If you are ever fortunate enough to obtain a highly-prized, and also collectable, “Slight Psych” setlist (or just brave enough to fish one out of the trash) you will invariably find a line that says: “aka HML”.
Here’s Why: We were playing at “The Nines” in Ithaca, NY. It was an old firehouse-turned-pizza-parlor. BTW: They made a tasty Chicago-style deep-dish, which is rare around here; This is thin-crust country! (But alas, I have strayed.) Anyway, a young girl glanced over the postage-stamp-sized stage, and began reading the songs off our setlist. Aloud! Suffice to say, we didn’t endear ourselves with the local PTA. From that day forward “Hump My Leg” was written as “aka HML”. Never let it be said that SP doesn’t care.
We briefly entertained the idea of a “Hump My Leg” mechanical stuffed dog to sell as SP band swag, but we didn’t have the resources needed to pull that off. We told our friend, Roman, all about it in “Getting to Know Slightly Psychedelic: The A-Z Interview”. It’s available here if you’re interested: https://www.withguitars.com/277313-2/ Hey, is that an HML T-shirt that
Eric’s wearing in the photo?
PS: I almost forgot: What’s the damned song about? You may ask. Well, let’s just say that some people tend to behave like dogs. And not in the noble sense; They’ll tend to please themselves, only at your expense. Get it? Just use your imagination, OK?
LYRICS:
I’d like to break you but you’re just made out of plastic
You’d better stop me before I do something drastic
You drive me crazy with the silly things you say
You drive me crazy, baby, baby, yeah!You just wanna hump my leg
You just wanna make me beg
You just wanna pull my chain
You just wanna drain my veinYou wanna hump my leg!
Oh baby, baby, yeah
Baby, baby, yeah!I’d like to take you on a voyage so fantastic
Let your imagination stretch like pure elastic
You drive me silly with the crazy games you play
You drive me crazy, baby, baby, yeah!You just wanna hump my leg
You just wanna make me beg
You just wanna pull my chain
You just wanna drain my veinYou wanna hump my leg!
©2020 Slightly Psychedelic
Oh, baby, baby, yeah
Baby, baby, yeah!