The Presidents of the United States of America released the song “Lump” in 1995 off their self-titled debut album. The song was a big success reaching #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.
According to Wikipedia: Composer
Chris Ballew
said that the lyrics combined his own history of having a
benign tumor
in the head with a vision he had of a woman in a swamp, while employing the word “lump” because Ballew was fond of it.
[1]
The musical part was described by Ballew as him “trying to write a
Buzzcocks
song”. Ballew considers it his favorite composition.
Chris Ballew
said that the lyrics combined his own history of having a
benign tumor
in the head with a vision he had of a woman in a swamp, while employing the word “lump” because Ballew was fond of it.
[1]
The musical part was described by Ballew as him “trying to write a
Buzzcocks
song”. Ballew considers it his favorite composition.
There is a second version of the video called “Lump 2” which was too disturbing to be aired on MTV.
The Presidents of the United States of America “Lump” 1995
