In the comments to our earlier post on Doonesbury, one of our readers wondered if there was digital evidence of Billy And The Boingers’–the Bloom County-spawned, tubarriffic outfit formerly known as Deathtöngue–recorded output out there, and since we’re here to serve, we figured we’d help out. Thanks to an intrepid flexi-burner in Norway, both “I’m A Boinger” and the Wheat Thins endorsement “U Stink (But I Love U)” have been rescued from acetate oblivion–we’re just sad that “Let’s Run Over Lionel Ritchie [sic] with a Tank” never made it to the recording studio, because that song really slips over the transom of social consciousness:
Billy And The Boingers - U Stink (But I Love U) [MP3, link expired; via Billy and the Boingers mp3 page]
Billy And The Boingers - I’m A Boinger [MP3, link expired; via Billy and the Boingers mp3 page]
This takes me back. Wow.
Thanks so much for these!
Idolator, I kiss you.
I can’t remember which one of these was Mucky Pup — it’s in the book but it’s at home. Anyone?
DUDE! billy and the boingers. one of my most prized possession is a ratty old billy & the boingers t-shirt that i got from a thrift store in san francisco for a NICKEL. i’ve had people offer up to $50 to buy it right off my back.
Nice. That’s a find and then some.
i wish i’d held onto my t shirt and flexi disc. boo hoo. tuba solo!
Tuba solo! Thanks, Idolator. This made my day. I’m sure I’ve still got my little square insert somewhere. I played the hell out of this when I was 12.
Wiki says Mucky Pup did “U Stink.”
Steve Dallas.
Fuckin’-A right.
I’ve work my “don’t blame me, I voted for Bill and Opus shirt” literally to death. Sadly.
Thanks for these songs, Idolator!
Mucky Pup totally did U Stink. I used to love that band in high school. Hippies Hate Water!!!
They even had a merch deal with Berkley Breathed. I had a Mucky Pup shirt with Bill de Cat giving the horns.
It should also be noted that the Billy and the Boingers version is different that the version that appeared on Mucky Pup’s 1989 album, “A Boy In A Man’s World”. Aside from the tuba, I believe the vocal is different as well. It may very well be an entirely different recording.
WOW! just got my beautiful (though very likely bootleg) Billy and the Boingers shirt that I ordered off eBay in the mail yesterday!
What impeccable timing - thanks so much!
middle of the road / man it stanks
let’s run over lionel ritchie with a tank
this definitely takes me back.