"Kuntz" is a song by the experimental

Experimental music

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 punk

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 band Butthole Surfers

Butthole Surfers

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, originally released as the ninth track of their 1987 album Locust Abortion Technician

Locust Abortion Technician

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.

The song consists of a recording of a Thai

Thailand

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 singer which is sped up, slowed down and otherwise manipulated. The lyrics are in fact intentionally altered to emphasize and repeat the word "itch" (คัน - kan) to make it sound like "cunt

Cunt

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", which has a very different meaning in English

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. According to a reader's comment on Mark Prindle's record review page, it is stated that the lyrics roughly translate to: "That itch that won't go away... The itch never leaves."

The song is written by an unknown and uncredited Thai artist. The original, unmodified version can be heard here.

The band recently made a remix

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 of this song that is on the playlist on their Myspace

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 page.

External links

• Brian Turner, "One For the Butthole Surfers Fans Out There," WFMU
  WFMU
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  's Beware of the Blog, January 17, 2007. The original song that "Kuntz" is based on, obtained from a recording medium entitled Thai Shotgun Cassette (note that Turner doesn't specify whether this is an official title or whether the recording medium it was obtained from was actually a cassette
  Compact Cassette
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  ).