J. Geils Band - No Anchovies, Please

[thelobsterjesus]

I bet Wolf had just listened to the intro to Zappa's "Muffin Man" before he wrote this.

[austinpodann]

why is this trippy lol

[jjj11330]

I loved this from the first time I heard it when they used it on a promo for the "Love Stinks" album. A surprisingly zany song from the likes of J. Geils!

[musicmandon1]

I heard this on a college radio station in '79, and since then I've made it a point to say "No anchovies please." Good thing it wasn't "no pepperoni"--I love that stuff, and it's the only topping my wife will have on pizza.

[12161euclid]

next time i send my wife out for pizza i'm going to insist she ask for anchovies!

[Msumner316]

All I remember from this album were Come Back and No anchovies........good stuff......Love Stinks was not the memorable track in the least

[zyzzx00]

READY FOR THIS???? The guys speaking the... "foreign language"... When play backwards says,

"I doesn't take a genius to know the difference between chicken sh?? and chicken salad"

[imraz]

spoiledbrowneyes is correct. i've had it memorized since the song was released. a LONG time ago.

[dundeedm]

wow you kids had really bad memories. Because this recording is straight off the album.

[DarkPrincess1367]

soooo cool...maes me thin of Ed Wood

[DarkPrincess1367]

soooo cool



[CaptainIsaacDavis]

And here I thought I was the only one who reversed my J Geils band album and found out what the strange foreign language was, kudo's for adding it.

[MPSecare]

what the fuck

[Loreleii03]

Haven't heard this in many, many years.

Thanks for posting with the lyrics/words, didn't know who had made this cool "song?". LOL

[zacandtaylorrule]

This is great. The guys voice always reminded me of Frank Zappa.

[bubblesL7]

so what does this have to do with anchovies????

[glimmer2158]

Oh my God! That bowling ball is smarter than my wife!

[Sincopare]

I worked in the pizza industry (ha ha) during the early 80's and it was a long running joke at our shop to ask ON EVERY SINGLE ORDER if they wanted anchovies!...and every once in a while we'd get back a question that if they did order anchovies, would we kidnap their wife!!!!

[CookieMischief8]

1 person ordered anchovies.

[poughkeepsiejohn1]

It's good to see at least one rock band who admired The Firesign Theater.

[tritonrocks]

I nearly forgot about this. Great to hear it again.  Thanks!

[arononkorr]

This was one of my favorite pieces when i was a kid :P

[2Theatrical4UGuys]

I always thought it was , "Shhh, I'm still working on it."

[IAmMarySunderland]

NO.

[CortezInc55]

The lesson? NEVER, EVER order anchovies.

[CortezInc55]

Takes me back to grade 11, what a great memory...but what is the foreign speaking nation? Is it taiwan???

[brian423]

@CortezInc55 According to Wikipedia, the foreign speech is reversed audio of someone saying, "It doesn't take a genius to tell the difference between chicken shit and chicken salad."

[ukrainianZAIKA]

@CortezInc55 no it is backmasking. read backmasking on wikipedia, interesting stuff.,.

[gertzadek]

Wow! It's been awhile since I heard this one. : )

[spoiledbrowneyes]

You goofed.....It's not "ssshh, it's secret," it's "ssshh, top secret!" trust me, I've had this memorized since I was 5!

[NeoTrace568]

...D:

[farina2u]

@spoiledbrowneyes

you are 100% right!

[Lumpi31964]

@spoiledbrowneyes

I agree with you....I've known that for the past 30 years

[dundeedm]

@spoiledbrowneyes Actually you've been goofing since you were 5. Since this recording is straight off the album. And has always been "sssshhh, it's a secret"

[M0b1u5]

@spoiledbrowneyes Correct! But I was 17 years old.

I always wondered how you could smoke 800 cigarettes in one day!

[NeoTrace568]

Hardcore smoking if you ask me

[austinpodann]

@NeoTrace568 it a magic trick, i call it how to get cancer in a week