"Pencil Neck Geek" - Freddie Blassie's immortal satiric machismo - Page 2

(chorus)
Pencil neck geek, grit eatin' freak,
scum suckin', pea head with a lousy physique.
He's a one man, no gut, loosing streak.
Nothin' but a pencil neck geek.

Soon the geeks were poppin' up all over town.
You couldn't hardly sneeze without knockin' one down.
After a nice juicy steak, if you need a toothpick,
Just reach for a geek, they'll do the trick.

One day we cut one up for fish bait.
Learned our lesson just a little bit late.
Soon as the geek hit the drink, the water turned red.
Next day, sure enough, all the fish were dead.

chorus

Most any night you know where I can be found.
Yeah, stomping some geek's head into the ground.
So keep the faith 'cause in Blassie you can trust,
I won't give up 'til the last geek bites the dust.

chorus

They say, "these geeks come a dime a dozen."
I'm lookin' for the guy who's supplyin' the dimes.
Its gonna be real hard times for all of these
grit eatin',
scum suckin',
boot lickin',
drop kickin',
gut grindin',
nail bitin',
glue sniffin',
scab pickin',
butt scratchin',
egg hatchin',
sleezy,
smelly,
pepper bellied,
dirty, lousy, rotten, stinkin', freaks.
Nothing but a pencil neck geek

Dr. Demento always played an especially offensively funny extended version which carries on for a couple of minutes after the end of the song. As he's finishing the song, Blassie becomes suspicious of the studio engineer sitting behind the boards. Turns out this engineer is a Pencil Neck, and Freddie proceeds to execute him, with great sound effects of the guy being electrocuted.

This also inspired a pretty good answer record, "Geek's Revenge" by Don Noone.

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  • 1 - Jim

    Nov 22, 2003 at 7:55 pm

    When I first heard this song on Dr. Demento, I thought I'd die laughing. You do of course know the song was about Andy Kaughman, of Taxi fame, right?

  • 2 - Chris Arabia

    Nov 22, 2003 at 8:44 pm

    I have to take issue with this post not once describing the legendary artist/manager/athlete as "Classy" Freddie Blassie.

  • 3 - mac

    Mar 30, 2004 at 12:20 am

    I remember how the guy effectively used a reverb so his voice had that extra mean quality- makes me wonder if Jimmy Dean's "Big John" came out the same year-lol what a great flipside

  • 4 - Jim

    Aug 11, 2008 at 6:07 pm

    The song is NOT about Andy Kaughman. Fred Blassie originally called "Killer" Kowalski (of wrestling fame) a "Pencil Neck Geek" after a match.

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