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Biology And You - 1975
You Can't Do This On Stage Anymore, Either
"BIOLOGY AND YOU is an ambitious piano/vocal "song cycle" about sex.
Kernochan experimented with raw language set against elegant piano
arrangements, writing in a succession of character voices, including men.
She performed the 20-minute result at the Boarding House in San Francisco in
1975. Critical and audience reaction ran the gamut from rave to revulsion.
While meant to be experienced as an entire piece from start to finish,
several songs are stand-alone, including TORCH SONG, GET HEAD, and CAN I GET
ON TOP THIS TIME (which was also featured on her second RCA album)."
Facsimile of the printed handout from The Boarding House performances
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BIOLOGY AND YOU A Song Cycle
by
Sarah Kernochan
FOREPLAY (OVERTURE)
I. PEP TALK
"Here is this stick and here is this hole
And no one knows why they want each other so bad..."
II. FIRST FUCK
"Oh we call her Lunchmeat Lucy..."
III. WORKSHOP
"Where millions of Creeps are being assembled
round the clock..."
IV. DEAD HEAT
"Rollover...hipbone monsbone sawbone..."
V.CAN I GET ON TOP THIS TIME
"It would be so divine to come up for air..."
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VI. TORCH SONG
"You look so good in handcuffs..."
VII. GET HEAD
"I just want to get head
All day all night all right..."
VIII. JUNKSHOP
"The Creepstick makes one last salute
The Creephole evacuates..."
IX. SOMETHING NEW
"Cmere you..."
X. MELISMATIC MANTRA
"Love you love me hold me feed me drink me eat me fuck me fuck me..."
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Downloads: (home demo recording, ca. 1975) 
Can I Get On Top This Time - mp3
Torch Song - mp3
Get Head - mp3
The Complete Song Cycle (21 Megs) Biology And You - mp3
-------- © 2004 Sarah Kernochan
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