We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Labiodental Fricative Love Affair Boogie

from Love, Life And Bad Breath by Jan Hauenstein

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $0.75 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

about

JH song.
Our daughter Lena studied English, so did we. A song of love and lust using plenty of linguistics lingo.

lyrics

Labiodental Fricative Love Affair Jan Hauenstein
Aka You Make Me Want To Howl (A Near-Close Near-Front Rounded Vowel)

(F) (C) (G) (F) (C) (G) (F) (C) (G)
Your (F)labio(C)dental (G)fricative,
So bene(F)dictively (C)cardio(G)active,
Com(F)bustive(C)ly em(G)brasive,
(Em)Can I (Am)close the (D)gap
With a (F)late(Gm)ral (Bb)alve(Ab)olar (Bb)(Ab)(G)(hold)flap?(G)(G)(hold)

Your (F)pre(C)nasalized (G)consonant,
(F)Jubi(C)lantly (G)sibilant,
So de(F)fiant(C)ly (G)dissonant,
(Em)You leave (Am)me no (D)choice,
I (F)love your (Gm)breathy (Bb)rhinoglotto(Ab)philiac (Bb)(Ab)(G)(hold)voice.(G)(G)(hold)

(Em)You (Am)make me want to (D)howl
A (F)near-close (C)near-front rounded (D)vowel,
(Em)My broom (Am)needs a (D)duster,
Let´s (Eb)hide in that consonant (D)cl(Eb)us(D)(hold)ter.(D)(D)(hold)

(F)Your bi(C)labial (G)click
(F)Always (C)does the trick (G)double quick,
(F)Makes me want to (C)shake my (G)walking stick,
(Em)How it (Am)makes my brain go (D)pop,
I´ll (F)give you my (Gm)best (Bb)epi(Ab)glottal (Bb)(Ab)(G)(hold)stop.(G)(G)(hold)

Your (F)clefting (C)palatal e(G)jective,
Ob(F)jective(C)ly de(G)fective,
(F)Lends a con(C)nective per(G)spective.
I (Em)need you (Am)in my happy (D)home
With your (F)pulmonically (Gm)plosive (Bb)pho(Ab)netic (Bb)(Ab)(G)(hold)palindrome.(G)(G)(hold)

(Em)You (Am)make me want to (D)howl
A phono(F)logically a(C)ware circumflected (D)vowel,
Your (Em)monophthongic (Am)extrametri(D)cality
(Eb)Reeks of oxytonic sexu(D)a(Eb)li(D)(hold)ty.(D)(D)(hold)

Your (F)pitch-vari(C)ated (G)trill
With (F)nary a (C)dental into(G)nation spill
(F)Makes me want to (C)climb the (G)hard palate hill,
(Em)And then (Am)cross the strictured (D)bridge
That (F)leads to (Gm)your (Bb)alve(Ab)olar (Bb)(Ab)(G)(hold)ridge.(G)(G)(hold)

But your (F)voiced (C)dental im(D)plosive,
(C)Isn´t it just a (D)tad cor(Em)rosive?
And your (Am)vowel rounded(D)ness (G)does not (G/F#)really (Em)sing,
(F)Gimme back that (C)diamond en(D)gagement ring!
(C)Keep your voiced (D)retroflex (Em)affricates,
I (Am)say good(D)(hold)bye with (C)duplex per(D7)ception re(G)grets.

Belatedly dedicated to Lena for passing her English exam in style,
and, to an enunciatedly lesser degree, to Noam Chomsky and Professor Gardner.

Jan Hauenstein, Roemoe, Denmark, finished Göttingen, 19 March 2009

janhauenstein@gmx.de

www.janhauenstein.com

credits

from Love, Life And Bad Breath, released August 5, 2010

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Jan Hauenstein image

Jan Hauenstein Göttingen, Germany

More than background music.
You'll hear folk, blues, jazzy songs, rock. Big voice. Albums recommended by Gordon Bok, Harvey Andrews, Jez Lowe and others.
janhauenstein@gmx.de
Why no free uploads? I cover songs. Register them with the German music rights agency GEMA. They hopefully reimburse the artists. The tax authorities demand that I make (not lose) a little money each year... ... more

contact / help

Contact Jan Hauenstein

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Jan Hauenstein, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Seafood Sam joins the show to discuss his newest album, " Standing On Giant Shoulders".
listen now