986) [Version 1]
- Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen "Classic Series" CD reissue (1987)
- 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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