Soo Bawls

Song Name: Soo Bawls AKA Soo Bawlz

Artist: DEVO

Appears On: Hardcore Volume 1 (demo version)

Run Time: 2:40 (demo version)

Year Recorded: 1977 (demo version)

Year Released: 1990 (demo version)

Years Performed: 1976-1979, 2014

Writing Credits: Mark Mothersbaugh

Sung By: Mark Mothersbaugh (lead), Bob Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale (backing)

Alternate Version: "Blue Balls" (proto-version)

Single Version: "Soo Bawlz" -  Run Time: 2:22, Recorded: '78-'79, Released: 1979

Live Version: "Soo Bawls" (live) -  Run Time: 3:50, Recorded: 1977, Released: 1992

Song Connections:

Some similarities to "Blockhead."

"Huboon Stomp" also mentions huboons.

Usually performed after "Timing X."

Trivia / Info:

• The only known time "Soo Bawls" was not performed after "Timing X" was a February, 1977 show at the Crypt in Akron, Ohio.  On BBB release A047.
• Susan "Sue" Massarro Aylward wrote in a Sept. 28, 2001 e-mail interview by Jade Dellinger that Mark originally sang "blue balls" instead of "soo bawls" and that when Sue "teased" Mark about writing a song for her, he changed the "blue balls" lyric to "soo bawls."
• Bob1 and Jerry are seen singing the "Soo Bawls" chorus on the HARDCORE TOUR 2014.
• Booji Boy's Basement had several live audio recordings of this song, on A006, A048, and A108.

Onstage Behavior:

• When Bob 1 and Jerry sing the "Soo Bawls" chorus, Mark faces them and puts his hand to his ear.

Lyrics:

PRETTY LITTLE MONGO EVERYBODY WANTS HER TOILET

SAME OLD STORY SHE WON'T LET NOBODY NEAR IT

THE WAY SHE TEASES THEM

IT'S SUCH A SHAME

SHE'S GOT ALL THE HUBOONS CRYING OUT HER NAME

SOO BAWLS SOO BAWLS

SHE'S GOT EM HOWLING

SHE'S GOT EM GROWLING

SOO BAWLS SOO BAWLS

SHE'S GOT EM GOING CLEAN OUT OF THEIR MINDS

SOO BAWLS SOO BAWLS

THERE AIN'T A MAN IN TOWN WHO WOULDN'T HAVE HER FOR HIS DAUGHTER

THEY'D ALL TRADE THEIR BRAINS FOR ONE TASTE OF HER TOILET WATER

1-2-3-4 TELL THE PEOPLE WHAT SHE WORE

THEY'RE ALL TRYING HARD TO CALL HER UP

BUT HER PHONE'S BEEN DISCONNECTED SINCE SHE SOLD HER BUTT

Spelling / Orthography

• "SOO BAWLZ" / "SOO BAWLS" can be spelled out in all caps.
• This song most often titled "Soo Bawlz," the name of the first released version.
• Rykodisc titles this song "S00 Bawls" on the 1990 release, replacing the letter "O" with zero in the word "Soo."

References:

External Links:

MusicBrainz

AllMusic

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