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