by the Flat Astronauts

TIME 01:25

 

LYRICS

Fleshpie. I've got to eat another bite of fleshpie.
It'll go down softly when I eat the crust of the fleshpie.

I'm mighty high with the fleshpie.

Tastes delicious with the seed.

I know it's the pie that I need.

It was baked by a baker that knew my dad.

Fleshpie. Mmmmm. Fleshpie. Mmmmmm. Fleshpie.

I got to eat the Fleshpie.

 

RECORDED

Performed by the FLAT ASTRONAUTS
Written by the FLAT ASTRONAUTS
Recorded May 1997, Third Studio from the Sun, Wayne NJ
Appears on the full length Album: FLESH ISLAND
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PERSONEL

 

NOTES

Isolation Tank, from Episode 2 of Celsius, is sung by a character named Princess Wu, who is describing the structure of her society on the planet Epsilon to the Flat Astronauts.

One of the biggest thrills of working with a band is when the sum is more than the parts. In this case, I had written the main verse/chorus part by coming up with the lyric and melody in my bathroom in Norwalk Connecticut, where I would often sing into a hand held tape recorder. I brought the tape which comprised the melody and lyrics to the studio and played it for the band. I envisioned a rather straightforward song with female vocals. Quite rapidly the guys put together at atmospheric sound that evoked soft rock songs from the mid-seventies.

Bus suggested that many of our songs lacked a bridge (Pruneface for example), and suggested that this song was pretty enough to bear one out. Bill had a chord progression that he was working on entirely separate from this song which he brought forward and which fit in marvelously. We worked out the structure and nailed the song in a couple takes. Originally I sang “scratch” vocals.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with studio lingo, Scratch vocals are termporary vocals which are meant to be replaced on the final version of a song. My vocals were eventually dropped out, and replaced with Amanda’s double tracked vocals.
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STUDY QUESTIONS

1) What are the ingredients of your FLESHPIE?
2) What is the pie that YOU need?
3) Who is the baker that knew my dad?