Rumpofsteelskin lyrics

[SirNoseALot]

@Phunklord_Siege

I was listening to Rumpofsteelskin and trying to isolate some of the vocals to figure out what they’re saying. there’s one part where he says “where ice can be like a sauna, and fire can put out water” which I think solves the puzzle of what he says during the verse “fire could still… HA! Put out water!” But my favorite part is “Starchild here, sayin’ 'my kids bring an end to man, you know, but kill the thangs, you don’t have to pay no bills n thangs”

@OooBooBeeDoop

Completely fascinating. I’ve been messing with Rumpofsteelskin for years trying to figure it out. I even asked George himself about it. All he was able to confirm was the chant “fire crystal hot”. I always thought the part you are talking about was “ice can be red hot”.

@OooBooBeeDoop

Back to Rumpofsteelskin:
Now you can dance here underwater down the bimini road
while some surf ??? technically I’m told
where ice can be red hot and fire can put out water
where thinking of thinking what you think is not what you aughta
harmonious influences, we are the clones of dr funkenstein saying
a hard head makes a soft rump of steel skin

I think Garry is chanting “golem man” all thru the song.

What is the character Rumpofsteelskin actually saying at the 2:30 mark? Other than he’s got the motor booty and he’s ???.

At about the 2:52 mark, the starchild comes back on:
Oh, and that’s how it goes in the land of no nose
??? body snatchers and antibodies can’t stop us now

After that I get garbled up. I always thought he ended with “don’t have to take no pills and thangs”.

I have been wrangling with it since I heard it over 40 years ago. I had been in contact with Junie years ago and he said one day we could sit down and he would give me lyrics of the Motor Booty Affair album, unfortunately he passed before it could happen. That whole record need deciphering. Well, it IS underwater I guess lol.

@ChrisB

@OooBooBeeDoop

Back to Rumpofsteelskin:

[1:13] Now you can dance here underwater down to Bimini Road while some surf the undercurrent electrically I’m told, where ice can get red hot and fire can put out water, where thinkin’ an’ thinkin’ what you think not what you [wanna?], harmonious influences, we are the clones of Dr Funkenstein, sayin’ a hard head makes a soft rump of steel skin,

[…]

[2:32] I’m [late for the plate/play/bait?] [baba man/thang?]. I’ve got a [motor//long?] booty and I’m gonna [get ya?] baby. Baby bla-e-ah black- been there baba-bubba.

[2:52] Hoh, and that’s how it goes in the land of no [nosin’//nose-y?] so he was no [rumples-in-it?] body snatchers and antibodies [can//can’t?] stop us now. Star child here sayin’, I mean like you can breathe easy man, you know, with the gills and thangs, you don’t have to pay no bills and thangs- blow known, [for//or?] they’ll be waggin’ their future behind them.

@OooBooBeeDoop

Just wow. I think “breathe easy with gills and thangs” is spot on! It sounds like “float on” after that to me. But that’s damn good.

@ChrisB

@OooBooBeeDoop

It sounds like “float on” after that to me

I can hear that (and it makes more sense).

@Phunklord_Siege

@ChrisB

I mean like you can breathe easy man, you know, with the gills and thangs

haha I think you’re right about this one. I kinda wish it was what I originally thought lol.

Here’s what I get:

Now you can dance here underwater down on Bimini road,
Wild trump (like trumpet fish) serp your security cyclically, I’ve saw
Where ice can be like a sauna and fire can put out water
Where spankin’ is thinkin’ what you’d make of it, and not what you ought’a
Harmonious influences, we are the clones of Dr. Funkenstein

Sayin’ a hard head makes us all lolo tail fish (this one might be a stretch but a Kala lolo fish aka unicorn fish has a horn-esque feature on it’s head, hence “hard head”)
Where ain’t nothin’ blowin’ but the Nose!
But that’s how it goes in the land of no Nose…

I’m ready for the race, baba! …hey!
I’ve got a motor booty and I’m full of gas, baby!
Let me blow your black- yeah, yeah, baba baba!

Ho! And that’s how it goes in the land of no Nose!
Though he was well represented, body snatchers and anti-bodies can’t stop us now!
Starchild here, sayin’, I mean like you can breathe easy man,
With gills and thangs you don’t have to pay no bills and thangs…

Float on!
Or they’ll be waggin’ their future behind them
Like the blowfish said to the shark
“Got anything from the hammerhead? A tool or something?!” Oh!
Yeah she’s got a good little future behind her

Yo! Rumpofsteelskin! He’s a bump above the rest, but he can’t funk with the best!
Let’s go wiggle it out, sucka! Knock this funk off my shoulder! Ho!

I used the Isolate Vocals action in the Vocal Reduction and Isolation effect in Audacity with a strength of about 5 and then you have to amplify it to high heaven. But that makes it a lot easier to hear the compressed radio sounding voice of George.

Here is my interpretation of the “radio voice” (possibly Mr. Wiggles the Worm) in Rumpofsteelskin:
Now you can dance the underwater down the Bimini road
While some surf the undercurrents basically I’m told
Where ice can get red hot and fire can put out the water
Where spankin is thinkin what you make is not what you oughta
Harmonious influences we are: The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein!
Saying a hard head makes a soft “Rumpofsteelskin”
For there ain’t nothing blowing but the Nose, but that’s how it goes in the land of no Nose
The Rumpofsteelskin character says:
I’m ready for the bang, I gotta say! I got the motor booty and I’m blowin’ it, baby! Lemme blow your mind, yeah yeah baba baba!

[swang]

Great job! I hear the phrase “melodious influences” rather than “harmonious influences.” But I could be wrong. I also hear “I got a thang” rather than “i gotta say.” Could be wrong there as well.

Thanks for posting!

[OooBooBeeDoop]

Anybody come up with the very first words Garry sings to lead off the song? Or what Ray is saying at the :39 mark.

[swang]

Pretty sure Garry is singing, “Call 'em in! The bomb squad…”

Not sure about Ray’s line…

[OooBooBeeDoop]

I hear bomb squad, I hear golem man instead of call em in. What is the very first lyric on the song. Right after Bootsy walks the bass scale up. Right at the top of that Garry says sometning. Are you saying he is saying “call em in” right there?

[swang]

He sings, “lookie here!” first (after the 2nd turnaround at the top).

After that, of course the “motor booty when they shake…” hook comes in, and Garry answers it with, “call em in - the bomb squad.” I always heard that as the lyric because it makes sense in the context of the song. Dynamite sticks, megatons, etc. - The bomb squad (aka the Funk Mob) needs to be called in.

But that’s just my ears. To be fair, i don’t even know what “golem men” are or what they’d have to do with the song. Lol!

[FreedomFlower]

Frankenstein’s monster is a golem. A man-shaped statue or in that case, a patchwork of corpses, given life.

[SirNoseALot]

The “bomb squad” seems to be referring to Rumpofsteelskin and his Motor Booty Lady as they’re about to dump dynamite sticks full of megatons on Atlantis. If it is “Golem Man” instead of “call 'em in” it might refer to Wiggles the Worm being a clone of Dr. Funkenstein.

[OooBooBeeDoop]

Yes I am thinking that the character Rumpofsteelskin is some kind of golem man.

[SirNoseALot]

I concur. I feel “golem man” might be a reference to Funkenstein’s clones due to them being artificially produced (i.e. Children of Production) and fighting Rumpofsteelskin (Mr. Wiggles and Giggle and Squirm are said to be clones of Funkenstein).

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