Kamakazi Lady

N. Senada performs "Kamakazi Lady" inVileness Fats

* *Residue of The Residents*: "Whoopy Snorp"
* *Residue of The Residents*: "Boy In Love"

"**Kamakazi Lady**" (alternatively spelled **"Kamakaze Lady"**, **"Kamikazi Lady"** and "**Kamikaze Lady**") is a song by Residents, Uninc..

Initially featured on their 1971 demo tape *B.S.*, "Kamakazi Lady" was also filmed for inclusion in the film *Vileness Fats*, and the *B.S.* version has since been officially released on the *Residue of The Residents* and *Residue Deux* compilations.

Renditions of the song are known to have been performed by Residents, Uninc. as a kind of "game", in which the members of the group would attempt to perform increasingly disturbing deliveries of the lyrics.

The track was performed live at The Mummy Show, as well as featuring on the setlists of the 13th Anniversary and Disfigured Night tours. In later years, it is known to have been used by the group as a means of covering for a technical failure onstage, due to its simplicity and semi-improvised musical style.

## Lyrics

```
Kamakazi Lady slips in at night
She likes to check and see if your underwear's tight
She knows the way to open up the holes in your head
And see the silly sucker that you thought was dead

```

```
The floating locust garden of your old sweet fondling dreams

```

```
Kamakazi Lady slips in at night
She likes to check and see if your underwear's tight
She knows the way to open up the holes in your head
And see the silly sucker that you thought was dead

```

```
The night meal of the milque wheats
I ate it to the treats

```

```
Kamakazi Lady slips in at night
She likes to check and see if your underwear's tight
She knows the way to open up the holes in your head
And see the silly sucker that you thought was dead

```

## Releases

* *B.S.* (as part of "Hallowed Be Thy Ween") (1971, released 2019)
* *The Residents Radio Special* (1977)
* *Residue of The Residents* (1983)
* *Hell!* (1986)
* 13th Anniversary Show - Live In Holland (1987)
* Kettles Of Fish On The Outskirts Of Town (2002)
* *Documentation - Tunes In Danger Of Becoming Lost* (2009)
* *Adobe Disfigured Night* (2009)
* Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! Can't You See That It's True; What The Beatles Did To Me, I Love Lucy Did To You (2010)
* Live At The Snakey Wake (2010)
* *ERA B474* (as part of "Hallowed Be Thy Ween") (2012)
* *Greatest Hiss* (as part of "Hallowed Be Thy Ween") (2013)
* The Snakey Wake (2015)
* Disfigured Night (2016)
* *The Residents Present The Delta Nudes* (as part of "Hallowed Be Thy Ween") (2017)
* 80 Aching Orphans (2017)
* B.S (2019)
* A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big (2019)
* Warning: Uninc. (2022)

#### Versions

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1971 Demo Version (1:40) Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content
2. ↑ 1986 Live Version Ft. Snakefinger (4:13)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 1997 Live Version (1:14)
4. ↑ 1976 Live Version (2:21)
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6. ↑ 1971 Live Version (1:02)
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 1972 Live Version (1:46)

## External links and references

* "Kamikazi Lady" from *Vileness Fats* on YouTube

1. ↑ "The Bonus Stuff", *A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big* liner notes, 2019
2. ↑ Charles Bobuck, THIS Is For READERS, 2016

**Side A**
"We Stole This Riff" · "Holelottadick" · "B.S." · "Deepsea Diver Song" · "King Kong" · "Cantaten to der Dyin Prunen"
**Side B**
"Somethin' Devilish" · "The Fourth Crucifixion" · "Hallowed Be Thy Wean" ("Pink Lemonade" · "Sandman" · "Eat Me Mother" · "Bumble Bee" · "Eloise" · "Somethin' Devilish" · "**Kamakazi Lady**" · "D For Doorknob" · "The Three Most Important Things In The Whole Wide World")
**Personnel**
Residents, Uninc. · Philip "Snakefinger" Lithman · N. Senada · Peggy Honeydew (Margaret Smyk)
**Related works**
The Boarding House performance ("Intro Tape '71") · "A Live Radio Broadcast" · Philip's Wedding · Chris' Party · *ERA B474* · *The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss* · *A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big*
**Related articles**
*The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album* · San Mateo apartment · Hal Halverstadt · Porno Graphics · Tim Buckley · Led Zeppelin · Frank Zappa · Randy Newman · *Vileness Fats*‏‏‎

**Scene by scene**
1: Arf and Omega · 2: Bellboys & Townspeople Battle 1 · 3: Town 1 · 4: Mother's House 1 · 5: Weescoosa & Ninnie 1 · 6: Cave 1 · 7: Weescoosa & Ninnie 2 · 8: Weescoosa's Flashback · 9: Weescoosa & Ninnie 3 · 10: Bellboys & Townspeople Battle 2 · 11: Town 2 · 12: Desert 2 · 13: Lonesome Jack & Peggy · 14: Desert 1 · 15: Mother's House 2 · 16: Town 3 · 17: Banquet Hall · 18: Cave 2 · 19: Bridge 1 · 20: The Master Plan · 21: Cave 3 · 22: Desert 3 · 23: Night Club 1 · 24: Desert 4 · 25: Night Club 2 · 26: Desert 5 · 27: Cave 4 · 28: Night Club 3 · 29: Desert 6 · 30: Night Club 4 · 31: Cave 5 · 32: Night Club 5 · 33: Mother's House 3 · 34: Night Club 6 · 35: The Window of Never
**Cast and characters**
Saint Steven / Lonesome Jack (Jay Clem) · Weescoosa (Sally Lewis) · Arf and Omega Berry (Palmer Eiland and George Ewart) · Ninnie (Danny Williams) · Steve's Mother (Marge Howard) · Peggy Honeydew (Margaret Smyk) · Weenie (Danny Williams) · Uncle Willy (Hardy Fox)
with
Irene Dogmatic · J. Raoul Brody · Barry "Schwump" Schwam · Hugo Olson · Bill Dewalt · Diane Flynn · Homer Flynn · Tony Logan · Dennis Sealy · The Mysterious N. Senada as himself

**Crew**
The Residents: direction, screenplay, music, sets, costumes · Graeme Whifler: lighting, sets, second unit direction · Diane Flynn: costumes · John Kennedy: editing
**Settings**
Vileness Flats (Mother's House · Ninnie's House · Banquet Hall · Willy's Hot Spot) · Motel · The Cave · The Desert · The Window of Never
**Soundtrack music**
"Aircraft Damage" · "The Importance of Evergreen" · "Eloise" · "**Kamikaze Lady**" · "Lonely At The Top" · "Fever" · "Russian Love Song" · *X Is For Xtra* ("Theme From X" · "Slow Texture" · "Asonarose" · "Soundtrack Music Piece 17")
**Related works**
The Boarding House performance · *Santa Dog* · *Meet The Residents* · *Not Available* (*X Is For Xtra*) · *The Third Reich 'n Roll* (video) · "March de la Winni" · Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! performance · *Fingerprince* · *Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats?* (soundtrack · *PAL TV LP*) · *Video Voodoo* · *Twenty Twisted Questions* · *Icky Flix* (soundtrack · "The Knife Fight" · *RZ VF*) · *Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents* · *Double Trouble* ("Junior's Double Trouble Nightmare" · trailer) · *Triple Trouble* (soundtrack)
**Related articles**
Atomic Shopping Carts · The Bell Boys · Residents, Uninc. · "My Mammy"· Sycamore St. studio · Ralph Records · The Cryptic Corporation · The Ugly Grey Theater

**Side A**
"The Sleeper" · "Whoopy Snorp" · "**Kamakazi Lady**" · "Boy in Love" · "Shut Up! Shut Up!" · "Anvil Forest" · "Diskomo"
**Side B**
"Jailhouse Rock" · "Ups & Downs" · "Walter Westinghouse" · "Saint Nix" · "Open Up"
***Residue Deux* (1998)**
"Scent of Mint" · "From The Plains To Mexico" · "In San Francisco" · "Dumbo The Clown" · "Is He Really Bringing Roses?" · "Time's Up" · "Daydream Believer" · "Safety Is A Cootie Wootie" · "Daydream in Space"
**Superior Viaduct edition (2014)**
"Loser ≅ Weed" · "Death In Barstow" · "Melon Collie Lassie"
**Related articles**
MOP tapes · *The Tunes of Two Cities* · Residents Classic Series · pREServed · *Leftovers Again?!* · Pour No Graphics · Elvis Presley · Richard Nixon

**Major works**
*Rusty Coathangers for the Doctor* (1970) · *The Ballad of Stuffed Trigger* (1970) · *The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album* (1971) · *B.S.* (1971) · *Santa Dog* (1972)
**Other recordings**
"I Hear Ya Got Religion" / "Moonman" (1969) · *1-10 (With A Touch of 11)* (1972)
**Compilation albums**
*ERA B474* (2012) · *The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss* (2013) · *The Residents Present The Delta Nudes* (2016) · *A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big* (2019) · *Warning: Uninc.* (2022)
**Live shows**
The Boarding House, October 18th 1971 · Philip's Wedding, October 31st 1971 · Chris' Party, February 12th 1972
**Collaborators**
Randy Rose · Charles Bobuck · Hardy Fox · Homer Flynn · Palmer Eiland · Roger "Bunny" Hartley · Jay Clem · John Kennedy · Roland Sheehan · Bob Tangney · Jim Whitaker · N. Senada · Philip "Snakefinger" Lithman · Peggy Honeydew (Margaret Swaton) · The Singing Lawn Chairs (Pamela Zeibak)
**Related articles**
San Mateo apartment · Hal Halverstadt · Porno Graphics · Sycamore St. studio · Ralph Records · The Residents · *Vileness Fats* · *Meet The Residents* · *The Third Reich 'n Roll* · "Satisfaction" · "Aphids In The Hall" · The Cryptic Corporation · *WB:RMX*‎‎‏‏‎

**Compositions**
Pollex Christi (1936-1937) · Cantaten und Symphonen mit Eine Poem (1969?) · Cantaten und Symphonen for der Saxophonen und Violinen with P.C. Lithman (1971?) · Cantaten to der Dyin Prunen with P.C. Lithman (1971?)
**Music theory**
Theory of Phonetic Organization {*Meet The Residents*) · Theory of Obscurity (*Not Available*)
**Work with The Residents**
*The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album* (1971) · A Live Radio Broadcast (1971) · *B.S.* (1971) · *1-10 (With A Touch of 11)* (1972) · *Vileness Fats* (1972-1976) · *Eskimo* (1979) · *Pollex Christi* (1997)
**Live appearances**
Philip Lithman and N. Senada live appearances (ca. 1971) · The Boarding House performance with Residents, Uninc. (1971) · Philip's Wedding with Residents, Uninc. (1971) · Chris' Party with Residents, Uninc. (1972) · Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! with The Residents (1976) · Snakey Wake performance (1987)
**Related articles** Max Steinway · Hardy Fox · Philip "Snakefinger" Lithman · The Delta Nudes · Residents, Uninc. · "Eloise" · "**Kamakazi Lady**" · Andrew Hook · *O for Obscurity, Or, The Story of N.*