The Letter Nine

The Letter Nine is a song written by Kitty Concert and Pawprint Elec and sung by Kitty Concert on the quadrilogy, written in October of 2010. It is a goofy and humorous love song, and many fans enjoy it because it is a novelty song. Concert and Elec were inspired by novelty songs of the 1930's, '40s, and '50s, particularly Frank Sinatra's "The Coffee Song", which contained a lyric that inspired the album title, "Percolate the Ocean".

Appearances

 * Third quadrilogy

Personnel

 * Kitty Concert- lead vocals, electric guitar
 * Pawprint Elec- backup vocals, saxophone, Pixiphone, Acme whistle
 * Zak Zimmer- lead electric guitar, taxi horn
 * Dee Macko- bass guitar, sleigh bells
 * Looney Lion- drums, pellet drum
 * Bush Longtail- piano, vibraslap
 * Ai-Ai Paulden- keyboards, kazoo, slide whistle
 * Little-Kitty Furball- penny whistle, tubular bells, tambourine, handbells, maracas
 * Xifan Plates- cornetto, monkey stick

Overview
"The Letter Nine" is a humurous song on "Ugly", the idea of which Pawprint Elec came up with. The song begins with "I love you more than the letter nine" and uses nonsensical terms like this throughout. Instrumentally, it is also one of the most interesting tracks on the quadrilogy and in the Kitty Concert's repertoire in general. Alongside the standard guitars, bass, drums, piano, keyboards, saxophone, tambourine, maracas, and bells, Pawprint Elec plays the Acme whistle and Pixiphone, Zak Zimmer plays the taxi horn, Dee Macko plays sleigh bells, Looney Lion drums on a pellt drum, Bush Longtail uses a vibraslap. Ai-Ai Paulden plays the kazoo and slide whistle, and Xifan Plates plays the cornetto and monkey stick. Little-Kitty Furball plays the penny whistle, as she does on many tracks on "Ugly".