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"Sinister Exaggerator" is a song composed by The Residents and Snakefinger, recorded in 1977 for the Duck Stab! EP, and later appearing on the Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen album.

History[]

It was written and recorded by The Residents and Snakefinger in October 1977, and was first released on the Duck Stab! EP on February 1st 1978.

It was re-recorded in 2012 for the D*ck S*ab album. The re-recording is mostly faithful to the original, featuring different instruments and no vocals.

The Residents were filmed performing the song live in the studio in May 2021 for the Duck Stab Alive! streaming TV special, and it was performed at the Dog Stab! tour of California in September that year.

Lyrics[]

Your life is leaning downhill
Sloping off the outer edge.
Your undetermined oyster beds
Were found to be a hedge.
You cause the kids of Elmer Fudd
To feed the farmer whose
Cadaver's filled with onion rings
And feet are filled with glue.
Now Sinister Exaggerator,
What's your claim to fame?
Is still your favorite Ferlinghetti
Found in Auntie Maim?
Your alter life is superseded
Only from above.
Your heart is like a silken sponge
That calls saliva love.[1]

Credits[]

List of releases[]

List of versions[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Grove Street studio recording, October 1977 (3:27)
  2. D*ck S*ab studio recording, 2012 (3:25)
  3. 25th Street Recording live studio recording, May 2021 (3:36)

External links and references[]

Duckstab-sml-transparent Duck Stab! EP
(1978)

Side A:
"Laughing Song" · "Blue Rosebuds" · "Constantinople"

Side B:
"The Booker Tease" · "Sinister Exaggerator · "Bach Is Dead" · "Elvis And His Boss"

Personnel
The Residents · Snakefinger

Related works
Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen · Duck Stab! film · D*ck S*ab - 35th Anniversary · Dog Stab! · Duck Stab Alive! · Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen Notebook

Related articles
Ralph Records · The Cryptic Corporation · Grove St. studio · Pore No Graphics · Graeme Whifler

Duckbuster-sml-transparent Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen
(1978)

Side A: Duck Stab!
"Constantinople" · "Sinister Exaggerator" · "The Booker Tease" · "Blue Rosebuds" · "Laughing Song" · "Bach Is Dead" · "Elvis And His Boss"

Side B: Buster & Glen
"Lizard Lady" · "Semolina" · "Birthday Boy" · "Weight-Lifting Lulu" · "Krafty Cheese" · "Hello Skinny" · "The Electrocutioner"

Personnel
The Residents · Snakefinger · Ruby

Related works
Duck Stab! EP · "Soulful Sax" · "Ow Boutthat" · "When Johnny Comes Marching" · "Unlisted" · "Santa Dog '78" · "Guylum Bardot '78" · Duck Stab! film · "Hello Skinny" video · D*ck S*ab - 35th Anniversary · Dog Stab! · Duck Stab! Alive! · Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen Notebook · "Duck Kosmische"

Related articles
Ralph Records · The Cryptic Corporation · Grove St. studio · Pore No Graphics · Graeme Whifler · Bridgit Terris · The Rick & Ruby Show · "Satisfaction" · Not Available · Eskimo‏‏‎

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