This song is, believe it or not, a parody.
Of Beck.
This is the Butthole Surfers writing the type of song - complete with slowed-down guitar riffs, spoken-work verses, and backmasked endings a la "Loser".
It ended up being the biggest thing this very fringe band ever did - reaching the top 40 and getting POP RADIO airplay in 1996.
Pop radio airplay. Wow, I cannot imagine those pop DJs having to say "Butthole Surfers" every day.
Worse, Capitol Records expected them to follow their success - which, of course, they could not, so they got dropped. Which, artistically, was a good thing. Although on a 7-year hiatus, the band, which formed in 1976 and had their biggest hit in 1996, is still together and not broken up.
A song like this is not exactly built for a live performance - but they did it. They sure did it.
On French TV. And other places, too, but this was my favorite.
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