A live version of “Cables” from the Bulldozer 12" EP closes out Atomizer. According to Steve Albini’s liner notes, the track was recorded “at the only benefit gig I’ve ever heard of where the club owner insisted on taking his standard cut from the door.”
[Audience member:]
"Louder! Louder!"
[Verse 1]
Well, I don't know why we come here
Guess I just needed the bang
We walk in the beef, and then we pull on the rope
And then the, then the hammer goes down
[Chorus]
Cables!
Cables!
Cables!
[Verse 2]
So I guess they know
I'm not no company man
But I can pull on a rope, I can kill a cow
As well as any other fucker can
[Chorus]
Cables!
Cables!
Cables!
Cables (Live) was written by Jeff Pezzati & Santiago Durango & Steve Albini.
Cables (Live) was produced by Brian Paulson & Iain Burgess.
from the liner notes of the Bulldozer EP:
these guys in montana would go to the slaughterhouse after school and watch the cattle die for entertainment. they used to describe the prods, hammers, cables and hooks with a kind of hobbyist’s fascination. sometimes they helped out.
from Atomizer:
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