Cold Dead Hand

"Cold Dead Hand"
Single by Jim Carrey with The Eels as "Lonesome Earl and the Clutterbusters"
Released	March 14, 2013 (2013-03-14)
Format	Digital download
Genre	Western, satire
Length	4:15

"Cold Dead Hand" is a single and accompanying music video created for Funny or Die by comedian Jim Carrey with The Eels, playing as "Lonesome Earl and the Clutterbusters". The title is a reference to a statement Charlton Heston made while acting as spokesperson for the National Rifle Association, "I'll give you my gun when you pry (or take) it from my cold, dead hands." The song ridicules American gun culture,^[1] and specifically the deceased Heston, including a derisive caricature of him and declaring that he could not enter Heaven, as even the angels could not pry the gun from his hands. Staged as an episode of the variety program Hee Haw in which Heston is a guest star,^[2][3] the video also features The Eels dressed as Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, and John Lennon (all notable advocates of nonviolence who were assassinated).^[4][5] The single marks the Eels' first release since their album Wonderful, Glorious earlier in 2013.^[6]

The novelty song evoked strong responses in conservative media for several reasons, including the repeated implication by Carrey that gun obsession is inversely related to American male phallus-size anxiety.^[7]

References

External links

• Cold Dead Hand at Funny or Die
• Cold Dead Hand at iTunes