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"Freak Out!" went through numerous directional changes during its three-month incubation. Thematically, it began as a song exploring the ectasty of liberation - celebrating the moment when one becomes free by having a "freak out" moment. But it morphed into something darker
as it began depicting fellow workers in a high-stress design studio environment - as people began freaking out from nerve-fraying, missed-deadline, job-pressure anxiety.
Somewhere in the process the lyrics went from being all rhyming couplets to a mix of couplets and triplets. This particular version split into two halves - a his and a her section of mini-portraits.
The soundtrack kept freaking out with each new version. Wah-wah effects eventually took over and became the standard - a freak out of its own, I guess, which could land me in trouble with the wah-wah police. Intro
and exit sections got tacked on, but whether they are an enhancement or not is unclear to me. The instrumental break kept going off in about 15 different directions, which was both exciting and frustrating at the same time.
So maybe this is one of those songs that is impossible to pin down - that every time you take a stab at it, it goes off in another direction ... which, probably, is a "freak out" in itself.
as it began depicting fellow workers in a high-stress design studio environment - as people began freaking out from nerve-fraying, missed-deadline, job-pressure anxiety.
Somewhere in the process the lyrics went from being all rhyming couplets to a mix of couplets and triplets. This particular version split into two halves - a his and a her section of mini-portraits.
The soundtrack kept freaking out with each new version. Wah-wah effects eventually took over and became the standard - a freak out of its own, I guess, which could land me in trouble with the wah-wah police. Intro
and exit sections got tacked on, but whether they are an enhancement or not is unclear to me. The instrumental break kept going off in about 15 different directions, which was both exciting and frustrating at the same time.
So maybe this is one of those songs that is impossible to pin down - that every time you take a stab at it, it goes off in another direction ... which, probably, is a "freak out" in itself.
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Lyrics
FREAK OUT!
Like a babe born with a bunion
his life is a conundrum
as he peels away the onion
freak out!
his silly sexual games
have shackled him with shame
why doesn't he free his name and just
come out?
when you're hanging on, riding the red bull
be careful it's not your tail that is the one that's getting pulled
he's such a freaky boy
who craves the latest joys
with the newest techno toys
geek out!
What you call cute can often be offensive
It seems you're always forcing me to go on the defensive
a determined old codger
waving his jolly roger
at every available lodger
freak out!
she looks so coyly fetching
her long limbs Lycra stretching
her tiny tits so bitchin'
tweak out!
she's indescribably squeezy
but her demeanor is so cheesy
her jokes will make you queasy
get smart!
she claims her planets are currently out of conjunction
and this cosmic turmoil accounts for her dysfunction
she's cloned like an android
she's tawdry as a tabloid
she clings like a hemorrhoid
Look out!
there she goes like a horse clip clomping down the hall
wearing leather boots that must be 30 inches tall
there's no doubt she's beneficial
when she pouts her lips presidential
just don't tell her anything confidential
freak out!
Like a babe born with a bunion
his life is a conundrum
as he peels away the onion
freak out!
his silly sexual games
have shackled him with shame
why doesn't he free his name and just
come out?
when you're hanging on, riding the red bull
be careful it's not your tail that is the one that's getting pulled
he's such a freaky boy
who craves the latest joys
with the newest techno toys
geek out!
What you call cute can often be offensive
It seems you're always forcing me to go on the defensive
a determined old codger
waving his jolly roger
at every available lodger
freak out!
she looks so coyly fetching
her long limbs Lycra stretching
her tiny tits so bitchin'
tweak out!
she's indescribably squeezy
but her demeanor is so cheesy
her jokes will make you queasy
get smart!
she claims her planets are currently out of conjunction
and this cosmic turmoil accounts for her dysfunction
she's cloned like an android
she's tawdry as a tabloid
she clings like a hemorrhoid
Look out!
there she goes like a horse clip clomping down the hall
wearing leather boots that must be 30 inches tall
there's no doubt she's beneficial
when she pouts her lips presidential
just don't tell her anything confidential
freak out!
Feter
wo ...freak out indeed .. great singing ..
trippy sound with the guitars ...thnx for
shain !!