The Rawheads - Mongoloid (Devo Cover)

Re-released by Psychoholic Records in 2018 / psychoholicrecords
From '' Inferno ''
Label: Mental Disorder Records ‎- MADCD003
Format: CD, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 1995
Tracklist
01. The Undertaker
02. Сlan of Death
03. Dead Man's Rock
04. Mongoloid
05. Evil Rise
06. Red Man's Fall
07. Pumpkinhead
08. Dream Girl
09. Nekropolis
10. Behind The Lonely Hills
11. Follow That Demon '95
12. Creepshow
Lead Vocals - Marco Machatschke
Guitar - Ralph
Bass, Vocals - Rob Raw
Drums - Lutz
Written-By, Arranged By, Performer - The Rawheads (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 12)
Engineer - Mathias Roska
Design [Package By] - Nick Garrard
Booking - Rob Raw
Notes:
The first frase used in this song is taken from James Cameron 1984 movie 'The Terminator'.
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"Mongoloid" is the first single released by Devo in 1977, on the Booji Boy Records label.
It was backed with the song "Jocko Homo." "Mongoloid" also had one of the first music videos made using collage.
"Mongoloid" would later be re-recorded by Devo and appeared on the album Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! in 1978. It is also a staple of Devo's live shows.
Covers
"Mongoloid" has been one of the most frequently covered songs in the Devo catalog:
Zvoncekova Biljeznica, a Serbian hardcore/postpunk band covered this song for their 1992 album Inzinjeri ljudskih dusa in Serbian language with different lyrics.
Demented Are Go, a Welsh psychobilly band, covered it on their 1993 album Tangenital Madness on a Pleasant Side of Hell.
Australian ska band The Porkers covered this song for their 1994 album, Grunt!
Thrash metal group Demolition Hammer covers the song on their 1994 album Timebomb.
Sepultura covered the song on their 2002 Revolusongs EP.
A slightly altered version of the chorus serves as the theme music of the Androsynth race in the Star Control computer games.
In 2007, Datarock performed an acoustic version of the song for Like A Version, a segment on the national Australian radio station, Triple J.
Possum Dixon performed a Spanish cover, "El Mongoloido", on We Are Not Devo, the Devo tribute album released in 1997.
The Belgian rock band The Assassinators plays a cover version of the song.
Additionally, in the Flemish film Ex Drummer, the main character's band The Feminists do a version of "Mongoloid" in rehearsals and in concert. This version was recorded by Belgian band Millionaire.
There is a bluegrass version of the song, recorded in Cleveland, Ohio, by the Hotfoot Quartet in 1980 and released as a 45 rpm single on the Black Snake label.
A choral version of the song, both a cappella and with instrumental accompaniment, was released by the German band Popchor Berlin in 2002 on their EP-1" album.
Rummelsnuff, a German industrial/punk band, covered "Mongoloid" on their first record Halt Durch! in 2008.
"Mongoloid" was also covered by an early incarnation of the band October Rising, when they were known as the "Star Spangled Bastards".
The Chilean band Los Mox covered this song on their album Con Cover.
The Sky Fades Away, a Russian post-punk band covered this song.
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Lyrics
Mongoloid, he was a mongoloid
Happier than you and me
Mongoloid, he was a mongoloid
And it determined what he could see
Mongoloid, he was a mongoloid
One chromosome, too many
Mongoloid, he was a mongoloid
And it determined what he could see
And he wore a hat
And he had a job
And he brought home the bacon
So that no one knew
That he was a mongoloid, mongoloid
His friends were unaware
Mongoloid, he was a mongoloid
Nobody even cared
Mongoloid, he was a mongoloid
One chromosome, too many
Mongoloid, he was a mongoloid
And it determined what he could see
And he wore a hat
And he had a job
And he brought home the bacon
So that no one knew
He was a mongoloid, mongoloid
Happier than you and me
Mongoloid, he was a mongoloid
And it determined what he could see
Mongoloid, he was a mongoloid
One chromosome, too many
Mongoloid, he was a mongoloid
And it determined what he could see
And he wore a hat
And he had a job
And he brought home the bacon
So that no one knew
Mongoloid, he was a mongoloid
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