Scotty's Pullover (Tennis Ball)
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| Demo by 60 Wrong Sausages | |||||
| Album | Patrick & Rivers | ||||
| Released | December 9, 2020 | ||||
| Recorded | July 1991 | ||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson | ||||
| RC# | 87 | ||||
| Producer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
| Status | Officially released | ||||
| Live debut | November 29, 1991 in Petaluma, CA | ||||
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"Scotty's Pullover (Tennis Ball)" (or simply "Tennis Ball") is a song written by Rivers Cuomo and Patrick Wilson and performed by 60 Wrong Sausages in 1991.
Appearances
- Performed live
- Patrick & Rivers (2020)
Overview
Cuomo and Wilson recorded 8-track demos of "Tennis Ball" in July of 1991.[1] The song was rehearsed by 60 Wrong Sausages and performed at the band's only live show, on November 29, 1991.[2] Rivers Cuomo uploaded handwritten lyrics of the song to his website in 2002. The song was first heard by fans when it was released as part of the demo compilation Patrick & Rivers in 2020.
Lyrics
 | I write these stupid words The lyrics for this song are incomplete or missing. Can you help us fill them in? If so, we encourage you to make a move! |
Tennis ball, canine salivation
And that's not all
Don't you be so perspicacious
Heath bar crunch
Soggy prophylactic
And ants on the munch
Let me tell you 'bout a man named Jumbo
6'4" and full o' muscle
He likes Ike and two homunculi
Borneo babes and tricycli
Stop, you're hurting me
It's not funny anymore
Oh, I had some bad broth
He's my friend
And my knee's on the mend
Hank's spaking plankton
And he does not have a hairnet yet
Up and down
Slam mellow craziness
My laughter and forgetting
Things I do not need to know
???
Known recordings
| Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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| Scotty's Pullover (Tennis Ball) | 06 Scotty's Pullover (tennis ball).mp3 | 1991 | 3:19 | Patrick & Rivers | |||
| Tennis Ball | 1991 | Remix[1] | |||||
| 60 Wrong Sausages | Tennis Ball | October 20, 1991[1] | Practice #1 | ||||
| 60 Wrong Sausages | Tennis Ball | October 20, 1991[1] | Practice #1 | ||||
| 60 Wrong Sausages | Tennis Ball | October 20, 1991[1] | Extended jam version | ||||
| 60 Wrong Sausages | Tennis Ball | October 28, 1991[1] | Practice #3 | ||||
| 60 Wrong Sausages | Tennis Ball | November 29, 1991[2] | Live performance |