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Thread #81566 Message #1497341
Posted By: Jim Dixon
01-Jun-05 - 09:24 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Get a Load of This (from R Crumb)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about TV Dinners
I found this quote, which I'd bet is a better transcription. Why would a burrito be pink? Why would it need to be pink?
Don't want no carrots. Don't want no peas,
But a big burrito brings me to my knees.
So, bring a load of RC Cola,
TV Dinner, a plate of Twinkies.
It takes a big burrito for to keep me clean.
The song is GET A LOAD OF THIS, recorded by R. Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders on their first album, "R. Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders," Blue Goose LP 2014, 1974. The song was credited to Robert E Armstrong and Allan Dodge, members of the Cheap Suit Serenaders.
This recording was also included on a Dr. Demento anthology, "Dr. Demento's Delights," Warner Brothers LP BS-2855, 1975.
My guess is, Cookie overestimated the age of the song.
However, there is also a tune (no lyrics) called GET A LOAD OF THIS, recorded by The Red Heads (an earlier version of Red Nichols and His Five Pennies) in 1926. It was written by Eddie Lang and Arthur Schutt. You can hear it at The Red Hot Jazz Archive. Is it possible that the Serenaders lifted the earlier tune and wrote words to it? I don't know; I haven't heard the Serenaders' song, but the earlier tune comes from the right era and sounds like the kind of music R. Crumb likes to do.