#FortnightFridayMusic
Oct 17 2025
The prompt is #Fountain

Butthole Surfers, “Pepper” from Electriclarryland, 1996

Lyric (say it with me):
Marky got with Sharon, Sharon got Cherese
She was sharing Sharon's outlook on the topic of disease
Mikey had a facial scar and Bobby was a racist
They were all in love with dyin', they were doing it in Texas
Tommy played piano like a kid out in the rain
And then he lost his leg in Dallas, he was dancing with a train
They were all in love with dyin', they were drinking from a fountain
That was pouring like an avalanche comin' down the mountain

Sometimes you just need something to yell along to. THIS was the track: kicks hard, trippy (those backwards vocals!)*, has a groove. Can you ask for more?

*The lore has it that there's backward-tracked guitar and the guitars are great but I hear what sounds like percussion's backwards "zzzzps!" more prominently, along with those cool vocals.

But seriously, if The Nails' "88 Lines About 44 Women" and Revolver-era Beatles had a baby and had Henry Rollins nanny, it might turn out like this.

#ButtHoleSurfers #psychedelic #alternative #90s #90sMusic