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"Boots" is the opening track from The Residents' debut album Meet The Residents, released in 1974 on Ralph Records.
Apparently born from a desire to see how avant-garde composer Karlheinz Stockhausen would have approached Nancy Sinatra's famous single "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" (written by Lee Hazlewood),[1] "Boots" is the first publicly released example of The Residents' tendency to deconstruct and re-interpret popular music.
History[]
On the original 1974 release of Meet The Residents, "Boots" has a duration of 1:38 and segues into the following track, "Numb Erone", but is heavily edited on the 1977 remixed version and loses most of the segue.
The Residents recorded the song again around 2014 for an unfinished re-recording of Meet The Residents. Versions from these sessions can be heard on Charles Bobuck's 2017 EP Clank Clank Clank, and on the 2018 pREServed reissue of Meet The Residents (entitled "Boots Again").
Lyrics[]
Original lyrics[]
Nancy Sinatra (in her boots)
You keep saying you got something for me Something you call love, but confess You've been messing where you shouldn't have been messing And now someone else is getting all your best
These boots are made for walking And that's just what they'll do One of these days these boots Are gonna walk all over you Yeah
You keep lying when you ought to be truthing You keep losing when you ought to not bet You keep saming when you ought to be changing Now what's right is right, but you ain't been right yet
These boots are made for walking And that's just what they'll do One of these days these boots Are gonna walk all over you
You keep playing where you shouldn't be playing And you keep thinking that you'll never get burnt, hah Well, I've just found me a brand new box of matches, yeah And what he knows, you ain't had time to learn
These boots are made for walking And that's just what they'll do One of these days these boots Are gonna walk all over you
Are you ready, boots? Start walking!
The Residents' version[]
Boots were meant for walkin' That's just what they'll do. One of these days These boots are gonna Walk all over you Walk all over you Walk all over you Walk all over you Walk all over you Walk all over you Walk all over you Walk all over you Walk all over you Walk all over you Walk all over you Walk all over you Walk all over you Walk all over you Walk all over you Walk all over you Walk all over you Walk all over you Walk all over you[2]
Credits[]
- Written By: Lee Hazelwood
List of releases[]
- Meet The Residents (1974) [Version 1]
- Meet The Residents stereo remix (1977) [Version 2]
- Uncle Willie's Highly Opinionated Guide To The Residents (1993) [Version 3]
- The Sycamore Street Studio (1974-77 Embracing Obscurity) (2014) [Version 3]
- Walk Over (2015) [Version 4]
- 80 Aching Orphans (2017) [Version 2]
- Clank Clank Clank EP by Charles Bobuck (2017) [Version 5]
- Meet The Residents pREServed CD edition (2018) [Version 1] [Version 2] [Version 6]
- Meet The Residents pREServed vinyl edition (2023) [Version 1] [Version 2]
List of versions[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 El Ralpho studio recording, February-October 1973 (original mono version, 1:26)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 El Ralpho studio recording, February-October 1973 (1977 stereo remix, 0:50)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 El Ralpho studio recording, February-October 1973 (excerpt, 0:38)
- ↑ Charles Bobuck studio recording, 2014 (Siri overdub mix, 4:53)
- ↑ Charles Bobuck studio recording, 2014 (3:38)
- ↑ Studio recording, ca. 2014 ("Boots Again", 2:04)
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Listen online[]
- "Boots" (original mono version) on Spotify
- "Boots" (original mono version) on Apple Music
- "Boots" (pREServed mono version) on Spotify
- "Boots" (pREServed mono version) on Apple Music
- "Boots" (pREServed stereo version) on Spotify
- "Boots" (pREServed stereo version) on Apple Music
- "Boots Again" on Spotify
- "Boots Again" on Apple Music
External links and references[]
- Meet The Residents at The Residents Historical
- "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" at Wikipedia
- "These Boots Are Made for Walkin' at Genius
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