Dirty Frank is an F'd up song.

I don't think it's possible to analyze lyrics too much, and I definitely don't think the OP only scratched the surface in this case.


Here are the lyrics:

Dirty Frank Dahmer he's a gourmet cook, yeah.
I got a recipe for anus ankle soup, yeah.
Wanted a pass. So she relaxed. Now the little groupie's getting chopped up in the back.
I got a cupboard full of fleshy fresh ingredients
A very careful at the same time quite expedient.
Eats meat. A release.
Bus driving's harder on your head than on your feet.

Dirty Frank. Dirty Frank yeah
A Dirty Frank A Dirty Frank yea oh

Keeps it clean. a keeps it copeseptic
A little boys and girls their heads are all collected.
A not crazy. a per se
Just a little strange when he gets hungry.
City state your town he will continue.
A stadiums tiny clubs every venue.
A his bus. a your trust.
There goes another turned into crust.
Dirty Frank a Dirty Frank yeah. A Dirty Frank. oh a Dirty Frank.

Yeah, oh, watch it! now
Why that dirty Frank was a bad mother... Shut your mouth! Hey man, I'm just talking about Dirty Frank.

Oh wa-ha a yea cookoo there fucking crazy these kids are driving me crazy

Oh, middle of the night we're stopped the freeway shoulder.
A frank's shoveling to bury the leftovers.
A they're sunk. He's drunk.
Now he's gonna drive I'm hiding in my bunk. Oh.
The band all knows. We're too afraid to mention.
A Don't want to be part of Frank's luncheon.
A lose weight. A be safe. Where's Mike McCready? My god he's been ate!

Dirty Frank. A Dirty Frank, yeah.
A Dirty Frank. Oh, a Dirty Frank, yeah,.
Dirty Frank Dirty Frank yea
Dirty Frank oh a Dirty Frank a yea yea yea

Why that dirty Frank was a bad mother... Shut your mouth! Hey man, I'm just talking about dirty Frank. Yeah.

Cook 'em just to see the look on their face. I cook 'em just to see the look on their face. [x10]


(Ok I think that's enough)

The lyrics "Cook em just to see the look on their face" is a sample from the Chili Peppers song Freaky Styley. Supposedly they wrote Dirty Frank on tour with the Chili Peppers and their bus driver was named Frank. So it's just a parody song. Read the liner notes in Lost Dogs and read what the band says about it.

KV4053 said:

StevieG said:

Analysing the lyrics a little too much

Yep

How so? The lyrics are very explicitly based on one of the most disturbed serial killers in American history. I think that warrants a closer look.

mcgruff10 said:

I thought the lyrics were just about the freaky bus driver they had in the early days?

Well yeah, but just "just". The lyrics are about a humourous real life serial killer comparison. Worth talking about probably! Using murder and tragedy as inspiration for comedy is interesting.

mcgruff10 said:

PJ_Soul said:

mcgruff10 said:

I thought the lyrics were just about the freaky bus driver they had in the early days?

Well yeah, but just "just". The lyrics are about a humourous real life serial killer comparison. Worth talking about probably! Using murder and tragedy as inspiration for comedy is interesting.

this is true! hey did you hit up any shows this year?

No! But if one day passes for PJ's night drop and I can get at least one, I will see them in Pemberton in July!

PJ_Soul said:

OP, yes, this is definitely a very dark subject presented in a non-dark way. It creates a pretty intense dichotomy, which is a pretty powerful artistic method IMO, despite the parody song. I mean, it is still about Dahmer and murdering, no matter who the jokey subject was.

It reminds me of Blind Melon's Soup. There are a couple of songs on that album about murders and perversion. One, "Car Seat (God's Presents)" is about that bitch who killed her kids by strapping them into her car and rolling the car into a lake (Susan Smith), and "Skinned" is about Ed Gein, who dug up dead bodied and made knick-knacks for his home with the body parts (and murdered a woman). Car Seat is darker though quirky, but the style of Skinned is very deliberately in opposition to the subject matter. Hoon said that he did that because there are two sides to everything, and that there is humour in everything, even the darkest things (I think this would explain why the best jokes are generally offensive ones, lol). Creating a song that comes together from two completely opposite places brings art closer to reality. I think the same kind of thing is going on with Dirty Frank, at least in part. Not sure how conscious of this PJ was at the time though, hahaha.

Yeah on Hoon/Melon! I somehow completely missed this post.

Haha! I have seen it say anglo saxon in other place too and thought they were right, but i copied them from the band's website this time, so anus ankle soup it is!

Songs like this are why I became a big fan of this band. They were way to serious about themselves but at the same time were able not care and release weird songs like Dirty Frank and all those fan club single songs.

I don't take stock in anything a rock star says in song lyrics..stage banter..interviews..etc.