Segall began his recording career as a part-time musician in various underground bands in Orange County and the San Francisco Bay Area, before beginning a solo career in 2008. Segall's first solo release was the cassette Horn The Unicorn released on the Wizard Mountain label (later re-released by HBSP-2X on vinyl record). Around the same time, Wizard Mountain also released a split cassette featuring Segall and the band Superstitions entitled Halfnonagon.
In 2012, Segall released three LPs: His solo album, Twins; a collaboration with White Fence titled Hair and Slaughterhouse, an album with the Ty Segall Band.
Squealer Two
Ty Segall Lyrics
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Teething man, working all the time
Squealer man, feeling fine
Teething man, working all the time
Been a change in the parking street
It's the flavor that I like to eat
I see the priestess in her ??? chair
Feel the preacher open up your hand
He's your daddy gonna be your man
See the baby in your mommy's chair
It's your daddy
Feel your daddy in the priestess chair
That's your mommy, take her there
The song Squealer Two by Ty Segall is a bit enigmatic in terms of its meaning, but there are a few possible interpretations. The lyrics seem to describe two men - the squealer man and the teething man. The squealer man feels fine, while the teething man is working all the time. The lines "Been a change in the parking street / It's the flavor that I like to eat" are a bit obscure, but they suggest that there has been a change in the environment that the singer enjoys. The following lines mention a priestess and a preacher, which could point to a religious theme. The preacher wants to "drive" the listener somewhere, possibly to a spiritual destination.
The next lines are even more curious: "Feel the preacher open up your hand / He's your daddy gonna be your man / See the baby in your mommy's chair / It's your daddy / Feel your daddy in the priestess chair / That's your mommy, take her there." These lines suggest some kind of strange sexual or familial relationship, with the "preacher" acting as a father figure and the "priestess" as a mother figure. It is possible that the lyrics are referencing some kind of cult or unusual religious group. Overall, the song is open to interpretation and seems to leave a lot of questions unanswered.
Line by Line Meaning
Squealer man, feeling fine
I am happy as Squealer man
Teething man, working all the time
I am always busy, just like a man who's teething
Been a change in the parking street
Something different has happened on the street where I park
It's the flavor that I like to eat
I enjoy this new change as it's to my taste
I see the priestess in her ??? chair
I observe a woman in her special chair
I'm the preacher want to drive you there
I want to take you to meet her and preach something to you
Feel the preacher open up your hand
Let the preacher guide you and trust him
He's your daddy gonna be your man
The preacher will be like a father figure for you
See the baby in your mommy's chair
The baby is sitting in your mother's chair
It's your daddy
The baby is your child
Feel your daddy in the priestess chair
You can feel your child's presence in the special chair
That's your mommy, take her there
The woman in the chair is the mother of your child, take her to see the priestess
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Written by: TY SEGALL, CORY HANSON
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Stephen Redmond
I wish he would've made more Emotional Mugger stuff. The whole idea is creepy and amazing and that live band is fucking stacked.
DobrePytanie
agreed! Muggers's got to be one of my favourite outlets
Brian Wensing
One of the best performances of all time IMO. I'm late to the TY bandwagon, but I'm taking a front row seat. Thanks for posting....
Tyrion Lannister
There appears not to be a day when Ty Segall is not in a band making music. Lots of bands. Lots and lots.
Space Cadet
Is emotional mugger a concept album? I feel like there's an overall theme to the whole album as well as Ty's performances. He acts more insane than usual. And I think that has ties to the themes of the album. What do you guys think?
Loomis Novacastor
@JTH Electronics [JTHE] I don't think so, He's been with Denee for a long ass time and they are married now
Akshay Bhatia
Skypup In a larger way, emotional mugging is demanding emotional gratification without regard for how it affects the victim of it. The album, with its songs of debauchery and cheap thrills is kind of Ty’s response to how, in the Internet age, with so much immediately available to us, how far off are we from emotional muggers, and how does having literally everything available at our fingertips affect how we conduct ourselves in our personal relationships. Which is why I figure he goes for the baby mask, to symbolize that we’re regressing to the point of needing constant gratification
balrog_destroyer
Absolutley love this performance of squealer 2 i think i far out performs the studio version. The way the beri sax is in tune with the synths is just absolutley amazing
Otter bot
Thank the Muggers for the fuzz pedal shortage.
Eoghan Mac
... of 2016 \m/