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Someone farted my Lord, Kumbaya
Smells really bad, my Lord, Kumbaya
Stains in the underwear, Kumbaya
Bleach didn't work, my Lord, Kumbaya
Blamed it on the dog, my Lord, Kumbaya |
Peter Cross is the songwriter, the arranger, and the producer.
Commentary:
On July 29, 1996 (my birthday), an unforgettable night on the beach at San Luis Obispo occurred when
two of my female friends threw me a party. While waves crashed, moonlight reflected off the ocean, vast quantities of
chardonnay and maryjane were consumed and our beach fire grew hot, inspiration of the weirdest kind occurred. Out of
nowhere, Jason and Alex began to sing a song that we all decided was the most revolting folk song ever repeated, and
repeated, and repeated to death. And some spontaneous gaseousness on the part of Jason and Alex caused me to veer off in
that particular songwriting direction. I blocked on the last line because I had no idea where I was going with the song
anyway, nor did anyone except me really care. I felt that the lyrics should resolve with a joke, and Jason stepped up to
the plate with the perfect line "blamed it on the dog". I had to blame it on somebody, and a dog that just happened to be
there obviously had no idea what I was up to and it didn't seem to care.
This song is a perfect example of songwriting talent gone off into the twilight
zone and creativity gone wild. The recording session occurred in San Francisco on the sperm of the moment with the same two
female friends. The lead singer and her friend could not stop laughing, and an entire hour of recording time was lost while
the friend kept tickling the singer while she tried to sing the lead vocal. Since I was paying for the session, I eventually
had to get heavy with the women (which was LOTS OF FUN with these particular women). One hour later, the song was finished,
with me, Jason and Alex throwing in bits of insanity in the background. The track was done live with my studio guitarist
playing along at the same time, so there was no mixing necessary. What I have here is either a farting classic, or another
song that the whole world will ignore. Either way, we all had fun.
Music, lyrics, text, and web page design copyright 1996 © Peter Cross