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"Smack Your Lips (Clap Your Teeth)" (sometimes known simply as "Smack Your Lips") is a song by The Residents, first released on their 1982 album The Tunes of Two Cities.
It is an instrumental which is based on "In The Mood" by Glenn Miller, and featured prominently in the group's first touring performance The Mole Show in 1983.
The song has been performed live in concert at least 42 times, slightly more than other Mole Show songs; it was included in all but one performance, but was reprised as the encore to the show at least twice, and was performed by Randy Rose at his 2010 solo show, Moravian Meeting.
History[]
"Smack Your Lips (Clap Your Teeth)" was recorded by The Residents in January 1982, as part of the sessions that resulted in their album The Tunes of Two Cities - part two of their elaborate, ambitious, and ultimately unfinished Mole Trilogy project.
In the context of the trilogy, "Smack Your Lips" is an example of the music produced by the vapid and materialistic Chub culture. Like most of the Chub songs featured on The Tunes of Two Cities, "Smack Your Lips" was also based on big band swing and jazz music - in this instance, deriving particularly from "In The Mood" by Glenn Miller.
It was first performed live by the group in 1983 as part of their first touring performance The Mole Show, and later in 2010 by Randy & Už Jsme Doma during the Moravian Meeting concert.
Gallery[]
List of Releases[]
- The Tunes of Two Cities (1982) [Version 1]
- Ralph Before '84 (1984) [Version 1]
- Assorted Secrets (1984) [Version 2]
- Mole Show/Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats? VHS (1984) [Version 3]
- PAL TV LP (1985) [Version 4]
- Video Voodoo (1987) [Version 3]
- Mole Show (Live In Holland June 6th 1983) (1989) [Version 4]
- Louisiana's Lick (1995) [Version 4]
- Mole Box (2019) [Version 1] [Version 2] [Version 5] [Version 6]
- Eyeful (2020) [Version 6]
- Moravian Meeting - Už Jsme Doma and Randy Rose (2020) [Version 7]
- Mole Dance 82 Live In Studio (2021) [Version 5]
Versions[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Grove Street Studio recording, 1981-1982 (3:49)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Grove Street Studio Live Rehearsal version, May 5, 1983 (4:03)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Mole Show Holland live recording video edit, June 4th 1983 (2:38)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Mole Show Holland live recording, June 4th 1983 (4:15)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Grove Street Live in the Studio version, early 1982 (4:52)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Uncle Sam Mole Show live recording, October 7th 1983 (3:19)
- ↑ Moravian Meeting live recording, October 20th, 2010 (3:48)
Credits[]
- The Residents: Keyboards
- Snakefinger: Guitar
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The Mole Show (1982-1983) Set list |
