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Wesley Willis war ein US-amerikanischer Künstler und Musiker aus Chicago. Seine Musik ist gekennzeichnet durch Einfachheit und die teilweise bizarr wirkenden Texte, ähnlich einem Bewusstseinsstrom. Im Laufe seiner Musikkarriere komponierte er über 1000 Lieder.

In seiner Kunstkarriere zeichnete er hauptsächlich Architektur aus Chicago; bevorzugte Motive waren dabei Busse, Highways, FastFood-Restaurants und Wolkenkratzer.

Im Jahr 1989 wurde bei ihm Schizophrenie diagnostiziert. Die Musik half ihm laut eigener Aussage, die Stimmen in seinem Kopf zu bekämpfen. Diese Thematik haben Die Goldenen Zitronen, mit denen Willis durch die USA tourte , in dem Lied Von den Dämonen des Wesley Willis aufgegriffen.

In den frühen Tagen des Peer-to-Peer-Filesharings erlangte er vor allem im Internet Berühmtheit. Aber auch im Sparten-Musikkanal VIVA Zwei wurden z. B. in der Sendung Kamikaze Ausschnitte einzelner seiner Videos gezeigt.

Willis starb an den Folgen einer chronischen myeloischen Leukämie. Wikipedia  

✵ 31. Mai 1963 – 21. August 2003
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“Here's what I'm going to have to say to all of you. If some of you have demons in your head who talk to you in profanity or whatever, don't let your demon shoot down your rock music, don't let your demon keep you off the joy bus. So like I say, Rock music pays off.”

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Spoken at the end of the Wesley Willis Live EP.

“From now on, I'm staying away from fatty foods, by eating healthy foods, and going on a strict diet”

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I'm Sorry That I Got Fat (I Will Slim Down)
Lyrics, Spookydisharmoniousconflicthellride (1996)

“"Christmas is Jesus Christ's birthday! / That's what it is all about in the mix!" - Merry Christmas”

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Lyrics, Solo

“Do something about your long filthy hair / It looks like a rat's nest”

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Cut the Mullet
Lyrics, Solo

“My mother smokes that crack like a cigar / She had a good time at it / She jacks my brother for dope money / She does this by threatening him with a Smith and Wesson”

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My Mother Smokes Crack Rocks
Lyrics, Solo
Variante: "I smoke my crack pipe everyday / I have a good time at it / I jack my mother for dope money / I do it by threatening her life with a semi-automatic" - I Smoke Weed

“"Dale Dunkey shot my house up / He shot it up to get rid of the termites / He then shot at me with his BB gun" - The Termites Ate My House Up”

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Lyrics, Solo

“You are my favorite movie star / You are my big buddy / You are a low-down rotten man / You are crazy like a roll lizard”

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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Lyrics, Solo

“McDonald's is a place to rock / It is a restaurant where they buy food to eat / It is a good place to listen to the music / People flock here to get down to the rock music.”

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Rock 'N Roll McDonald's
Lyrics, Solo

“When the police pulled up, I was doomed / I was arrested for possession of a controlled substance / I was taken to the metal clink / I was nothing but a loser”

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I Smoke Weed
Lyrics, Solo

“My demons talk to me in profanity. They think I'm a jerk. A bum. And an asshole. I just say they're a jerk, they're a bum, they're an asshole. They're no good. They better leave me alone and get off my case.”

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Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2uRv8ZE_Tc&feature=related,

“Before I got fat, I was slim / That was this time when I was eating McDonalds.”

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I'm Sorry That I Got Fat (I Will Slim Down)
Lyrics, Spookydisharmoniousconflicthellride (1996)

“"It's the end of World War I / It's the end of World War II!" - It's the End of the Western”

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Lyrics, Solo

“Rock music pays off. Rock music takes me on a joyride. Rock music keeps me off the hell city bus. Rock music will always look out for me. But I will not let my torture profanity demon shoot it down.”

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Interview with Howard Stern http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPNfSekbTck,

“"At 11:00 PM, the police came to my mother's house to eject her… they locked her up for being a loser." - My Mother Smokes Crack Rocks”

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Lyrics, Solo

“Destroy civilization, motherfucker!”

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Stealth Bomber
Lyrics, Solo

“You are nothing but a crazy ass jerk!”

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You Fucked That Man's Car Up
Lyrics, Solo

“Rock over London. Rock on Chicago.”

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Repeated at the end of most songs
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