Thursday June 17, 2021 “Fall Down” Toad the Wet Sprocket

Another perfect rock band name!?

This band named themselves after a comment in an Eric Idle monologue in a Monty Python sketch:  “Rex Stardust, lead electric triangle with Toad the Wet Sprocket, has had to have an elbow removed following their recent successful worldwide tour of Finland. Flamboyant ambidextrous Rex apparently fell off the back of a motorcycle.”

Toad the Wet Sprocket is composed of singer/songwriter Glen Phillips, guitarist Todd Nichols, bassist Dean Dinning, and drummer Randy Guss and was founded in 1986 in their native Santa Barbara, California.  Dean Dinning’s Uncle Mark (Dinning) was responsible for that wonderfully morbid  60s classic “Teen Angel”.

Why is Toad the Wet Sprocket ridiculous, all you need to do is apply the Crocodile Dundee test to it and say it out loud and then you can talk all you want about the creds in naming your band after a Monty Python gag gets, but it doesn't change the words, or how foolish they sound. 

Stay safe and well...and Ministry of Silly Walks, now there's a name for a band.

She said "I'm fine, I'm okay" cover up your trembling hands

There's indecision when you know you ain't got nothing left

When the good times never stay

And the cheap thrills always seem to fade away (when will we fall)

When will we fall (when will we fall down)

 Jump back, got to get out of here

Been too, too long this time

Jump back, got to get out of here

When will, when will we fall down

 She hates her life, she hates her skin, she even hates her friends

Tries to hold on to all the reputations she can't mend

And there's some chance we could fail

But the last time someone was always there for bail (when will we fall)

When will we fall (when will we fall down)

 Jump back, got to get out of here

Been too, too long this time

Jump back, got to get out of here

When will, when will we fall down

 When will we, when will we fall down

When will we fall

 (When will, when will, when will we fall down)

 She said "I'm fine, I'm okay" cover up your trembling hands

There's indecision when you know you ain't got nothing left

For the last time conscience calls

For a good friend I was never there at all (when will we fall)

When will we fall (when will we fall down)

 Jump back, got to get out of here

Been too, too long this time

Jump back, got to get out of here

When will, when will we fall down

 When will we, when will we fall down

When will we fall