Stars on Sunday

Two main versions:

* "Full Version" (1981) - Chemical Playschool 2 (11:27)

* "Edited Version" (1981) - Kleine Krieg (6:40)

The Edited Version ends abruptly after the "Phallus Dei" section but is otherwise identical to the Full Version.

The Full Version is 6 sections mixed together:

1. 0:00 - 3:48 "Stars on Sunday." Discordant keyboard melody, sequenced squeaky synth, and Ka-Spel howling improvised lyrics in the background (something about dancing with a woman in a church, something about heaven). A segment of this appeared in "Break Down."

2. 3:48 - 3:48 The sped-up Russian chanting from the end of Mpnmep Cptaha crossfades between sections 1 and 3.

3. 3:58 - 6:07 A heavily-distorted drum pattern is played with lots of glitches, with a discordant improvised melody played over top and a buzzing-fly synth sound. More incomprehensible vocals; sections 1 and 3 may in fact be from the same recording session, with section 2 inserted to fill a quiet portion. Cuts off suddenly, and after a second of silence:

4. 6:07 - 6:50 A heavily-distorted section from "Phallus Dei" with lots of tremolo. Suddenly replaced by:

5. 6:50 - 9:20 A likewise distorted section from "Before the End," lyrics replaced by more improvised and impossible-to-hear vocals and an insectoid synth melody. The synth crossfades with...

6. 9:20 - 11:27 The Mpnmep Cptaha chanting, quiet vocals (something about "dancing shoes") that are impossible to hear, keyboard booping, and erratic snatches from "Before the End."

Why You Should Care:

Lyrics about a bride and groom being "stars on Sunday" appear in "The Wedding."

Mpnmep Ctpaha

One main version:

* (1981) - Chemical Playschool 1 (2:38)

The song fades into the drum sequence and melody, and fades out with an odd sped-up vocals repeating a Russian phrase.

Unavailable elsewhere.

Instruments: Drum machine with single pattern; barely-audible synth bassline; synth piano keys; high-pitched synth melody with Russian tinge; single vocal track; windy synth noises.

What It's About:

This one is short and ambiguous, but it might be about somebody looking at a painting by a Russian artist. The painting depicts a happy family, but the viewer detects an ominous possessiveness in the smile of the mother.

Lyrics (adapted from the Cloud-Zero archive):

The artist was good. He caught the mood, he caught the colours.
Caught the warm, embracing smile, a kindly aunt, a loving brother.
But the smile belongs to mother.
Says "I'll clothe you when you're cold, I'll feed you when you're hungry.
You'll never want to leave me.
Never. Never. Never ever ever ever nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet!"

(Russian lyrics?)