Ezio Pinza with the Budapest String Quartet - "An X-Rated Song"

I've had this for a while and have finally decided to post it. I have absolutely no idea why it was recorded but I think it's rather catchy and very funny! This is undoubtedly Ezio Pinza, accompanied by the Budapest String Quartet, singing "An X-Rated Song." This was recorded around 1943. The lyrics are below. I also made a good album cover for this.. single!

"I shit more in the summertime
than I do at any other time of year,
I shit more in the summertime
than I do at any other time of year.
Shit in the morning,
shit in the evening
shit in the afternoon,
and when I'm not
sitting on the pot
I fart this lovely tune. Oh!
I shit more in the summertime
than I do at any other time of year,
I shit more in the summertime
than I do at any other time of year."

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[fiddlemandoguitar]

When I listened to this song, I heard "I 'sleep' well in the Sum..". I waited for the x-rated lyrics and heard none. I read the comments and saw references to "Scheisslied", and realize folks hear "shit" instead of "sleep".

I would enjoy this song with either lyric.

Btw, I've fallen asleep on the pot once or twice in my 66 y.

I'm sure that modern technology voice analysis could verify that it's Ezio singing and also tell us what verb word he is singing.

Any techies looking for a project!!

[VinylToVideo]

@fiddlemandoguitar I think you're the only person who's ever watched this and questioned the lyrics. Sorry, it's undoubtedly "shit" and definitely not "sleep." The rest of the lyrics would make even less sense if it were "sleep."

[transformingArt]

I also had this one on a Private LP made by Edward J. Smith.

[thephantom1946]

@VinylToVideo I believe as you do, I KNOW he had a very bawdy sense of humor, no doubt about it.

[MTondeleo]

Exceptional post! jmccracken1963 hits the nail on the head. I used to joke, if I were a Rich Little impressionist I'd do Jussi Björling and sing just like him. Can't be done. This is Ezio, one & only! I worked at MGM when Pinza was filming "Mr. Imperium." He was known to be a lovable, gutter-mouth rascal.. This recording fits him to a T. BTW, I saw the script of a movie (1950), "The Pinza-Lanza story," but MGM abandoned the project. What a treasure it would've been today!

[jmccracken1963]

Oh, it's Pinza, all right: sounds like it was recorded around the same time as SOUTH PACIFIC. I'll bet you that Columbia had some extra session time left over, both Pinza and the Budapest were in the studio on the same days, and Goddard Lieberson set this one up as a "private" recording for the amusement of the performers and himself, something meant to be played at home, as a "party record." It's VERY good and VERY FUNNY!!!!! Thank your for sharing this "Scheisslied" with us!!!

[RVP57]

Tee hee....not entirely sure it's Pinza either but nonetheless hilarious. I heard this (or heard of this) many years ago. Thanks for the chuckle!

[sospello]

I am certainly not that sharp on the range of possiblities and take it as Pinza having fun, for which I thank him (as I pick myself up off the floor again) and you.

[VinylToVideo]

.. I've done a bit of searching online and this can also be found called "Lovely Tune." If this isn't Pinza the impersonation is flawless. Pinza was apparently a very imaginative improviser of off color lyrics in the studio and I still say it's him!

[VinylToVideo]

Surely no discography is totally complete; think of all the privately recorded concerts and recitals etc. For all I know this was a joke song done during a rehearsal that was recorded without their knowledge! I guess we can't be 100% sure it is really Pinza but it sure sounds like him to me and the playing is up to the standards of the Budapest quartet. Listen to any Pinza recording in English and compare or even a Met broadcast with him where the sound is similar or worse..