Kula Bocca Says So

The Big Bubble album artwork

***Kula Bocca Says So*** is the final track from The Residents' 13th studio album *The Big Bubble*. It is sung from the perspective of the fictional band The Big Bubble, comprised of the mixed-raced offspring of the Moles and Chubs featured in *Mark of the Mole*.

## Background

One of three songs referencing the storyline presented on the album's liner notes, 'Kula Bocca Says So' directly refers to the character of Kula Bocca, a second generation of Mole/Chub 'cross' official of the 'Zinkenite' movement, calling for the declaration of a new Mohelmot nation, who had faced generations of oppression within the land of the chubs.

Within the brief narrative shown on The Big Bubble's liner notes, Kula Bocca utilizes The Big Bubble in order to stir up support for the Zinkenite movement (perhaps mirroring the role of Malcolm McLaren in the promotion of the Sex Pistols.) Kula staged the singer's arrest, organized the release of their album, and used their energetic politically charged anthems during his rallies. The song showcases the group's connection to Bocca's movement; the lyrics tell the audience that it's time to 'go home.'

'*Kula Bocca Says So*' is one of 4 Big Bubble demos featured on the Mole Box, taking the form of a 2 minute 2 track acapella demo. Different demos of 'Kula Bocca Says So' have leaked online. The studio version features backing vocals by Ray Hannah, Brain Seff & Raoul N. Di Seimbote, the latter of which had been working with the group since the Satisfaction single.

Within a year of the song's release, '*Kula Bocca Says So'* was featured on the *Heaven?* best of album*,* although it hasn't been featured on any later 'Best Of' sets, such as 80 Aching Orphans.

## Lyrics

```
Kula Bocca Says So
Kula Bocca So
Kula Bocca says see sah so
Kula Boccas says say
Kula Bocca so
Kula Bocca Kula Bocca Bocca says so
Kula Bocca Kula Bocca Bocca says sees sah so
Bocca Kula Bocca Bocca says see sahs so
Bocca Kula Bocca Bocca says see say
Bocca Kula Bocca Bocca says see say so
Bocca Kula Bocca get so sah

```

```
Kula Bocca day
Kula Bocca day
Kula Bocca gaybodebo gah do bay

```

```
Say so say so say so say
Say so say so say so say
Say so say so say so say
Say so say so say so sah say
Say so say so sah say
Say so say so sah say
Kula Bocca gay oh say so say
Kula Bocca baka gay say so sah

```

```
Yaka goola gaywa gawa
Yaka goola gaywa gawa
Yaka goola gaywa gawa
Cause you know that it's time to go home I said
Ah you know that it's time to go home
Yaka goola gaywa gawa
Yaka goola gaywa gawa
Yaka gala gaywa gawa yahh yeah
Cause you know that it's time to go home
You know that it's time to go home why ohm ai ohm why gee
home ah why ohm why ohm why go
home ah weak
home ah wah
You know that it's time to go home
You know that it's time to go home
You know that it's time to go home
You know that it's time to go
know that it's time to go
know that it's time to go home

```

```
Klang kla klang klang kla kla kla klang
Klang kla klang klang kla kla kla klang
Klang kla klang klang kla kla kla klang klang klang
Klang kla klang klang kla kla kla klang
Klang kla-
Klang

```

## Credits

* Written & Performed by: The Residents
	+ Ramsey Whiten (Lead vocals, percussion)
	+ Frank Leone (Electric guitar, backing vocals)
	+ Paul Sage (Grand piano, string syntheziser, backing vocals)
	+ Alex Beason (electric guitar, backing vocals)

* Backing Vocals by: Ray Hannah, Brain Seff & Raoul N. Di Seimbote
* A Cryptic Corporation Production

## Releases

* The Big Bubble
* Heaven?
* Mole Box

## Versions

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Studio Recording (5:16)
2. ↑ 2-Track Demo version (2:10)

**Cast of Characters**
Mohelmot · Chubs (Innisfree · The Scientist) · The ObserverDarkness · The Evil DisposerCross (Zinkenites · Kula Bocca · The Big Bubble · Frankie DuVall)
**Part One: *Mark of the Mole* (1981)**
(video game · novel)
**Side A: Hole-Workers at the Mercy of Nature**
"Voices of the Air" · "The Ultimate Disaster" · "Migration"
**Side B: Hole-Workers vs. Man and Machine**
"Another Land" · "The New Machine" · "Final Confrontation"
**Part Two: *The Tunes of Two Cities* (1982)**
(*The Comix of Two Cities*)
**Side A:** "Serenade For Missy" · "A Maze Of Jigsaws" · "Mousetrap" · "God Of Darkness" · "Smack Your Lips (Clap Your Teeth)" · "Praise For The Curse"
**Side B:** "The Secret Seed" · "Smokebeams" · "Mourning The Undead" · "Song Of The Wild" · "The Evil Disposer" · "Happy Home (Excerpt From Act II of "Innisfree")"
***Intermission: Extraneous Music From The Residents' Mole Show* (1982)**
**Side A:** "Lights Out (Prelude)" · "Shorty's Lament (Intermission)"
**Side B:** "The Moles Are Coming (Intermission)" · "Would We Be Alive? (Intermission)" · "The New Hymn (Recessional)"
**The Mole Show (1982-1983)**(*Mole Dance 82* · *Live At The Roxy* · *La Edad de Oro* · Uncle Sam Mole Show · VHS · *Live In Holland* · DVD bag set)
**Part Three: ???**
"Now It Is Too Late" · "Going Nowhere" · "Tired Old Man" · "Marching To The We" · *Mole Suite*
**Part Four: *The Big Bubble* (1985)**(fictional band · Black Shroud Records)
**Side A:** "Sorry" · "Hop A Little" · "Go Where Ya Wanna Go" · "Gotta Gotta Get" · "Cry For The Fire"
**Side B:** "Die-Stay-Go" · "Vinegar" · "Firefly" · "The Big Bubble" · "Fear for the Future" · "**Kula Bocca Says So**"
**Part Five: ???**
**Part Six: ???**
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"Open Up" · "Anvil Forest" · The 10th Anniversary Show (*Assorted Secrets*) · *PAL TV LP* · The 13th Anniversary Show · *Mole Box: The Complete Mole Trilogy pREServed* ("From MOM1" · "Untitled" · "Jingle Bell" · "Another Another Land")
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