Home Age Conversation

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Home Age Conversation

Fingerprince Side A label art, 1977

Artist

The Residents

Album

Fingerprince

Recorded

November 1976

Studio

Grove Street studio, San Francisco, California

Length

2:03

Track chronology
Previous	Next
"You Yesyesyes"	"Godsong"

"Home Age Conversation" a song by The Residents, which is the second track on their 1977 album Fingerprince.

History[]

The best known version of the song was recorded in November 1976, and features Snakefinger on backing vocals instead of guitar. This late session is known to be the last of Fingerprince record song the last one made for the Tourniquet of Roses project shortly before it was split into two releases

The song would not be revisited until 2018 when a group of fans would come together and make a podcast revolving around The Residents called "Home Age Conversation." After learning about this podcast from the group the Cryptic Corporation gave a shout out in their December 2018 Newsletter.

The only time The Residents revisited the song was for the 2023 pREServed vinyl edition of Fingerpirnce. The C-side contains a Tourniquet of Roses RDX with a new version of this song called "Home Aged Conversations"

Lyrics[]

Walking where the windy stops
The tops of trees are bare
Where'd you go, you didn't say
And I was so upset
And I saw a thousand motorcycles
As they made meat out of Mars.
Way to go
You know the way
To San Jose in cars.
Let the best of Wild Wild West
Digest and have some tea.