A mad scientist, experimenting with "musical radiation" is caught in a
lab explosion. Music & Rhythm infect every part of his body.
The beat and the sheer inventiveness of the lyrics carry the day
through this unexpectedly melodic song, similar to a Gilbert & Sullivan
patter song, in the number of items listed and the depth of description,
as the twitchy music radiation affects each part of his body. [This was
the first Sparrow song I heard, on the Peter Gabriel WOMAD collection.
Many years later, while fishing on Napster, I rediscovered it and
continued searching out Sparrow. In 2008, I traveled to New Jersey
to catch Sparrow's 70th birthday tour.]
There is a Statue of Captain Cipriani overlooking the square in
Port of Spain, Trinidad, where the dance troupes assemble for carnaval.
One year, the music is too much for him. He comes alive, ripping himself
from the pedestal, clanking his metal feet down the street, joining the
dancing throng.
(This song won the annual Road March award when it was
premiered in 1974. Twenty-five years later, a statue of Sparrow
was erected as well).
(Rematch) shows the two fighting again. In the first version, the
Monkey Judge awards the prize to Donkey as the greatest of beasts,
based not on power or strength or cunning, but on the indisputable
size of his member.
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