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(c) 2012 by Lewis D'Aubin & Joe Panno Released 5-1-12 on The Fump They said I was mad Unrepentantly insane As if something had broken off Deep inside my brain But I'll show them all Just what a genius can achieve Without a stupid conscience Always yanking at your sleeve They said I was mad! Demented as could be Splicing squirrel DNA into a chimpanzee But I think my fellow students Lacked the common sense or guts To create a creature smart enough to Contemplate its nuts They said my thought processes were all bad They said I was MAD They claimed my life would just make others sad They said I was MAD They thought I would be worse than my granddad They said I was Mad Is this idea the worst I've ever had? No! But they said I was Mad Yes, they said I was Mad guitar solo They said I was mad! Madder than hell Crazier than fishing in a wishing well Off of my rocker! Mendacious and mean Madder than a hatter In a Mad magazine Loco! Unhinged! Irrational and crazed If you knew the thoughts that I was thinking you would be amazed Because from the right perspective two plus two can make thirteen Your stupid minds can't understand the genius that I've seen They tried to stop all I'd carefully planned They said I was MAD Forbade me to reanimate this hand They said I was MAD They burned my books and tried to have me banned And then they planned to have me canned What? They said I was Mad! theremin solo They said I was mad Crazy as a loon The kind of guy who'd try to carve his name into the moon But I'll show them all just who's out of his mind The academic world can kiss my studious behind! They said I was mad And then they abducted me They locked me in this room and then they threw away the key They said a straightjacket was exactly what I needed If it weren't for those fools I would have certainly succeeded They labelled my life's work truly insane They said I was mad They flushed my whole career right down the drain They said I was mad Right off the rails just like a crazy train They said I was mad I lost my mind but they can't have my brain Ha! They said I was mad They said I was mad They said I was mad Do you think I’m mad? (you're beyond mad) Do you think I’m mad? (well, you certainly look the part) Do you think I’m mad? (we know you're mad) Well, it is not I who am crazy - it is I who am MAD! (they were right, you know.) |
Mad? MAD?!! ME?! 'THEY' don't know what THEY are talking about! We hope you all enjoy our expert perspective on the very benchmark of the condition we refer to as dementia: the collective mind of the Consortium of Genius! This song started as most do with a very sketchy drum groove, a vocal, and the barest hint of a bassline. Half a year later, we finally got serious about this when I came up with a verse and Joe Panno came up with a 'Rage Against the Machine' style riff to propel it. I set about writing a very self-conscious set of lyrics designed to be as 'in character' as possible for Dr. Pinkerton When the song was almost finished, I cast about on Facebook and elsewhere for some crowd-sourced cameo vocals, answering the question "Do you think I'm mad?" (similar to what we had done on Zombie Apocalypse BBQ a couple years earlier.) The best three submitted snippets were chosen and incorporated into the mix near the end, with Farrar Hudkins providing a very memorable tag to the entire affair at the very end. I had originally wanted a guitar solo for the middle, but Chris was at a loss to provide something appropriate, and I ended up doing something on my Theremin reminiscent of the solo from 'Bulls On Parade'. Got something I was VERY happy with in just one take! The song was released on The Fump and became VERY popular in the Demented Music community, getting a play on the legendary Doctor Demento show, and subsequently enjoying a record 26 weeks at the top of, appropriately enough the Mad Music Archive! Credits Drums...........drumbot Guitars.........Joe Panno, Chris Lenox Bass............Jim Fairchild Synthesizer.....Billy Riecke Trumpet.........Farrar Hudkins Trombone........Rin Medico Theremin........Lewis D'Aubin Lead vocal......Lewis D'Aubin, Barbie Cure Backing vocals..Lewis D'Aubin, Barbie Cure Special guests..Benjamin Bruinooge, Gil Jagot, Cory Callender Recorded and mixed May 2012 at C.O.G. Secret Lab, Harahan LA |