The core of Geggy Tah comprises Greg Kurstin and Tommy Jordan. Each of them has a younger sister who was unable to pronounce her brother's name when very young; "Geggy" and "Tah" were the baby girls' mispronunciations of their brother's names.
Geggy Tah's first release, Grand Opening, appeared in 1994 on David Byrne's Luaka Bop label. For their 1996 release Sacred Cow, they added drummer Daren Hahn to the lineup. Also on Luaka Bop, the album spawned the hit single "Whoever You Are." The song appeared in a Mercedes commercial circa 2001.
In 1999, the band announced a new album entitled Music Inspired by The Fragrance, and released two songs ("Space Heater" and "Sweat") on the web in mp3 format. However (in part because of Luaka Bop's move from Warner Brothers to Virgin Records) the album went unreleased until 2001, by which point it had acquired a new title: Into The Oh.
Fasterthan...
Geggy Tah Lyrics
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Faster than a porpoise who can burp on purpose eucalyptus that can lick us.
Faster than a porpoise who can burp on purpose eucalyptus that can lick us
as we dust to clear the must or art'll choke us.
Faster than a porpoise who can burp on purpose eucalyptus that can lick us
as we dust to clear the must or art'll choke us.
The Revolution
The Revolution will be Fantasized
The Revolution
The Revolution will be
Faster than a porpoise who can burp on purpose eucalyptus that can lick us.
Faster than a porpoise who can burp on purpose eucalyptus that can lick us.
Faster than a porpoise who can burp on purpose eucalyptus that can lick us
as we dust to clear the must or art'll choke us.
Faster than a porpoise who can burp on purpose eucalyptus that can lick us.
Faster than a porpoise who can burp on purpose eucalyptus that can lick us.
The Revolution
The Revolution will be
The Revolution will be Fantasized
The Revolution
The Revolution will be
The Revolution will be Fantasized
The Revolution
The Revolution will be
The Revolution will be Fantasized
The Revolution
The lyrics of Geggy Tah's song "Fasterthan..." are quite abstract and open to interpretation. The repeated phrase "faster than a porpoise who can burp on purpose eucalyptus that can lick us" creates a sense of urgency and speed. It’s possible that these seemingly random images are being hurled at the listener to stimulate a sense of disorientation and excitement, paralleling the imagined revolution that the song speaks of. As the lyrics suggest, the urgency of the revolution necessitates a quickened pace: "as we dust to clear the must or art'll choke us." The reference to "art" may be a metaphor for societal constructs that need to be critiqued to bring about change.
The final section, which repeats "The Revolution will be Fantasized", leaves ample room for interpretation. It could be suggesting a need for collective imagination to birth a revolution, or a critique of the idealization of revolution without the subsequent necessary work required to bring about real change. Perhaps the song confronts the reality of a revolution being sanitized and "fantasized" in order to make it more palatable for the general public.
Line by Line Meaning
Faster than a porpoise who can burp on purpose eucalyptus that can lick us.
Moving quickly like a porpoise that can intentionally burp, or eucalyptus that can lick us, as we work hard to get rid of the musty dust before it suffocates us.
The Revolution
A message about social, political, or cultural change.
The Revolution will be
This transformation is going to happen.
The Revolution will be Fantasized
It's not a simple thing to accomplish, but it will be glorified and dreamed about with passion and aspiration.
The Revolution
A message about social, political, or cultural change.
The Revolution will be
This transformation is going to happen.
The Revolution will be Fantasized
It's not a simple thing to accomplish, but it will be glorified and dreamed about with passion and aspiration.
The Revolution
A message about social, political, or cultural change.
Contributed by Joseph J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Joel Johnson
on Whoever You Are
This song is so catchy, so great in every way. This song can NEVER get old.