A corselet or corselette is a type of foundation garment, sharing elements of both brassieres and girdles. It may incorporate lace in front or in back. The term originated by the addition of the diminutive suffix "-ette" to the word corset.
The corselet was originally a piece of armor, covering the torso; the origin of the English word comes from cors, an Old French word meaning "bodice". The corselet as an item of women's clothing began to gain traction in 1914, as a substitute for wearing two separate pieces (a brassiere with either a girdle or a corset). The bust uplift cups were first introduced in 1933, but did not become common until 1943.
A corselet was released by Warner's in 1955, named after The Merry Widow, a 1905 operetta that has been adapted several times into feature-length films. This new design featured demi-cups and a shorter girdle than its predecessors. This type of lingerie is also known as a torsolette, and is used in bridal lingerie, much like the bustier.
The original merry widow was a corselet incorporating slim panels of black, elastic yarn netting. A heavy-duty zipper was inserted behind a velvet-backed hook-and-eye flange, and the entire garment was lined with nylon voile. Nine long, spiral wires were encased in black satin.
Frank Zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
Warren Cucurullo (rhythm guitar, vocals)
Denny Walley (slide guitar, vocals)
Ike Willis (lead vocals)
Peter Wolf (keyboards)
Tommy Mars (keyboards)
Arthur Barrow (bass, vocals)
Ed Mann (percussion)
Vinnie Colaiuta (drums)
Jeff (tenor saxophone)
Marginal Chagrin (baritone saxophone)
Stumuk (bass saxophone)
Dale Bozzio (vocals)
Al Malkin (vocals)
Craig Steward (harmonica)
Backstage at the local Armory, Mary, in her little white dress, is wiping the remnants of her performance off the side of her mouth as LARRY (the guy from the garage who quit the band in order to make an honest living) zips up the front of his stinking boiler suit and sings to the same teen-age girls who were stomping and clapping a little while ago, as they kneel with their little pink mouths open near the crew bus, hoping to save the price of admission by performing acts of Hooverism on the jolly lads who set up the P.A. System.
Larry:
Hey Hey Hey all you girls in these
Industrial towns
I know you're prob'ly gettin' tired
Of all the local clowns
They never give you no respect
They never treat you nice
So perhaps you oughta try
A little friendly advice
And be a CREW SLUT
Hey, you'll love it
Be a CREW SLUT
It's a way of life
Be a CREW SLUT
See the world
Don't make a fuss, just get on the bus
CREW SLUT
Add water makes its own sauce
Be a CREW SLUT
So you don't forget, call before midnite tonite
The boys in the crew
Are just waiting for you
You never to get move around
You never go nowhere
I know yer prob'ly gettin' tired
Of all the guys out there
You always wondered what it's like
To go from place to place
So, darlin', take a little ride
On the mixer's face
Be a CREW SLUT
Just follow the magic footprints
Be a CREW SLUT
Hey, you'll love it!
Be a CREW SLUT
It's a way of life
I ain't gonna squash it
And you don't need to wash it!
CREW SLUT
Hey, I'll buy you a pizza
CREW SLUT
Of course I'll introduce you to Warren
The boys in the crew
Are only waiting for you
At this point, the road crew, as all road crews must from time to time, borrow some of the big rock group's equipment and have a blues jam session, indicating to the kneeling maidens that they are endowed with a great deal of raw talent, as well as massive meat. Obviously impressed with LARRY'S ability to suck so hard on his harmonica that screeching little noises come out of it, MARY kneels again and reaches upward in gestures of supplication, listening intently as LARRY continues to sing...
Larry:
Well you been to Alabama, girl,
'N' Georgia too
'N' all the boys in the crew
Is bein' good to you
I know yer sayin' to yourself
'This is the way to go'
'Cause when you need a little extra
They will give you some mo'
`Cause you're the CREW SLUT
Mary:
Eh, hah ha, I'm into leather...
Larry:
That's good! A lot of the boys in the crew Love leather...
Mary:
And rubber...
Larry:
Yeh, they like rubber too...shrink-tubing
With a hair dryer...
Road Crew Chorus:
Trade your spot on the bench
For a guy with a wrench
And be a...
Mary:
Ha ha ha...
Larry:
You like that, huh?
I told you you'd love it...
It's a way of life!
Road Crew Chorus:
The guys in the crew
Have got a present for you!
Ren nah naaah
Ren nah naaah
Ren nah naaah
Mary:
A present for me?
Road Crew Chorus:
Ren nah naaah
Ren nah naaah
Ren nah naaah
Larry:
Hmmm, we got a present for you!
Road Crew Chorus:
Ren nah naaah
Ren nah naaah
Ren nah naaah
Mary:
Whaddya got?
Road Crew Chorus:
Ren nah naaah
Mary:
Whaddya gonna give me?
Road Crew Chorus:
Ren nah naaah
Ren nah naaah
Larry:
It looks just like a Telefunken U-47
You'll love it...
Mary:
With Leather?
Central Scrutinizer:
Eh errr, eh eh...This is,eh, the CENTRAL SCRUTINIZER again...
And so Mary was enticed away from Joe
By an evil barbarian with a wrench in his pocket
Lured into a life of SLEAZERY
With the entire road crew of some
Famous Rock Group
(I don't know whether it was really Toad-O or not
...I don't know... I'll check it out)
Again we see
MUSIC
Causing
Everything would be okay
If you wasn't crazy
Why you trying to fade me
Just be a lady
No when we first met everything was really going cool
I had to catch myself cause I was digging you
At first it seemed, that you were the only one for me
But oh no, your crazy
Now I.m the type of nigga that just likes to keep it real
I likes to keep my mind focused on the real
Instead of you, trying to help me make my dreams come true
You start a mess, between me and my whole crew
Now what type of lady are you supposed to be
I think its best if you stay the hell away from me
Now what type of lady are you supposed to be
I think its best if you stay the fuck away from me
Everything would be okay
If you wasn't crazy
Why you trying to fade me
Just be a lady
Ya know I can't be nobody but me that Russell Lee
What make you think you can come around and change me
Your breaking rules, showing up to my house without a call
Your doing dumbshit and you know that ain't gonna work it out
Ya know you ain't even right, ya damn sure ain't lady like
Ya screamin and scratching started fussing trying to start a fight
You really need to be gone, and leave me the hell alone
You actin like a lil girl how the fuck you say your grown
Playin on my phone won't say nothing but I know its you
What will it take for you to understand that we are through
Hello? Hello? & Bitch!
Everything would be okay
If you wasn't crazy
Why you trying to fade me
Just be a lady
If only you were a lady and stopped actin so damn shady
You would be the luckiest women if didn't try to fade me
But you do, so the consequences is all on you
So don't get mad when you see me walking with another boo
I gotta go, you had your chance with me but there.s no more
Look at you looking pitiful crying lying on the floor
I wish there was another way that you can change my mind
You say that your sorry but some kind of way I think your lying
Everything would be okay
If yooooouuu was a lady
Everything would be okay
If yooooouuu wasn't crazy
Everything would be okay
If you wasn't crazy
Why you trying to fade me
Just be a lady
Just be a lady
Everything would be okay
If you wasn't crazy
Why you trying to fade me
Just be a lady
Griselda is greedy, I'm sorry to say.
She isn't contented with four meals a day,
Like breakfast and dinner and supper and tea
(I've had to put tea after supper-you see
Why, don't you?)
Griselda is greedy as greedy can be.
She snoops about the larder
For sundry small supplies,
She breaks the little crusty bits
Off rims of apple pies,
She pokes the roast-potato-dish
When Sunday dinner's done,
And if there are two left in it
Griselda snitches one;
Cold chicken and cold cauliflower
She pulls in little chunks-
And when Cook calls:
"What are you doing there?"
Griselda bunks.
Griselda is greedy. Well, that's how she feels,
She simply can't help eating in-between meals,
And always forgets what it's leading to, though
The Doctor has frequently told her: "You know
Why, don't you?"
When the stomach-ache starts and Griselda says:
"Oh!"
She slips down to the dining-room
When everyone's in bed,
For cheese-rind on the supper-tray,
And buttered crusts of bread,
A biscuit from the biscuit-box,
Lump sugar from the bowl,
A gherkin from the pickle-jar,
Are all Griselda's toll;
She tastes the salted almonds,
And she tries the candied fruits-
And when Dad shouts:
"Who is it down below?"
Griselda scoots.
Griselda is greedy. Her relatives scold,
And tell her how sorry she'll be when she's old,
She will lose her complexion, she's sure to grow fat,
She will spoil her inside-does she know what she's at?-
(Why do they?)
Another one of the last songs written for Mindsize, it became our first real single (though 'More' was the first official single, it was not promoted as such). Within a few weeks, Cruciality hit #1 on one of the popular Christian charts. During a show in Irvine, CA, our record label presented us with a plaque to commemorate the event.
'Cruciality' was one of the few pseudo "politically-minded" songs that we had. The intent of the song was not to put anyone down, however, but show that our focus needs to be set upon our walk with the Lord, and sharing His love with those around us. When we focus on outside issues, such as environmentalism, we risk taking our eyes off of the Most Important One. Are these issues bad? No. Not necessarily, but Jesus needs to be the focus.
Inside my selfish thinking
In the middle I'm always sinking
I am so far down I can't escape
But all around the trees are falling
Too much sunshine comes in
And so I wait another day
What is brightest in my life
And what will I receive (tomorrow)
If I'm Spirit filled will I be so content (so content with sorrow)
Crucial is my mind on Christ
So much He had to (He had to die)
Buildings empty, standing tall
Precious people breathe and fall
What will you have when all is thru?
Or maybe then I save the sea
For other people after me
Instead I am never living now
Turn my eyes and to the stars
Is there life so very far?
Or better is there any very near
It is this so understand me
Christ gave so we can be free
And will I wait another day
Is this love?
Is this life?
This world's already gone
This world needs the Son
But we have so many things to do?
And so enough of flower power
Step on ways that make us sour
Todo gira en dolorosos circulos concentricos
Sin para...
Llora el alma
Al deshacerse
En cientos de hebras blancas
No busques mas
Un luz
Tras el cristal
No mires mas alla
Y anuda bien tu piel.
Un reflejo mortecino en el cristal
La tortuosa sombra vuelve a cambiar
Y arrastra al panico otra vez.
Cruje el cuerpo
Al retorcerce
Al destrozarse y renacerce.
No busques mas
Un luz
Tras el cristal
No mires mas alla
Y anuda bien tu piel.
Und uber das tal ziehen schatten so dunkel
Unwolken den schmitter, ersticken den glanz
Und scheinen verwurzelt wie felsen im sturm
Die unberrt trotzen der hochstein gewalt
Es donnert ein name mit grausamer macht
Walzt zah uber mauern, durchdringt jeden winkel
Die lippen erbeben, der zitternde klang schlammt lahmend die glieder
Und bettel sie klamm in schlurfendes braun
Zweilicht fahlt flimmernd ein tanzender schmerz
Am himmel ziehn fetzen wie vogel
Als zielloses spiel des infernos doch frei
(Chorus: repeat 4X)
Everything would be okay
If you wasn't crazy
Why you trying to fade me
Just be a lady
No when we first met everything was really going cool
I had to catch myself cause I was digging you
At first it seemed, that you were the only one for me
But oh no, your crazy
Now I.m the type of nigga that just likes to keep it real
I likes to keep my mind focused on the real
Instead of you, trying to help me make my dreams come true
You start a mess, between me and my whole crew
(Hook)
Now what type of lady are you supposed to be
I think its best if you stay the hell away from me
Now what type of lady are you supposed to be
I think its best if you stay the fuck away from me
(Chorus: repeat 4X)
Everything would be okay
If you wasn't crazy
Why you trying to fade me
Just be a lady
Ya know I can't be nobody but me that Russell Lee
What make you think you can come around and change me
Your breaking rules, showing up to my house without a call
Your doing dumbshit and you know that ain't gonna work it out
Ya know you ain't even right, ya damn sure ain't lady like
Ya screamin and scratching started fussing trying to start a fight
You really need to be gone, and leave me the hell alone
You actin like a lil girl how the fuck you say your grown
Playin on my phone won't say nothing but I know its you
What will it take for you to understand that we are through
(Phone ring twice)
Hello? Hello?& Bitch!
(Chorus: repeat 4X)
Everything would be okay
If you wasn't crazy
Why you trying to fade me
Just be a lady
If only you were a lady and stopped actin so damn shady
You would be the luckiest women if didn't try to fade me
But you do, so the consequences is all on you
So don't get mad when you see me walking with another boo
I gotta go, you had your chance with me but there.s no more
Look at you looking pitiful crying lying on the floor
I wish there was another way that you can change my mind
You say that your sorry but some kind of way I think your lying
Everything would be okay
If yooooouuu was a lady
Everything would be okay
If yooooouuu wasn't crazy
(Chorus: repeat 4X)
Everything would be okay
If you wasn't crazy
Why you trying to fade me
Just be a lady
Just be a lady
(Repeat 4x)
(Chorus: repeat 2X)
Everything would be okay
If you wasn't crazy
Why you trying to fade me
Just be a lady
Crazy
Give me a directive baby
Give me something to define
Everything is getting hazy
Cause you know you blow my mind
Working out a plan, get my message through
Gotta find a way, how to get to you
CHORUS:
I'm going crazy, maybe
Everytime I think of how this thing should be
Crazy, baby
If you only knew what you do to me
Try to figure out what to do
Got my head in the way
There's one answer for the state I'm in
The only words to say
Working out a plan, get my message through
Gotta find a way, how to get to you
CHORUS
Want so bad to let you know
These feelings that I have for you
In too deep to let you go
There's nothing left to lose
CHORUS
Carouselled
music and lyrics by Kara Johnstad
There you are,
Once again standing before me
There you are once again
Looking in my eyes
As if no time has gone by
I drink in your movements
Your laughter
And enjoy your stubborness
Sensing a seeker inside
Deep down there's this longing,
Deep down you wanna know
Deep down although we know so little of each other
Our spirits have embraced
Have touched