OKTOBERFEST

PARODY OF OCTOBER

OREO

I CHOW DOWN

I CHEW ON A STICK STREWN

WITH DAYGLO

FREE CHOICE

GYRO

TOMATOES

OKTOBERFEST

WITH A TROUT (GENUS SALMO)

STRANGE FARE IN A STRANGE CAN

TARTLET

IS THAT SMALL?!

OCTOBER 1981

OKTOBERFEST, UCHEW's sophomore album, was released in the fall of 1981, just in time for the worldwide autumnal festival sharing its namesake. Conceived initially as a celebration of Bavarian culture, the album features some of UCHEW's most devout lyrics…that is, being devout about food, pixie sticks, takeout, late night drunken food options, missing vegetables, fish, mysterious missing labels, and cookie sandwiches!

Due to a misplaced McDonald's sack full of lyrics, Bonneeau was forced to rewrite the majority of the album quickly. And they say never to write an album while hungry!

Known as the runt of UCHEW's discography, true UCHEW fans will nonetheless appreciate the sonic thrill of the album and its surprising, yummy depth—it's UCHEW now with double stuff!

“All of the guitarists that I've liked have been totally anti-Oreo Double Stuff.” - The Wedge

OREO

PARODY OF GLORIA

I pry and with my tongue plow

I pry this white stuff

It’s what I like to eat

I pry

I pry and eat up

But first I lick the cream

Oreo...into my tummy

Oreo...excellent taste

Oreo

Oh boy!

Cookie sandwich!

I pry and with my tongue plow

I pry

Make a spin

No, I don’t want some s’mores

For s’mores start opened

I’ll lick them bare

Dip them in milk

Oreo...into my tummy

Oreo...excellent taste

Oh boy!

Were I to pick one thing

Just one thing at all

I’d only eat you

Oreo...into my tummy

Oreo

TRACK 1

SINGLE RELEASED OCTOBER, 1981

LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW

I CHOW DOWN

PARODY OF I FALL DOWN

Julie says my diet’s getting nowhere

Denotes I’d better cope

Or she’d leave my ass soon

Don’t want this fruit cup

Rather cake up

But when I give up

I chow down

Julie breaks up

Julie’s sick of worrying

I coat with butter

Spread fat on everything

To her dismay gonna clock in a ton

Sag my skin with weight gain

My heart blocked once again

Now I chow down

I’m chowing down

I chow down

Julie throws wedding ring

Julie says she’s sorry

Promise to get better

But she’s not staying

To see me die any day

Don’t want to split up

But her mind’s made up

So pizza I bake up

I chow down

I’m chowing down

I chow down

I loathe myself

I chow down

I’m chowing down

I chow down

When I feel down

When I chow down

Is when I’m feeling down

Then I chow down

I chow down

TRACK 2

LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW

I CHEW ON A

STICK STREWN WITH DAYGLO

PARODY OF I THREW A BRICK

THROUGH A WINDOW

She was balking

So I bawl

And try again

She just keeps balking

I’m cockblocked

From these Day-Glo treats

I’m bereft

And this rejection

When I thought about it

For confection

Crowing “unfair!”

No mom

No mom less kinder

Than she

Won’t buy me treats

No mom

No mom less kinder

Truly!

I keep talking

And I weep

I don’t stop talk...

Talk...

Talking...

Civility’s through

I’ll get my due

So my mother

Scared of

Another wave of my tears

Will discover

That I won’t pout

That I won’t shout

If I get some pixie sticks here

TRACK 3

LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW

FREE CHOICE

PARODY OF REJOICE

I'm calling

And for sides

I'm thinking:

Maybe hash browns

Guy replied

On the phone

Confounds

Says to pick one again

And what am I to choose?!

What in the world I'd find okay?!

There's nothing else that'd do

He says

That he doesn't have all day

A free choice!

Though menu earlier I'd read

Left me unprepared

So I said,

“This is just crazy...

And I'm too hungry

To decide!"

And what am I to choose?!

What in the world I'd find okay?!

There's nothing else that'd do

But maybe you can choose for me

For a free choice!

Free choice...

And what am I to choose?!

What in the world

Am I to choose today?!

There's nothing else that'd do

But maybe

You can choose for me

For a free choice!

I don't know

What to choose!

Free choice...

TRACK 4

LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW

GYRO

PARODY OF FIRE

Crawling, crawling

The pub stopped serving snacks

Crawling, crawling

We’re eating at a shack

With a gyro

Crawling, crawling

The booze went to my head

Crawling, crawling

I’m better once I’m fed

With a gyro

Gyro

When there’s a gyro inside

Won’t be falling over

There’s a gyro in me

When I go out

I buy a gyro

Gyro

Then head for home

Crawling, crawling

The bars that are downtown

Crawling, crawling

Must be a place around

That serves gyros

Gyros

When there’s a gyro inside

Won’t be falling over

There’s a gyro in me

When I go out

I buy a gyro

Gyro

Then head for home

TRACK 5

SINGLE RELEASED JULY, 1981

LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW

TOMATOES

PARODY OF TOMORROW

Why do we lack tomatoes?

Don’t you see my plight?

Provide

Somebody provide

Somebody please go to the store

There’s a market down

At the end of the road

Please go to the store

I’m really out

I’m really getting bothered

I’m really out here

Why do we lack tomatoes?

Won’t you get me tomatoes!

Where did they all go?

What were they used for?!

I know for certain

That I had some more

Whoever’s responsible

Whoever you are

Go to the store

Just go to the store

I want back my tomatoes!

Get me a sack of tomatoes!

I want salad tonight!

‘Cause I ask you

I ask you

I really suggest you go and

Get me back my tomatoes!

Just a sack of tomatoes!

Offer up

Offer up for the love of God

I’m really hungry

And I want to eat

Firm red skin

Plumb & juicy

I’m really out here

I’m really getting bothered

I’m really out here

And I don’t think you care

TRACK 6

LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW

OKTOBERFEST

PARODY OF OCTOBER

Oktoberfest

Und alle Fässchen klopften

Und wir tragen leiderhosen

Ich sorge mich nicht

Oktoberfest

Der Biersaal steigt

Und Biersaal fällt

Aber Sie gehen weiter

“O’zapft is!”

Translation:

Oktoberfest

And the kegs are all tapped

And we wear leiderhosen

I do not worry

Oktoberfest

Your beer halls rise

And your beer halls fall

But you go

“It’s tapped!”

TRACK 7

LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW

WITH A TROUT

(GENUS SALMO)

PARODY OF WITH A SHOUT (JERUSALEM)

Oh, where do we throw?

Where do we throw from here?

Where to throw?

To the side of a gill

Blood was spilt

We were still hooking on each other

But we're throwing back there!

Genus Salmo

Trout

With a trout

Trout it out

Out

Trout it out

I want to go

To the foot of Loch Lomond

To the boat of He

Who saved me seat

To the side of a gill

Blood was spilt

We were filled with a lunch

And we're going to be there again

Genus Salmo

Trout

With a trout

Trout

TRACK 8

LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW

STRANGE FARE

IN A STRANGE CAN

PARODY OF STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND

Strange fare

Strange fare in a strange can

It looks to me

Like it was the one with salmon

We’re tasked with this pile

Like a research staff

Weighted awhile to see

A Frenchman also in the kitchenette

Guessed 'Ragoût de boulettes'

We cooked the meat

And we did eat

But we're still not sure here

Oh, and we wished it were clear

Strange fare

Strange fare in a strange can

It looks like meat

That I guess may belong in a bun

I watched as we ate

And the mystery discussed

I watched the way we paused

The way we paused

As if the issue was trust

And I really don't mind the taste

Could be 'boar'

But I couldn't sleep later

The thought gnawed

What if Irish settler

Or a gnu I had for a meal?

Oh, we wished it were clear

One thing we could agree

Right here

Oh, we wished it were clear

TRACK 9

LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW

TARTLET

PARODY OF SCARLET

Free choice

TRACK 10

LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW

IS THAT SMALL?!

PARODY OF IS THAT ALL?

Oh, to sing this song

Makes me hungry

Always hungry

It's true

Is that small?

Oh, to eat Ding Dongs

Make me happy

Just not happy with two

Are these Egg Foo Young perchance?

Is that small?

Is that all there is to eat?!

TRACK 11

LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW

RESET