Crazy F****

Crazy F***
Written by	Joe Hawley
Appears on	Joe Hawley Joe Hawley
Sung by	Joe Hawley, Laurel Stucky, Vomitron
Duration	3:00
Genre	Rock
Language	English

Crazy F**** (sometimes written as "Crazy F***", or "Crazy Food") is a song by Joe Hawley from the album Joe Hawley Joe Hawley.

Composition

The opening of the song interpolates the melody of the traditional English folk song "Scarborough Fair", as used in the soundtrack to 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Video Game' on the NES. Crazy Food makes reference to "Scarborough Fair"'s lyrics, also, as "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary," are referenced in the shopping list/rap part of the song.

Crazy Food contains samples of the fight song and various sound effects from Nintendo's "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!!". It also contains a complete cover performed by Max Gleason (AKA Smoove[sic]/Smooth McGroove) of the "Green Greens" theme from Nintendo's "Kirby's Dream Land" starting at "You have more? ..." and ending at "GEWURZTRAMINER". The song also samples Abobo's Theme from "Double Dragon", and "Downstream" by Shira Kammen, from the video game "Braid".

Music Video

A music video for Crazy Food was released on the 2nd of May 2017, uploaded to Joe Hawley's YouTube Page. Starting in 2017, production assistant Patrick Ratliff released a series a videos showcasing behind the scenes footage of the filming of the Crazy Food Music Video, titled "Behind The Food" The most recent of which was released December 11th 2022. The videos showcase the troubled production of shooting the video, and problems they encounter, such as Joe's camera dying in the first shot, transporting a shopping cart and guarding the shopping cart.

Song Meanings

"Crazy F****" is a song about the plethora of food at a farmer's market.

Trivia

• In the music video for Crazy F***, the beginning of the video gives 2 callbacks: Joe samples audio from Boralogue VI and has an homage to his film project, The Other Way.
• At the end of the song, there is a reversed clip of somebody saying "are you going to eat that disgusting food, really?" in Japanese. Japanese lyrics have appeared in other Joe Hawley songs, such as Space Station Level 7 (宇宙ステーションのレベル7)
• The purple GameBoy seen at the beginning of the music video was purchased broken as a prop by Joe, which he plans on sending as a random gift to "some dude."
• While some varieties of samphire do produce flowers, the particular wording may also be referencing the recurring Fire Flower from the Super Mario series.

Lyrics

Are you going to eat that crazy food?  
May I please have some of it too?  
(O I hope that it does not 
give you indigestion!  
This was once a true phantasy of mine)

Shucks, it's fussing bonkers 
at the farmer's market  
We drove the gosh dang Jeep 
and there's no place to park it
  
What the fuss? Cuss! 
Check out that lazy dude  
with all that crazy food   
handing ample samples
out to non-customers!

Fussing find that punk
if scheisse ever gets dire 
Gosh dang! He's Superman!  
Who the heck's his supplier?  

Rapunzel, Rapunzel, 
let down your spaghetti!  
Srsly tho', he's packing 
chow like confetti  

"Ready?"

Shucks! uh...  
ALLSPICE AMARANTH ARTICHOKE ACAI  
BANANA BARLEY BASIL BAY LEAVES BOK CHOI CHAI  
SEITAN POT PIE MARBLED RYE

BEDHI'D BLACK EYED PEAS BING CHERRIES 
CHIOGGIA BEETS (hold the meats) GOOSEBERRIES  
CAYENNE CHESTNUT CHIA COCONUT CUSTARD 
DAHLIA DATES SAFFRON DIJON MUSTARD

(You're flustered!) DURIAN CURRY KALE KASAVA  
CLOVE EGGPLANT FLAX DEMITASSE KAVA  
GARLIC KUMQUAT LYCHEE OCA ROOT  
JALAPENOS GARBANZOS STARFRUIT SNAKEFRUIT  

LAVENDER LIME KARELA KOHLRABI  
JUNIPER JAK WAKAME WASABI  
PAPAYA PAPALO MARIGOLD MANGO  
OREGANO SAKE LEMON LUO HAN GUO  

KIWI CATNIP CAROLINA REAPER  
EGUSI ICACO (why can't this be cheaper?)  
POPPIES ASPARAGUS QUEEN ANNE'S CARROTS  
BROCCOLI a GAC and that'll take care of us.

You have more? 
Wherefore dost thou obtain s'uch crazy food
thou crazy fuss?  

COLLARD GREENS BUTTER BEANS VANILLA  
POMEGRANATE PINEAPPLE SARSAPARILLA  
RAMBUTAN DRAGONFRUIT TAPIOCA  
ATEMOYA AKEBIA ROSE MOCHA  

AMANITA MUSCARIA CHIVE POTATOES  
WATERCRESS SPROUTS QUINOA TOMATOES  
PARSLEY SAGE ROSEMARY wait...
Almost seems like this should be illegal.
(Will these even fit in the vehicle?)

WATERMELON MARIJUANA RHUBARB  
TAMARIND TARRAGON TURNIP SWISS CHARD  
BLUEBERRY CARAWAY FENNEL CACAO  
BOYSENBERRY CUMIN CANTALOUPE (Wow.)  

CELERY SESAME YAM ANISE ZENIA  
KOLAS GRANOLAS MARCONAS GARDENIAS  
LENTIL CABBAGE VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN WIENER  
GHOST PEPPER MUENSTER GEWURZTRAMINER  

APPLE FIG PEAR PEACH 
PINE HAZEL WALNUT BEECH   
SPELT MILLET TEFF TARO 
SHALLOT GINGER MACA FARRO   

YARROW KALENDULA KOMBU CHLORELLA
CILANTRO PECAN CITRON PORTOBELLA  
PUMPKIN RADISH ONION RICE  
GINKGO OLIVE MAPLE ICE  

THYME STRAWBERRY 
PAPAYA CATTAIL SHERRY  
MULBERRY PLUM MIMOSA
ARGYREIA NERVOSA

CUCUMBERS MAYPOPS SHAMROCKS 
What's with the HEMLOCKS?!  
BOURBON APRICOTS SOUR 
TRUFFLE SAMPHIRE FLOWER  

SQUASH ZUCCHINI MACARONI PORCINI VERMICELLI  
AVOCADOS PISTACHIOS CINNAMON ROYAL JELLY   
PERSIMMONS HEMP HEARTS GREEN GODDESS
CELASTRUS PANICULATUS 
KOMBUCHA and ORANGES.

Cash only?! Uh, nevermind.