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tedgiffin

Artist and Musician

Revolution (cover)

January 10, 2016

Revolution. Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today do this thing called Life. A many splendored thing, life, but I am not talkin’ bout Prince. I am talkin’ about Lennon, John.

Self Portrait with Cigar, pencil on paper, 10″ x 14″

January 10, 2016

gotta gettaway, (cover song + album art)

January 9, 2016

Suspect Device, (cover + album art)

January 9, 2016

the Selfish song, (original tune)

January 7, 2016

Ted’s New Material Playlist

January 6, 2016

Ted’s New Material Playlist These are all new material by Me, with the exception of the song called “I Dare You” which was co-written in 1996 with Angela Whang, tho the recording is recent by me.

Girl. I am beginning to realize that a lot of pop songs are written so catchy, so pretty, that the listener has no idea of what is being said in the lyrics. On the surface, this song written by Beck sounds like your average love song. In my horror, I understood the lyrics more likely to be about a psycho who plans to eliminate some strange girl and take her eyeball. My mind somehow drew a comparison. I believe that Leonardo da […]

Eye of Fatima, Part One (cover song)

January 5, 2016

Eye of Fatima, Part One. This is an Oldie, but a Goodie ( goodie gumdrops).

the One I Love (cover)

January 5, 2016

the One I Love. I have nothing snappy to say. Like the song?

Let It Bleed (stones cover)

January 4, 2016

Let It Bleed. So today, I was looking for a song to do. I came upon a list of songs that had been banned at one time or another in the United States. I was surprised to find that the Everly Brothers song entitled,”Wake Up Lil Susie”, was stricken from the airwaves in 1957. Other songs were not. This is my version of a song that perhaps could have made the list. Mick Jagger had a knack for using lyrics that could […]