A tribute to the original sprechgesang madman, Can frontman Damo Suzuki.
From Reformation!:
This track is based to some extent on the Can track “Oh Yeah”, especially its drumbeat and Mark E Smith’s vocal phrasing.
Quotes from the booklet accompanying the Omnibus edition of This Nation’s Saving G...
[Verse 1]
Generous of lyric, Jehovah's Witness
Stands in Colog-ne Marktplatz
Drums come in
When the drums come in fast
When the drums can turn schlock into brass evil
[Verse 2]
What have you got in that paper bag?
Is it a dose of Vitamin C?
Ain't got no time for Western lesson
I am Damo Suzuki
I am Damo Suzuki
[Verse 3]
The park alight with acid rain
Give it to me Jaki every day
Who is Mr. Herr Stockhausen?
Introduce me
I'm Damo Suzuki
I am Damo Suzuki
I am Damo Suzuki
[Bridge]
Soundtracks, soundtracks
Melched together
The light
The light above you
[Verse 4]
Listener was in cahoots with Fritz Lieber
And read him every day
Recipe for fear gas and mounds of salt ash
Ride Puch bike putt putt, mind afire, okay
I have no time for Western lesson
I am Damo Suzuki
I am Damo Suzuki
[Verse 5]
May we go back to days pre-Virgin
CAN not Can on thin vinyl
The handle that was brass is now brass evil
The rock that was an egg is in wrong cradle
The hand that cradles the rock makes egg gooey
I am Damo Suzuki
[Verse 6]
Is this West lesson pattern?
Ram it, says Damo-spirit
Is this lesson European?
Speak it, says Damo-spirit
I am Damo Suzuki
I am Damo Suzuki
I am Damo Suzuki
I am Damo Suzuki was written by Brix Smith & Mark E. Smith & Karl Burns.
I am Damo Suzuki was produced by Simon Rogers & Mark E. Smith & John Leckie.
The Fall released I am Damo Suzuki on Mon Sep 23 1985.