Guylum Bardot

Promotional Meet The Residents Sampler flexidisc included in File Magazine. February 1974

### Studio

Sycamore Street studio, San Francisco, California

### Producer

Residents, Uninc.

"**Guylum Bardot**" is a song by The Residents, from their debut album *Meet The Residents*, released April 1st 1974. It is a short track which is part of a continuous medley of songs on the first side of the album.

It also appears on the *Meet The Residents Sampler*.

## History

The song's title is a play on the names of Guy Lombardo, a then-popular bandleader and musician, and Brigitte Bardot, a French model and actress.

The earliest recording of "Guylum Bardot" was released in 2018 on the *Meet The Residents* pREServed edition. This version features a short improvised introduction, before leading into an instrumental version of the track initially played on keyboard, before changing to saxophone.

In 1978, The Residents attempted to record a new version of this track, with an arrangement similar to "Constantinople" (from that year's *Duck Stab!* EP), likely to accompany their re-recording of "Santa Dog". This version remained unreleased for many years, until it was included on the expanded two CD pREServed edition of *Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen* in 2018.

Charles Bobuck re-recorded the song in 2014 as part of an abandoned 40th anniversary re-recording of Meet The Residents. This version is re-titled 'Petunia' for its release on the 2017 EP *Clank Clank Clank*.

## Lyrics

```
The love that we've been through
Was splintered and sent to
The end of
The rainbow today
Now that it's over
The grass and the clover
Grow over
The ground where I lay

```

```
Come back Petonia (Come back Petonia)
Come back I say (Come back Petonia)
I'm hopin' soon y'all (Come back, I pray)
Be with me to stay (I'm hopin' soon y'all)
Be with me to stay (Be with me to stay)

```

## List of releases

* *Meet The Residents Sampler* (1974)
* *Meet The Residents* (1974)
* *Meet The Residents* stereo remix (1977)
* *Clank Clank Clank* by Charles Bobuck (2017)
* *Meet The Residents pREServed* (2018)
* *Duck Stab / Buster & Glen pREServed* (2018)

### List of versions

1. ↑ Sycamore Street studio recording, February - October 1973 (sampler edit, 0:21)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sycamore Street studio recording, February - October 1973 (original mono version, 1:30)
3. ↑ Sycamore Street studio recording, February - October 1973 (1977 stereo remix, 1:19)
4. ↑ Charles Bobuck studio recording, 2014 (1:23)
5. ↑ Sycamore Street Tuesday studio recording, 1973 (2:25)
6. ↑ Grove Street studio recording, 1978 (1:07)

## External links and references

1. ↑ Ima Buddy, *Ima Buddy's Totally Impartial Companion to Uncle Willie's Highly Opinionated BIG MAMAS*, 1992

**Side A**
"Boots" · "Numb Erone" · "**Guylum Bardot**" · "Breath and Length" · "Consuelo's Departure" · "Smelly Tongues" · "Rest Aria" · "Skratz" · "Spotted Pinto Bean"
**Side B**
"Infant Tango" · "Seasoned Greetings" · "N-ER-GEE (Crisis Blues)"
**Personnel**
The Residents · Ruth Essex · Barry "Wool" Eiland · Pamela Zeibak · Philip Friehofner · Jim Whitaker · Bob Tangney · James Aaron
**Related works**
"Russian Love Song" · *1-10 (With A Touch of 11)* · "7733 Variations" · Tuesday tapes ("Sokurha") · "Overday" · "Inka Don't Dry" · "Horny Song" · "George's Horn" · "The Ralph Records Guided Tour" · *Meet The Residents Sampler* · "Saint Nix" · *Clank Clank Clank* · "Poisoned Popcorn"
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N. Senada (Theory of Phonetic Organization) · Residents, Uninc. · Sycamore St. studio · *Santa Dog* · Ralph Records · Porno/Graphics · *Vileness Fats* · "Nobody But Me" · The Beatles

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