Kuntz
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| “Kuntz” | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song by Butthole Surfers | ||
| Album | Locust Abortion Technician | |
| Released | March 1987 | |
| Genre | Experimental music | |
| Length | 2:24 | |
| Label | Touch and Go Records | |
"Kuntz" was originally released as the ninth track of the Butthole Surfers' 1987 album Locust Abortion Technician. It consists of a recording of a Thai singer which is sped up, slowed down, and otherwise manipulated. Some kind of blabbering can also be heard in the song. Standing out from the rest of the album, the chorus (sung in Thai) translates to "That itch you cannot scratch." The lyrics are in fact intentionally altered to emphasize and repeat the word "itch" (คัน - kan[1]) to make it sound like "cunt," which has a very different meaning in English. The song is written by an unknown Thai artist.
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- Brian Turner, "One For the Butthole Surfers Fans Out There," WFMU's Beware of the Blog, January 17, 2007. The original song on which "Kuntz" is based, obtained from a recording entitled Thai Shotgun Cassette (note that Turner doesn't specify whether this is an official title or whether the recording medium it was obtained from was actually a cassette).
