Korn, “Twisted Transistor” | Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘

In the 15^th edition of Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘, we explore the outlandishness behind the song “Twisted Transistor” performed by Korn.  

Bring on the outlandishness! Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 provides background information and insight into rock and metal songs that raise eyebrows and stir the pot.  The records featured on Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 can be classic or brand new. In the 15^th edition of Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 (2022), we explore 🎵 “Twisted Transistor” performed by 🎙 Korn.

Theme & Lyrics ✍ 

“Hey you, hey you, Devil’s little sister / Listening to your twisted transistor…” Hmm… OK, 🎙 Jonathan Davis… “Hold it between your legs / Turn it up, turn it up.” Um… Jonathan, Jonathan, what the actual hell are you talking about? So, the transistor part is associated with radio and music…  But what exactly is being ‘held between your legs,’ with the “Low end is coming through / Can’t get enough?”  Did 🎙 Korn get outlandish, sexual, and unapologetic on 🎵 “Twisted Transistor,” the crowning achievement from their 2005 album, 💿 See You On the Other Side? Are we talking, um, musical phallus here? Well, there’s obviously some innuendo thrown in there!

Even with some eyebrow-raising lyrics and references, the big takeaway from “Twisted Transistor” is the power of music. It may not make perfect sense initially – particularly with those sexual references – but “Twisted Transistor” begins to make sense. “A lonely life, where no one understands you / But don’t give up, because the music do,” Davis sings in the pre-chorus. When providing more context, via the chorus, hold it between your legs makes more sense:

“Because the music do

And then it’s reaching

Inside you, forever preaching

Fuck you, too

You’re scream’s a whisper

Hang on, you twisted transistor.”

Final Thoughts 💭 

Gah-day-um, this song kicks some serious a$$, even as it approaches 20 years old! Just remember, “And as the tears fall on / Your breasts, your dress / Vibrations coming through!” Or something like that 🤘!

🎙 Korn • 💿 See You On the Other Side • 🏷 Tempo Music Investments, LLC • 📅 2005

Korn, “Twisted Transistor”: Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 No. 15 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Conna Lee, Madelin Berry, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Sebastian Ervi, Tempo Music Investments, LLC, Vinícius Caricatte]