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The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing

Performances | Comments | Conceptual Continuity

FZ album(s) in which song has appeared:

• BTB I: Saarbrücken 1978 (1991) as The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, performed in Saarbrücken, September 3, 1978
• BTB I: Anyway The Wind Blows (1991) as The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, performed in Paris, February 24, 1979
• You Are What You Is (1981) as The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, recorded at UMRK, July-September, 1980
  • same version, with overdubs from UMRK, c. 1982-84 on Thing-Fish (1984) as The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
• Buffalo (2007) as The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, performed in Buffalo, NY, October 25, 1980

Comments:

Touring versions from Foggy G's We're Only In It For The Touring:

1978
Essentially performed as on "Saarbrucken" from Beat the Boots Volume I. Take note of the evocative Denny Walley slide- a nice touch that makes this version tops in my book.
1979
Performed as on "Anyway the Wind Blows" from Beat the Boots Volume I.
1980 Mar-Jul
Essentially performed as on YAWYI, allowing for obvious differences in instrumentation, and lacking the poignant bite of Denny's slide.
1980 Oct-Dec
Essentially performed as on YAWYI, with Denny's slide being sorely missed.
1981-82
Essentially played as on YAWYI, and like I have said before, Denny Walley's slide is sorely missed.
1984
Essentially played as on "You Are What You Is", with the obvious differences in the instrumental accompaniment. Denny Walley's slide is sorely missed on this tune.
1988
Essentially performed as on YAWYI, allowing for obvious differences in instrumentation.

Conceptual Continuity:

• Can't Afford No Shoes ("Chump Hare Rama")

Working The Wall:

• Broken Hearts Are For Assholes ("And so you worked the wall with Michael")
• SEX ("Work the wall with the local jones")
• The Jazz Discharge Party Hats ("Decided they were gonna work the wall on these girls")
• You Are What You Is ("I'm goin' down 'n work the wall 'n work the floor . . .")
• Mudd Club ("Then they work the wall")

One-Adam-Twelve:

• You Are What You Is (from Thing-Fish (1984)) ("One-Adam-Twelve . . . see de mammy")
• The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (from Thing-Fish (1984)) ("One-Adam-Twelve . . . see de sucker")
• The Crab-Grass Baby ("One-Adam-Twelve . . . see the enormous white pompadour!")
• Drop Dead ("One-Adam-Twelve . . . see de MAMMY")
• Tinsel Town Rebellion (from Does Humor Belong In Music? (1986)) ("One-Adam-Twelve, see de pecker!")
• Penguin In Bondage (from Does Humor Belong In Music? (1986)) ("One-Adam-Twelve, see the hoop")

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