What is Pepper, by the Butthole Surfers about?

[MikeMike]

just seems like a really weird song. its a good one, but very weird.

i give it 2:thumbsup:

 

[FoBoT]

i love the BHS's , i used to have a cassette tape of theirs i played all the time
i need to get some cd's

let use anal-yze the song, tehehehe

BUTTHOLE SURFERS LYRICS

"Pepper"

Marky got with Sharon
And Sharon got Sharice
She was sharing Sharon's outlook
On the topic of disease
Mikey had a facial scar
And Bobby was a racist
They were all in love with dyin'
They were doing it in Texas
Tommy played piano
Like a kid out in the rain
Then he lost his leg in Dallas
He was dancing with a train
They were all in love with dyin'
They were drinking from a fountain
That was pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
I don't mind the sun sometimes
The images it shows
I can taste you on my lips
And smell you in my clothes
Cinnamon and sugary
And softly spoken lies
You never know just how you look
Through other people's eyes
Some will die in hot pursuit
In fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain

[Chorus]

Another Mikey took a knife
While arguing in traffic
Flipper died a natural death
He caught a nasty virus
Then there was the ever-present
Football player rapist
They were all in love with dyin'
They were doing it in Texas
Polly caught a bullet
But it only hit his leg
Well it should have been a better shot
And got him in the head
They were all in love with dyin'
They were drinking from a fountain
That was pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain

[Chorus]

 

[meltdown75]

you seriously like that tune? nice

 

[imported_KirbsAw]

That song used to get stuck in my head all the time! And thanks to this thread it is now stuck in my head just from seeing the lyrics again.

 

[Eli]

It's catchy.

In a bizarre way.. lol

 

[FoBoT]

D'oh! i was actually thinking of my Surf Punks tape, not BHS

my beach - someone ripped my stick - can't get a tan - punch out at malibu

The live shows of the Surf Punks included prancing bikini-babes on stage, as well as a full size Lifeguard Tower (with lifeguard!) Beach Sand, surfboards, etc. In the heydays of the punk explosion in LA, the shows were wild and abandoned, the lead singer Drew Steele known to cover his body with baby oil, ketchup, mayonnaise, and all sorts of sundry foodstuffs during the song "I Can't Get a Tan", which usually led to the audience being doused with a fire extinguisher, and then having a bag of baking flour dumped on them in a white cloud by the flailing Steele.

the BHS are good too

 

I can't believe you just got that song stuck in my head again. I'm doomed to another 7 years of hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:|

 

[FoBoT]

<FoBoT backs away slowly pointing to nourdmrolNMT1> IT WAS HIM!

 

[Wahsapa]

sounds like the plot to a depressing teenage 80s movie

 

[chambersc]

i actually quoted BHS in one of my posts about something. luckily, someone caught on.

 

[Shawn]

we just had a thread about this song.

 

[spidey07]

because it was the foundation of what we now call "rap"

-edit- what is about? Folk...the telling of a story, look to Beck's influences.

 

[FeuerFrei]

I loves Pepper. That's probably their only good song.