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Enigma Variations 2

Various Artists

Initial release : 1987

Enigma / Restless

This compilation includes a song by The Dead Milkmen that refers to the Grateful Dead.

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Tracks

  • Burn Down the Malls - Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
  • Colors (Take Me Away) - TSOL
  • The Thing That Only Eats Hippies - Dead Milkmen
  • Fire in the Rain - Agent Orange
  • Man Bites Dog - Plan 9
  • Ahead - Wire
  • Praying Mantis - Don Dixon
  • Why - Wednesday Week
  • Erica's Word - Game Theory
  • Rainy Taxi - Jon Saint James
  • Too Many of My Yesterdays - Peter Hammill
  • Ship of Fools - Plan 9
  • Stupid Maryann - Dead Milkmen
  • Amsterdam Dog Shit Blues - Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
  • Best Friends - TSOL
  • Bite the Hand That Feeds Part II - Agent Orange
  • Drill - Wire
  • That Train - Wednesday Week
  • Shark Pretty - Game Theory
  • Why - Don Dixon
  • Pleasure Dog - SSQ
  • Painting by Numbers - Peter Hammill
Notes

The song The Thing That Only Eats Hippies includes the following lyrics;

Wendel brought it to life in his guest room bath tub
It was a special project for his 4-H club
But it broke loose out in the middle of the night
And now it's eatin' flower children left and right

All the punks are gonna scream yippee
'Cause it's the thing that only eats hippies

First it cruised on out to Malibu
And ate a couple a' surfers who where too tough to chew
So it slithered it's way out to old Irvine
And ate a couple a' hippies and they tasted just fine

Now its got a sweet tooth for long hair
So Bob and Greg and Grant you should beware

Followin' the Dead is how it gets it's kicks
Shame it wasn't born in 1966
Listens to the music and begins to sway
Dreamin' acid dreams of a hippie souffle, hey hey hey

What do they taste like some kind a' treat?
How many hippies can this monster eat?
It ate Stills and Nash before they could shout
And then it chewed on David Crosby but it spit him out

All the punks are gonna scream yippee
'Cause it's the thing that only eats hippies

There it goes
Gonna send 'em all to that big Folk Festival in the sky
So long suckers!
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