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tedgiffin
Artist and Musician
Let’s Spend the Night Together (stones cover)
Let’s Spend the Night Together. And ted says, “um, no, I have a headache.”
Long Way Home (for Charles Bukowski)
Long Way Home. An excellent source for all things beat, I refer you to the Beat Company (click on link below) Turning Up All The Lights
Welcome to the Occupation (cover)
Welcome to the Occupation. “Welcome to the Occupation. Here We Stand and Here We Fight All Your Fallen Heroes Held and Dyed and Skinned Alive Listen to the Congress Fire Offering the Educated Primitive and Loyal Welcome to the Occupation.” (this sums up the behavior of the United States)
Less of Me (cover of an old country standard)
Less of Me. “Let Me Be when I am Weary, just a Little bit more Cheery, Let Me Be Serve Little Better Those I am Striving For, Let Me Be a Little Meeker with the Brother who is Weaker, Let Me Think a Little More of Others and a Little Less of Me.”
King of Birds (R.E.M cover)
King of Birds. “Singer, Sing Me a Given. Singer, Sing Me a Song.. ..my Kingdom for a Voice..”
Current, Original, Instrumental Tunes Playlist
Current, Original, Instrumental Tunes Playlist
Late Night (cover)
Late Night. “Inside Me I Feel Alone and Unreal. and the Way You Kiss Will Always Be a Very Special Thing to Me.”
Society (cover)
Society. I changed a few of the lines in the song to personalize it to my experience. Insanity is a sane reaction to a crazy world. I urge all people to not stigmatize a brain illness. Just because mental illnesses are not visible to the naked eye does not mean that it is non-existent. I guess to contrast my point, are people with diabetes marginalized because of weak moral fiber and will-power? I think the original intent of the tune was to […]
She Took A Long Cold Look (cover)
She Took A Long Cold Look. I identify with Syd Barrett a little bit. In that, he was zapped by Psychiatry and his experiences recorded in song vacillated between playful euphoria and agonizing terror.
Artist- Ted Giffin - Musician 