Birdbrain!

“Birdbrain runs the World!/ Birdbrain is the ultimate product of Capitalism”.
Never inappropriate to the times – it seems fitting to, once again, place a little spotlight on this song, this classic polemical lyric – “Birdbrain” – Above, the recorded version, with the Denver-based band, The Glu-ons, (first released on a 7-inch and subsequently included on Holy Soul Jelly Roll) – and here’s a very different version (from Marc Olmsted’s San Francisco band, The Job) – both versions are from 1981

See here Allen in Japan in 1988 performing the song

“Birdbrain runs the Pentagon, his brother runs the CIA, Fatass Bucks!”

One comment

  1. Yesterday morning I woke up thinking, “I wonder Frank Zappa is in my closet?” this morning I woke up wanting to reread “Birdbrain!” I almost never think of them in the same breath, Allen and Zappa, but that was one breath, and this is another.

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