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are you trying to reach me through my yogurt? was it the flax seed?
Song Info
Genre
Charts
Peak #484
Peak in subgenre #53
Author
Janky/Wonder/Varese/May/Bahjawa
Rights
The Big O
Uploaded
November 09, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 7.5 MB • 128 kbps • 8:14
Story behind the song
I wanted to do a song for Maurice Rickard's fifth annual Open Mic Jandek Cover Night. I thought that Pending Doom would be a nice choice. As I worked on it, it turned into my strangest Jandek cover by far. Something about it reminded me of I Wish by Stevie Wonder, and The Prophet Song by Queen, and the jumble of percussion at the beginning reminded by of Ionization by Varese... so I started to jam them all together, and then the lyrics reminded me of my other obsession, the movie Ishtar... and gradually I mutated Jandeks lyrics until they tell (in part) the plot of Ishtar...
My wife said this will make Jandek fans angry, it is such a departure of Jandek's original vision... I can't think if any excuse for this sick behavior.
Lyrics
Omar: Professor. Professor Barnes!
Barnes: Are you absolutely certain
that this is a map of lshtar?
Omar: l'm positive.
l am proficient in th-century Kufic.
This map is incredible.
lt speaks of a time of upheaval
when two messengers
will appear in lshtar.
And through them,
the poor and lonely will rise up,
and the mighty will be humbled.
lt's uncanny, isn't it? lt speaks
of two messengers. And now we two
have found it just as it foretold.
Barnes: Oh, don't be a fool.
Omar: Please!
Barnes: We are not two messengers.
We're two archaeologists
who found a map which,
if it is authenticated,
could start a holy war
that would enflame
the entire Middle East.
lshtar is on the brink
of revolution now.
WHlSPERS:
There's someone
outside the tent.
Take it.
Hide it.
Pending Doom
Pending Doom
Pending Doom
Pending Doom
Back in New York City
Lyle and the Hawk were writing songs
Our boys were ambitious
They wanted to be bigger than King Kong
Though they did their damdest
Life’s a bitter herb
Pouring hearts and souls into
every noun and verb
They flew across the ocean
They really put their asses on the line
Two travelers approaching
The faithful thought their mission was devine
They’re running out of water
Vultures here on spec
they’ve got a price on their heads
Their whole lives are a wreck
Impending doom – ow! Everything has changed
Impending doom – ow! Nothing is the same
Impending doom – ow! The world is rearranged
Impending doom – ow! Ishtar is in flames
It’s gone insane
Unknown to will of man
Impending doom, impending doom,
Impending doom, impending doom,
Impending doom, impending doom,
Impending doom, impending doom,
Pending doom, pending doom
Pending doom, pending doom
Pending doom
Pending doom, pending doom
Pending doom, pending doom
Pending doom, pending doom
Pending doom, pending doom
Pending doom, pending doom
Pending doom
travelers approach, travelers approach, two travelers approach
travelers approach, two travelers approach
They’re Gigging in Moroco
They sing sinatras Strangers in the Night
The yellow rose of Texas
Gets everybody feeling outta sight
They hit big with the audience
They think their on their way
If they outsmart the emir
And survive the CIA
Behind the shield of friendship
secret plans are hatched along the way
At the camel market
Mohammad sold them what they need today
Unconscious thread is tangled
In their fevered minds
They stumble through the desert
On a camel who is blind
Impending doom – ow! Everything has changed
Impending doom – ow! Nothing is the same
Impending doom – ow! The world is rearranged
Impending doom – ow! Ishtar is in flames
Chuck: Abdul, hold my legs!
Abdul: My car is parked
at the other end
of the medina.
Lyle: Come on, come on, hurry!
Chuck: Where are we going?
Lyle: The camel market,
Shali Benimal!
