Stupid Mop

Album: Vitalogy (1994)
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Songfacts®:

  • Also known as "Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me," the song lyrics are actual dialog from a 1986 Frontline documentary on mental illness. In the video, there is a schizophrenic old woman ranting about her stupid mop. >>>
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    Saint - New Orleans, LA
  • Pearl Jam included this 7:28 oddity on the Vitalogy album at the last minute so they could involve their new drummer, Jack Irons. Dave Abbruzzese played on the rest of the album but was fired from the band before it was released. The song is the last track on the album.

Comments: 5

  • Joshua from Usathis song is so weird
  • Victor Eduardo Rodrigues Santos from ItabiraIt seems to talk about rape
  • Christopher from Atlanta, GeorgiaI love this song. Slightly distorted, cacophony of sound that gradually floods your brain, and builds to a finale where the heroine contemplates and ultimately acknowledges she would end her life.

    The song fascinated me, I’ve listened to it countless time, and still love it just as much.
  • Bill from Pierce , IdI never thought much of this song until I listened to it while reading along with the printed lyrics to it, then it actually took on a more cohesive flow that made it much more listenable.
  • Brendan from Altamont, NyThis song is also known as "Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me". My least favorite song by Pearl Jam but still interesting.
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