 Here Come the Warm Jets (1974) [ larger cover art ] |
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Oh, cheeky cheeky
Oh, naughty sneeky
You're so perceptive and I wonder how you knew
But these finks don't walk too well
A bad sense of direction
And so they stumble round in threes
Such a strange collection
Oh, you headless chicken
Can those poor teeth take so much kicking?
You're always so charming
As you peck your way up there
And these finks don't dress too well (Oh, no! Oh, no!)
No discrimination (Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no!)
To be a zombie all the time (Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no!)
Requires such dedication (Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no!)
Oh please, sir will you let it go by?
Cos I failed both tests with my legs both tied
In my place the stuff is all there
I've been ever so sad for a very long time
My my, they wanted the works, can you this and that?
I never got a letter back
More for me, bless my soul
More for me, bless my soul
More for me, bless my soul
More for me, bless my soul
More for me, bless my soul
Oh, perfect masters
They thrive on disasters
They all look so harmless
Till they find there way up there
But dead finks don't talk too well (Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no!)
They've got a shaky sense of diction (Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no!)
It's not so much a living hell (Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no!)
It's just a dying fiction. (Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no!)
| FlatCat (Chicago) | Posted: Jun 22, 2010 - 10:39 Love the style, but the guitars are like dental drills inside my head. "I like to play it. But I can't take the racket." |
| jules44 (Sunny North Carolina) | Posted: Jun 22, 2010 - 10:26 I know Brian Eno is some sort of musical genius, but this song is just annoying. |
| nerakdon (Colorado) | Posted: Jun 22, 2010 - 10:26 This is Brian Eno?! Seriously? He's normally so good! |
| peter_james_bond (The Burg) | Posted: May 21, 2010 - 18:58 progrockette wrote: I think you can't overlook the fact that this song made in 1974, and was WAY ahead of its time.  And now for something completely different! |
| UltraNurd (Boston, MA) | Posted: May 21, 2010 - 15:45 On_The_Beach wrote: Kudos to Bill for playing old obscure Eno tracks that no one likes (well, except me and a few other weirdos). ; ) ::raises hand:: Although admittedly I hadn't heard it until here. |
| progrockette (Sonoma County) | Posted: May 21, 2010 - 14:51 tomis wrote: Sounds like the sort of thing one comes up with when messing about in Apple GarageBand on a lazy Sunday... Not good, not bad, it just is. I think you can't overlook the fact that this song made in 1974, and was WAY ahead of its time. |
| soulcollision (Vancouver, BC) | Posted: May 21, 2010 - 14:50 This has got to be one of the worst songs I have ever heard... with that said, I can appreciate that some people have positive connotations to it from back in the day... please no more! |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: May 21, 2010 - 14:49 dmax wrote: Oh you headless chicken Can those poor teeth take so much kicking. To be a zombie all the time Requires such dedication. THANKS BILL  |
| dannyboy57 (Somerville, MA) | Posted: May 21, 2010 - 14:49 OOOOOOOOHHHHHHH YEEEESSSSSS!!!! One of the greatest kiss-off songs ever written! (Oh no!)  |
| UncleChig (Montreal) | Posted: May 21, 2010 - 14:48 On_The_Beach wrote: Kudos to Bill for playing old obscure Eno tracks that no one likes (well, except me and a few other weirdos). ; ) Package me up in that wierdo box as well Mr. Beach ... .this is pure genius from a time and date when I stared for hours at the LP trying to figure this out. And freakin' out to the music .... and well .. you get the picture .. |
| (former member) | Posted: May 21, 2010 - 14:47 Oh you headless chicken Can those poor teeth take so much kicking. To be a zombie all the time Requires such dedication. THANKS BILL |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver, Canada) | Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 21:22 Kudos to Bill for playing old obscure Eno tracks that no one likes (well, except me and a few other weirdos). ; ) |
| ProgFusion | Posted: May 19, 2009 - 02:57 I guess it's not for everybody, given the ratings, but this is one of my favorite tracks from one of my favorite albums. |
| tomis (Monterey, CA) | Posted: May 19, 2009 - 02:47 Sounds like the sort of thing one comes up with when messing about in Apple GarageBand on a lazy Sunday... Not good, not bad, it just is. |
| FrankMc | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 12:12 Hey, stand proudly for your weirdnesses. At some level of examination, it's about all we have that separates us from the low beasts. (That and, as a funny person noted, "The ability to accessorize.") Proclivities wrote: This album was one of a few that helped get me through my high school years. Still sounds great to me today. Sorry if it sounds too "weird" for some of you. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 12:05 This album was one of a few that helped get me through my high school years. Still sounds great to me today. Sorry if it sounds too "weird" for some of you. |
| shutter (You can't get here from there) | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 12:04 aelfheld wrote: I think the reason "style elements he was using in the early '70s" pop up in this is because it was released in '74. When you think about it, 35 years old is pretty amazing. Most folks wouldn't be able to put a date to most of Eno's work. Even the Beatles' music, as well as the Stones, etc. is generationally obvious. |
| camden_hampden (Baltimore, MD) | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 12:01 Funny, I love 'em both. sdn wrote: Oh, this is weirdly funny. Cool. (MUCH better than that Tragically Hip song a few minutes ago, which everyone else seemed to love. Maybe it's me.) |
| aelfheld | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:58 I think the reason "style elements he was using in the early '70s" pop up in this is because it was released in '74. |
| zipper | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:58 I so hated this two months ago. Today, it made me laugh and wanna dance. Wait and see what June brings, I suppose. |
| FlamingLotus (South Austin, baby!) | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:58 Every time I try to like it, it takes things to an even weirder level, as if Brian Eno is in my head yanking my chain. GET OUT OF MY MIND!!! |
| FrankMc | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:57 "More for me, oh bless my soul." Truly bizarre, but I'm with Bob on this one. Somehow it works. It may require that one be a survivor of the 70s to feel that way, (if anyone can be said to have "survived" that bizarre decade) but pretty cool. |
| maryte (Blinding You With Library Science!) | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:56 I likes it, I does!  You haven't heard weird until you've heard Farmer Gabriel* by Moebius, Plank & Mayo (which was sorried immediately when I uploaded it to the LRC). More chicken references, too. *Here's a snippet |
| hungrywoman | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:56 I think this definitely elevated my self-esteem today. :-) |
| sdn (Philadelphia) | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:55 Oh, this is weirdly funny. Cool. (MUCH better than that Tragically Hip song a few minutes ago, which everyone else seemed to love. Maybe it's me.) |
| F1 (Pacific NW...gotta get back to Chicago) | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:55 Supposedly written as a dig against Bryan Ferry when Eno left Roxy Music. |
| lmic (Narrow Minded Couch Potato) | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:55 ScottFromWyoming wrote: What a bunch of wusses. Yeah - This is the same crowd that embraces Zappa? |
| aelfheld | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:55 Gives a new dimension to 'trippy'. |
| shayde (Natick, MA) | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:55 Okay I was fine until the "OH NO! OH NO! OH NO!" warbling crap. I'd like some sharp pointy sticks to jab into my ears now, please. But, as others have said, thanks for the warning, bill. Now stop please? :) |
| camden_hampden (Baltimore, MD) | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:54 Love this whole album and this era of Eno "pop". |
| UltraNurd (Boston, MA) | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 11:53 I like it, mostly because it's clearly so influential on his later production work. It stands on its own fairly well, too, albeit oddly akilter. |
| JonnyNismo (San Francisco) | Posted: Feb 13, 2009 - 10:08 This covers my dose of weird for the day. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Feb 13, 2009 - 10:08 ...on a casual background first listen, this definitely does not do it for me... ...i thought it was frank zappa until i checked... |
| UltraNurd (Boston, MA) | Posted: Feb 13, 2009 - 10:08 I like it. What's interesting to me is hearing style elements he was using in the early '70s that are still popping up in his production work. |
| rmh3 | Posted: Feb 13, 2009 - 10:07 If someone were to compile a "Worst of Eno" collection, this would be in it, even if it were only a one track collection. |
| linden (Santa Cruz, CA) | Posted: Feb 13, 2009 - 10:07 Um, yeah. Yeah?  |
| annersjen (in the rolling hills of New York) | Posted: Feb 13, 2009 - 10:07 oldman wrote: Somebody upload "Baby's on Fire" from this album Please!! And Cindy Tells Me. (Agreeing with another prior comment) |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Feb 13, 2009 - 10:07 At least Bill warned us. This IS weird. I sorta like it though. |
| jenakle (Tallahassee, FL) | Posted: Feb 13, 2009 - 10:07 wth is going on here?!?! |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet this is not my home) | Posted: Feb 13, 2009 - 10:06 So Brian Eno....Good to hear something so off the wall! |
| Shimmer (Bethesda, MD) | Posted: Feb 13, 2009 - 10:06 Count me as one more vote for Baby's On Fire instead. |
| (former member) (Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated) | Posted: Jan 12, 2009 - 18:38 MinMan wrote: "I was just a broken head Cluster & Eno? you wish. |
| MinMan (Bay Area, CA) | Posted: Jan 12, 2009 - 17:47 "I was just a broken head |
| petesoper (Apex, NC) | Posted: Jan 12, 2009 - 17:47 This needs to be near the top of the don't-play list. |
| purplespider (Portland, OR) | Posted: Jan 12, 2009 - 17:44 No kidding- that's irritating as all hell!  |
| kylemichael (Northern Virginia) | Posted: Jan 12, 2009 - 17:43 Sounds like someone is molesting a pelican in the background... |
| (former member) (Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated) | Posted: Jan 12, 2009 - 17:40 WTF! DEAD FINKS! and that nice little break with the awkward piano and "more fool me. bless my soul." I used to think it was "woof woof bless my soul" - which I still like better. THIS is why RP rocks! Oh you headless chicken. Can those poor teeth take so much kicking... |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Nov 10, 2008 - 16:31  |
| melissab (Green Country) | Posted: Nov 10, 2008 - 14:52 ScottFromWyoming wrote: What a bunch of wusses. Go dig out your Celine Dion records and leave us alone! Ew. Just EW. |
| ronniegirl (Middle of New Jersey) | Posted: Nov 10, 2008 - 14:18 I really like his ambient stuff. This? I think this is the first listen, and bless my soul, I just don't know yet. |