The lyrics to this song come (almost) verbatim from the low-budget exploitation film MANIAC (1934) which was a favorite on the cult movie circuit from the 60s through the 80s.
(Note that, at the time of this posting, the Husker Du song in question is mentioned on the discussion board)
Ironically, a friend of mine saw the film and described the scene involving the cat-skinning pitch to me only a couple of weeks after NEW DAY RISING was released. I immediately responded that there was a song he needed to hear!
The lyrics to this song come (almost) verbatim from the low-budget exploitation film MANIAC (1934) which was a favorite on the cult movie circuit from the 60s through the 80s.
You can check it out here...
imdb.com/title/tt0025465/
(Note that, at the time of this posting, the Husker Du song in question is mentioned on the discussion board)
Ironically, a friend of mine saw the film and described the scene involving the cat-skinning pitch to me only a couple of weeks after NEW DAY RISING was released. I immediately responded that there was a song he needed to hear!