Before anyone gets all menstrual about the Bloodhound Gang's anticipated first single from their forthcoming album, just remember there's nothing inherently offensive about the word "vagina." Still, the affectionately juvenile hip-hop quartet has found a way to siphon every morsel of perversion associated with the word for the single, "Vagina," which will be included on the album, Hooray For Boobies, due out in November.

"It's, like, the dirtiest [song] without using the word 'fuck' and 'shit' a lot," says Bloodhound Gang frontman Jimmy Pop. And its oedipal overtones are undeniable and fairly disturbing. One "Vagina" lyric goes: "I'm white, which goes with anything/But I can come in any color/And I'm looking for a girl that reminds me of my mother/But it's hard to find a girl with a viper tattooed on her tushy/And how many girls do you know who can play the harmonica with their pussies." Like, less than three.

"[My mother] doesn't mind the [album] title," says Pop, "but she doesn't like the mom references. She's like, 'No, I can't do that with the harmonica.'" Porn star Chasey Lain, though, has been known to do a lot worse on film. Lain is the subject of the song "The Ballad of Chasey Lain," which will feature the now-pregnant porn actress reading a yet-unwritten introduction to the song she's yet to hear. The bodacious Lain has been somewhat the rock icon of late, having also appeared in Fig Dish's soft porn music video, "When Shirts Get Tight."

"My adult stuff pays the bills," she says. "The other stuff doesn't pay as well, but it's fun." Lain's surgically-enhanced breasts will also appear on the cover of Hooray For Boobies, along with cow udders and National Geographic covergirls with plates in their lips.

Along with Lain, guests on the album will include Less Than Jake saxophonist Derron, Reel Big Fish horn player Tavis Werts, Nerf Herder guitarist Parry Gripp and former Duran Duran bassist John Taylor. According to Pop, Taylor imitates Mick Jagger on the record during the intro to a jungle-punk cover of "Under My Thumb." Taylor says, "Hi, this is John Taylor, formerly of Duran Duran. I'm going to be imitating Mick Jagger. Hi, this is Mick Jagger." Get it?

BLAIR R. FISCHER
(August 21, 1998)