VINYL



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One needs only to hear "Vinyl" to comprehend the degree of Plaastik's boredom during the London sessions, as well as their complete rejection of Hugh Padgham's credentials and abilities as producer. The song is "a spit in the eye to his values," according to Jay Kay Ray. The bass is the source of the main riff, rolling up and down while loud, quick bursts of guitar and drums provide shots in the arm over Nick Parker's nonchalant, hushed narration. After being given more freedom in the wake of the success of "Mainstream Single," the band forced this to be the third single from HEAR THE NEW NOISES as a fuck-you of sorts to Geffen. To everyone's surprise, it hit #34 on the charts, a higher position than the much more commercial "Only in Theaters."

In live performances, Nick Parker improvised different narration. Some of them followed the same plot as the studio cut or something similar, some were entirely different. The song has since been retired.

A rarely-seen video for the song features black and white footage of people climbing buildings.


I went out one night to catch my bud Zeke
Zeke wanted me to meet his new neighbor
Some fucking hippie dude next door
Sittin' around in a recliner all day
Smokin' dope and playin' the Doors

Zeke said he was pissed
Said the music plays all night
The Dead and Creem and Janis
Hendrix and Floyd
All top volume, all the time

And when Zeke knocked on his door
Some naked chick just offered him a joint
And the hippie motherfucker was too stoned
To wrap his hand around the volume dial
But Zeke couldn't touch it
Because it was covered with ejaculate

Then one weekend David Crosby was in town
Hippie shithead always left his window open
We climbed along the pipes over the bustling city
Made our way into his apartment
Where it smelled like a head shop

We threw all his pot out the window
We stole the needle from his turntable
We stole the hot sex pics of his little hippie chick
Then my man Zeke, he took out his lighter
I told him it was going too far
And do you know what he said to me?
He said "you try sitting through 'Truckin'' every night"

He started at the end of the record shelf
And set all them vinyl LPs aflame
The first victim was Dark Side of the Moon
Followed by Electric Ladyland
All in ashes pretty soon

The fire was beautiful, all the colors of the rainbow
When it was out we climbed back out of the window
Back to Zeke's apartment
Then we rented 'Fast Times' and a couple of pornos
And we never heard from that hippie bastard or his naked chick again.