'Frontier Psychiatrist' / The Avalanches

Buen tiempo hace conocíamos ya del flemático y apreciable blog 'Frontier Psychiatrist', distinguido súbdito él de la Corona Británica. Al poco tiempo, vinimos a enterarnos de que ostentaba el nombre de un famoso tema de la banda australiana 'The Avalanches' (fue el tercer sencillo de su álbum debut 'Since I left you', publicado en el año 2000).
Recién hemos tenido noticia de la desopilante naturaleza de 'Frontier Psychiatrist' pues en la grabación del tema, arduo y logrado ejercicio de collage, se emplearon fragmentos de pistas sonoras de más de 30 distintas procedencias. Sin duda ello no es novedoso pero, todos lo sabemos, 'postmodernité oblige'.
Se hicieron dos videoclips del tema, cada cual más estrambótico y empapado en la peculiar atmósfera de los sueños, que nuestros lectores más sensibles sabrán apreciar. Aquí adjuntamos ambos, benévolamente surreales.
La letra de 'Frontier Psychiatrist' no requiere traducción. Delicioso es el juego del término 'frontier' aplicado a un psiquiatra -y tampoco requiere comentario-:
FRONTIER PSYCHIATRIST
(R Chater, Dobson, B Kaempfert, H Rehbein, D Seltmann, C Sigman)Is Dexter ill, Is Dexter ill, Is Dexter illIs Dexter ill today, Mr Kirk, Dexter's in schoolI'm afraid he's not, Miss FishborneDexter's truancy problem is way out of handThe Baltimore County school board have decided to expelDexter from the entire public school system
Oh Mr Kirk, I'm as upset as you to learn of Dexter's truancyBut surely, expulsion is not the answer!I'm afraid expulsion is the only answerIt's the opinion of the entire staff that Dexter is criminally insane
That boy needs therapy, psychosomatic,That boy needs therapy, purely psychosomaticThat boy needs therapyLie down on the couch! What does that mean?You're a nut! You're crazy in the coconut!What does that mean? That boy needs therapyI'm gonna kill you, that boy needs therapyGrab a kazoo, let's have a duelNow when I count threeThat, that, that, that, that boy.. boy needs therapyHe was white as a sheetAnd he also made false teeth
Avalanches is above, business continues belowDid I ever tell you the story aboutCowboys! M-M-midgets, the indians and, Fron, Frontier PsychiatristI... I felt strangely hypnotisedI was in another world, a world of 20.000 girlsAnd milk! Rectangles, to an optometrist, the man with the golden eyeballAnd tighten your buttocks, pour juice on your chinI promise my girlfriend I'd, the violin, violin, violin ...
Frontier PsychiatristFrontier, frontier, frontier, frontierFrontier, frontier, frontier, frontierFrontier, frontier, frontier, frontier

That boy needs therapy, psychosomaticThat boy needs therapy, purely psychosomaticThat boy needs therapyLie down on the couch, what does that mean?You're a nut! You're crazy in the coconut!What does that mean? That boy needs therapyI'm gonna kill you, that boy needs therapyRanagazoo, let's have a tuneNow when I count threeThat, that, that, that, that boy.. boy needs therapyHe was white as a sheetAnd he also made false teeth
Frontier Psychiatrist
Can you think of anything else that talks, other than a person?A-a a-a-a-a, a bird? Yeah!Sometimes a parrot talksHello hello hello helloHa ha ha ha ha !!!!Yes, some birds are funny when they talkCan you think of anything else?Um, a record, record, record !
'Frontier Psychiatrist' / The Avalanches