Tissongs

Tissongs is the eleventh home demo tape by TISM (This Is Serious Mum), recorded in September 1987. The lengthy thirty-nine track tape contains early versions of songs such as "If You're Creative, You Can Get Stuffed", "The Ballad of John Bonham's Coke Roadie", "The Mystery of the Artist Explained" and "I'm Interested in Apathy".
The title is a parody of the 1973 live triple album Yessongs by the English progressive rock band Yes. Yes would again be the focus of parody in 2001 with the cover art for TISM's fifth studio album De RigeurMortis.
Like TISM's other home demo tapes, Tissongs remains largely unreleased; one song, "I'm Gonna Treat Ya to a Neitschze Double Feature", was released on the bonus CD included with the limited edition of the compilation album Best Off in 2002.
== Track listing ==
# If You're Creative, You Can Get Stuffed
# VFL Footballers are Girls
# When Man Built the V.G. God Threw Up
# The Mordialloc Road Duplicator
# Junk Mail
# Babies Bite Back
# Canned Death
# Put Your Dog to Sleep
# Tape's Last Crap
# I'm Gonna Treat Ya to a Neitschze Double Feature (2:17)
# I Hope I Get Old Before I Die
# The Rime of the Ancient Sub-Mariner
# The Ballad of John Bonham's Coke Roadie
# I Sold My Baby the Dummy
# Shut Up
# Shut Up (Instrumental)
# I Hope I Get Old Before I Die 2
# (I Think I've Got) Mick Jagger Worked Out
# Bridge Over Roger Waters
# All I've Got, All I've Missed – I'm Pissed
# I've Got (Slag in My Gob)
# The Ballad of Les Misérables
# Chiko Workshop
# Jailhouse Schlock
# Suspend Your Disbelief
# Sha Na Na Na Na (There Goes the Sun)
# The Mystery of the Artist Explained
# Pick the Line From John Donne
# The Sexless Emily Dickinson
# Byron
# Minimalism 6
# Slop
# She Shows Her Father's Stubborn Spirit
# Was Elvis Presley Adolf Hitler?
# Shakespearin' the Bearded Clam
# Anarchy Means Crossing When It Says 'Don't Walk'
# The Three Persons in the Godhead Root Each Other Constantly
# Gimme Gimme Nervous Breakdown
# I'm Interested in Apathy
== See also ==
* "The Ballad of John Bonham's Coke Roadie" (single)
* Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance
* Best Off
== External links ==
* Tissongs at Rate Your Music
Category:TISM
Category:Demo tapes
Category:Bedroom recordings
Category:Best Off
Category:Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance
Category:Tissongs
Category:Unreleased