In an interview with Evelyn Morris for LISTEN which focused on Shellac’s relationship with gender issues and feminism, Steve Albini specifically addressed an number of his songs, including “Genuine Lulabelle”:
This song has a main theme, memory, and a secondary one, how the exploits of men are cult...
You could say that I'm
The genuine article
Used to say
"We oughta call her 'Lulabelle'"
And Lulabelle remarks
Completely naked, on a lark
"It was a
"Conversation starter
"Give 'em a peek
"And they work a little harder"
You could say
I'm the genuine article
Close the lights
Pour the wine
Lose the pants
I'm genuine
Everybody party
Party hard
Everybody party
Party hard
— What have we got here? A genuine Lulabelle?
— What one wants is the real thing.
— What one wants is the real thing. The genuine article!
— What do you want?
All aboard
— The genuine article. What everyone wants...
Riding a train
— Is the real thing.
Covered in cum
— The genuine article.
Pulled by
— The genuine article.
Her
Caboose
— A real Lulabelle.
— A real Lulabelle.
— A real Lulabelle.
She knows her way around a cock
As good at sunrise
As she was at nine o'clock
Close the lights
Pour the wine
Lose the pants
I'm genuine
Come on, come on
Let's get the party started
Drunk and bruised and fucked and
Hollow-hearted
Everybody party
Party hard
Everybody party
Party hard
Yeah
I see my dead friend
As you lived
A range of stories told by men
Drinking and partying
And fighting on shore
Where your cock rattled around
The belly of a whore
And you could say that I'm
Genuine article
— A real Lulabelle.
Questi sono solo episodi. Una persona non può essere segnata da un singolo momento. Rispettatemi per come si debba rispettare chi ha vissuto una vita completa e complicata
Genuine Lulabelle was written by Todd Trainer & Bob Weston & Steve Albini.
Genuine Lulabelle was produced by Todd Trainer & Bob Weston & Steve Albini.
Shellac released Genuine Lulabelle on Tue Jun 05 2007.