SOY


PARODY OF BOY

I WILL SWALLOW

BUD LIGHT

AND BRAT...(DUH)

INTO THE CART

OUT OF EGG ROLLS

VEGGIES FOR TOYS

DEVOTION

A DAY WITHOUT MEAT

ANOTHER LIME, ANOTHER CASE

THE ELECTRIC STOVE

BAGELS AND CREAM CHEESE

OCTOBER 1980

Coming on the cusp of the food-centric music movement New Microwave and inspired by a DYI-post punk ethos, SOY was UCHEW's debut album released in October 1980. It was heralded as one of the strongest debut albums in rock and food-based parodies.

Thematically, the album's lyrics reflected on adolescent diets, kitchen appliances, and foods used for sex. The release was followed by the band's first world tour of continental Europe and the US, the SOY TOUR. SOY was ranked 417th on Rolling Scone's "The 500 Greatest Food-Based Albums Of All Time". In 2008, a reformulated edition of SOY was released.

The album featured the singles I WILL SWALLOW, a song that started a worldwide glockenspiel fever, and A DAY WITHOUT MEAT.


“What we were looking for in SOY was a sort of cinnamon sound, a manna vision – really textured and big, like a huge sheen of cinnamon.” - Bonneeau

I WILL SWALLOW


PARODY OF I WILL FOLLOW

I was just so hungry

And instead you said you’d punish me

I was cooking by myself

You now mind but I want to eat


A boy tries hard to open Spam

His mother takes it from his hands

Now he’s stopped he starts to sigh

Denied


If you cook away, cook away

Cook away, cook away

I will swallow

If you cook away, cook away

Cook away, cook away

I will swallow


I’m starving inside

I could wolf four burgers down

I was looking through the freezer

Can we defrost this pork round?


If you cook away, cook away

Cook away, cook away

I will swallow

If you cook away, cook away

Cook away, cook away

I will swallow


Your pies make a circle

I need you to make some baked fare

Your pies...

Your pies...


If you cook away, cook away

Cook away, cook away

I will swallow

If you cook away, cook away

Cook away, cook away

I will swallow

I will swallow

I will swallow…


TRACK 1


SINGLE RELEASED OCTOBER, 1980

LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW

BUD LIGHT


PARODY OF TWILIGHT

I brook your 'prize'

Are those the beers

You thought to bring?

We all let out a sigh

At least it'll get us by


US beer blows just blows

Tastes bland to me, you know

A cold can from cooler of foam

I open one up with a groan


Bud Light

Bud Light...get shitfaced

Bud Light...it'll do today


I will swallow...crush the can

I will swallow...crush the can

I will swallow...crush the can

I will swallow...crush the can


We're running low

Case slain

It's not that late in the day

Let's haul

A new case bring

I'm drunk

The room spins


Bud Light...it's 'okay'

Bud Light...drink away

Bud Light...with dismay

Bud Light...will thirst allay


I find it’s lame

I find it’s lame

I find it’s lame


Bud Light...the bland taste

Bud Light...St. Louis based

Bud Light...liquid hay

Bud Light...no one says, “yay”


I will swallow...crush the can

I will swallow...crush the can

I will swallow...crush the can

I will swallow...crush the can


TRACK 2


LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW

AND BRAT...(DUH)


PARODY OF TWILIGHT


Take a bite

You’ll taste a meat

Discerned with delight

When it’s grilled

You’ll want to eat your fill

Best when enjoyed with booze

A beer’s good

Eat brats!


And weiners it indicts

Those flesh turds

Aren’t a succulent sight


And when on a bun

Those cheap suckers

You’ll shun


Best when enjoyed with booze

A beer’s good

Eat brats!


TRACK 3


LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW



INTO THE CART


PARODY OF INTO THE HEART

Into the cart

Throw the pile

Should last awhile

Frozen dinner fare


Into the cart

Salsa, mild

Chunky style

Tortillas there


Into the cart


Into the cart

I’ve compiled

Mostly just snacks

From the junk food aisle


Into the cart

Into the cart


TRACK 4


LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW

OUT OF EGG ROLLS


PARODY OF OUT OF CONTROL

Takeaway ordering

Soybean Soup I'm wanting

I say, "how long?"

They say how long


It was one small warning

Spoke with words appalling

I was so sad (so sad)

It was so bad


I was of a feeling they were out of egg rolls

They had the opinion they were out of egg rolls


Pork and beef

Go for the pork and beef

They make chicken

I like Szechuan


I was of a feeling they were out of egg rolls

They had the opinion they were out of egg rolls

I was of a feeling they were out of egg rolls

They had the opinion they were out of egg rolls


I bought plates

Their food combination plates

The man said, "seafood?"

Let’s get some seafood!


One tray of rice

The choice of Pork Lo Mein

Will some fried shrimp sate?

You can't fight it!


I was of a feeling they were out of egg rolls

They had the opinion they were out of egg rolls


TRACK 5


LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW


VEGGIES FOR TOYS


PARODY OF STORIES FOR BOYS

There's a case for food

To use in your sex play

There are many roles for them

You know

Sometimes a carrot does it

Sometimes ‘down below’

Hello, hello!


There's a strict old cook

Fired me from his staff

There's truth a parsnip

Served as a shaft

Sometimes sense maybe lacking

Sometimes no self-control

Hello, hello!


Veggies for toys

Veggies for toys

Veggies for toys

Veggies for toys

Veggies for toys


TRACK 6


LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW

DEVOTION


PARODY OF THE OCEAN

A picture of whey

Korean whey

Just me on protein


And I felt like a star

I felt arm curls could go far

If they stiffened

To what I shred


Then we

Watch as I cheat

Watch as I eat

Batches of rolls with cashews


TRACK 7


LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW


A DAY WITHOUT MEAT


PARODY OF A DAY WITHOUT ME

Start with my hand

In a bag of Cheetos

Cook with my face snide

For now sirloins I’m declined

I’m steaming for health’s sake

But I’m weeping

Wanting steak


A day without meat


Whatever I’m eating

Ain’t appealing

What I’m now eating

I’m just resigned


Today’s a day

Without meat


Part with my sandwiches

Made with meatloaf

Took out having a side

Of a plate of bacon rinds

For dates & nuts

The non-salted kind

Wipe my eyes

As the tears flow

I’ve dates & nuts

The non-salted kind

Instead of deer

A damn spring roll!


TRACK 8


SINGLE RELEASED AUGUST, 1980

LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW

ANOTHER TIME,

ANOTHER WASTE


PARODY OF ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE

Blight adorning sites

Swipe the heap from another day's fly

Turn decay from the haul

And there's nothing but pall

Peeling naked and use blade

And then mix in base to make bread

I'll eat in lieu now

I'll eat in lieu now

I'll eat in lieu now


The fly is unbowed

The fly

Thrust on the lam

I'm provoked

With a stare where I've swung

I'm provoked

With a feeling of measured languor

In my sweep I discover the one

But it ran with the morning sun

I'll eat in lieu now

I'll eat in lieu now

I'll eat in lieu now


The fly is unbowed

We sigh

Another time, with another waste

We sigh

Another guy has lost some face

We sigh

Another time, another waste

We sigh

Your crime, your vice

We sigh

Another time, another waste

We sigh

Another guy has lost

We sigh

Another time, another waste

We sigh

Your dime, your waste


TRACK 9


LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW

THE ELECTRIC STOVE


PARODY OF THE ELECTRIC STOVE

Joy...muted joy

No need for gas cables

As I am unable to employ

Just destroy

Wood stove unmount

And then cast out


Just plug in and go

Electric stove

Just plug in and go

Electric stove


Red...seeing red

Cook up a meal

Heat I feel

A hole with glass tread

Heat comes out

Evenly spread


Just plug in and go

Electric stove

Just plug in and go

Electric stove

Just plug in and go

Electric stove

Just plug in and go

Electric stove

Just plug in and go

Electric stove

Just plug in and go

Electric stove


TRACK 10


LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW

BAGELS AND

CREAM CHEESE


PARODY OF SHADOWS AND TALL TREES

Back to the old restaurant for a bite

I talk to the waitress to be polite

Small cup I ingest

The coffee is lame

As for the chow

Get always the same


Bagels and cream cheese

Bagels and cream cheese


It is my Tao: always thickly applied

I believe that cream cheese

Beats butter in my eyes

Please, caulk that wheat

With methodology

And I prefer plain to the strawberry


Can't forego!

Oh, no!

Can't forego!

Oh, no!

Forego


Bagels and cream cheese

Bagels and cream cheese


Knife on the round dough

Smooth over grain

Toasted brown bread ring

Get always the same

Please, caulk that wheat

With methodology

And I prefer plain to the blueberry


Can't forego!

Oh, no!

Can't forego!

Oh, no!

Forego!


Perfect meal for me

Anything else's boring

And find unappealing

I must say a big nope

To all else you're feeding

Can't forego!

Oh, no!

Can't forego!

Oh, no!

Forego!


But I know..

Oh, no!

But I know...

Oh, no!

I know...


Bagels and cream cheese


TRACK 11


LYRICS BY BONNEEAU

MUSIC BY UCHEW