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Food is Feeling
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Violent song about bulimia.
shockrock carey burtt careys problem lisa jenio cindy brolsma mental illness unpop art dave sardy
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UnPopArt, Shock Rock, Mental Illness Rock, Industrial Pop,
This is my old band from the eighties. Started with good friends Cindy Brolsma and Lisa Jenio. They are the core of CP but the whole thing was already kaput when this album was finally finished. I had to leave out some songs for legal and artistic problems (borrowed lyrics and at one point I segue into "Hey Jude" (what was I thinking?). I just wanted to play fancy guitar stuff...and I wrote the music first to all of them. I came up with guitar riffs. But they are outshined by the lyrics which were inspired by what I was reading, which was some extreme non fiction about child abuse, satanism, teen suicide, incest and serial killers. All hot topics in the eighties. I guess The Shaggs were an influence but so was the Skeleton Crew albums and Massacre's first. I was into all this extreme stuff but wanted to play off of the graveness of the subject matter with childlike vocals. Soundclick is like my graveyard of my dead old bands. Dave Sardy is to blame for making the record sound so good. I miss him. I was really into playing guitar then. I didn't think about vocal melodies too much. WARNING--These songs are very intense and assaultive and dense. I would consume them in small portions. Don't try to listen to the whole thing at once. As one 'fan' said to me "Music is spiritual and your music is oppressive." Plus we take sudden turns from brutal horrors to humor. Abusive music about abuse...Whatever. Enjoy (?)
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Peak #86
Peak in subgenre #12
Author
Carey Burtt
Rights
1987
Uploaded
March 12, 2005
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MP3 2.4 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
I was really into John Bradshaw's tee vee show about The Family (as a system) and he coined the terms "Arena of Shame" and 'Food is Feeling." I thought it had a nice ring to it. The meaning being that you eat as a mood inhancer or stablizer. Or you are eating your anger or whatever. I was really into Massacre first record and Skeleton Crew's stuff and I wanted to make something angular and violent and this is what I came up with. I also thought High School can be a torturous mental experience for young people and this was a day in the life of one it's afflicted victims.
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I wake up. I throw it up. I eat eggs. I throw it up. Kiss my mom. I throw it up. Go to school. I throw it up. I eat words. I make grades. I eat fish. I drink blood. Food is feeling. Where am I? Out of control. I'm alone. Out of Control. I'm asleep. Out of control. I'm awake. Out of control. Food is feeling. Call me names. I feel nothing. Pull my hair. I feel nothing. Burn my skin. I feel nothing. Break my neck.
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