by the Flat Astronauts

TIME 02:34

 

LYRICS

Scientists were bewildered!
y! Heads go black!
 tank
 

RECORDED

Performed by the FLAT ASTRONAUTS
Written by the FLAT ASTRONAUTS
Recorded ?? 1994, Ptlyradactyl Studios, Boonton NJ
Appears on the full length Album: RED PANTS AND POLAR BEARS
OC-0009

 

PERSONEL

NOTES

On the night before our first official gig as the Tombstone Teeth, we were rehearsing our material and realized that we needed a really rocking song to end our set. Instantly Stan came up with a guitar riff that just ripped the roof off. I decided to add a spoken introduction and Lord Claud came up with the idea of kicking off the song with a Siren. The song was a last minute piece that came together in about 5 minutes. X the Unknown wound up being one of our most endearing songs.

The lyrics are loosely based on imagery from two B-Movies: X the Unknown and the Crawling Eye. In the Crawling Eye there’s a giant creature that ramdomly decapitates humans, eats their heads and leaves their headless bodies lying around hotels. It was quite disturbing as a young child (though the film’s pay off is pretty lame). X the Unknown was a film with a creeping radioactive blob that ate human flesh and left a skeleton behind. The third influence was a creepy book I had about Death which showed a picture of someone’s decapitated head --- all black and gross, which made quite an impression on me as a youngster.
 

 

STUDY QUESTIONS

1) What does the word “epidermic” mean?
2) How many famous people can you name who have been decapitated?
3) Why are the scientists bewildered?