This is a cover of the 2004 song "You Fuck Me Up," by Dub Narcotic Sound System, a lo-fi funk band named after the recording studio in Olympia, Washington, where many of our friends and extended Pacific Northwest community have recorded albums over the decades for K Records and various other satellite labels.
The original vocal on this song is performed by the Olympia underground art-ward multi-instrumentalist staple Heather Dunn (Tiger Trap, Liarbird, Lois, Raincoats, The No-No's, Halo Benders, Dennis Driscoll) whose fantastic and loose performance taps into an undeniable, elemental horniness. It's very alive.
This music, and the larger constellation of music that constitutes its scene, has always represented, to us, the very fundamentals of punk.
In its infinite capacity to miss the point, Pitchfork called this song "horrifically off-key" and "endlessly bad" back in the day.
lyrics
Touch my nose and undress my belt
It just the way that we used to felt
It fucks me up night til noon
When will you come again it’s never too soon
You fuck me up, baby
Up down and sideways and back again
You fuck me up, baby
Your shits so good yeah I wish you would
Look through the soles of my shoes for clues
It’s been hot so I ask just what to do
You fuck up from night til to noon
But when you’re gone come back ‘cuz it’s too soon
You fuck me up
Your hair fucks me up
That’s why I creep
That’s why I weep
You fuck me up
South states goes round and round
Old records go round and round
This town goes round and round
Big wheel go rou nd and round
Come take my heart and send it to me
Come here now and you will see
A rabid power my love can be
A rabid power that’s a reason to dance with me
You fuck me up
I can’t get up
I can’t stand up, baby
Round and round I ain’t stop and
You fuck me up
I can’t stand up for the love ‘cuz you got me strung out
I am the one that you want without a doubt
Come on and scrape come on and scream a little more
You fuck me up baby watch me and I head for the door
You fuck me up
I like the way you fuck me up
You fuck me up
Steamy windows
Condensation
Evaporation
Elation
Steamy windows
You fuck me up, baby
credits
from Sub Versions,
track released May 1, 2020
Recorded, performed, produced, and mixed by YACHT
Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk
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