Wake Up Lil’ Susie! Here is a bit of trivia. This song was actually banned in the United States in the 1950’s because it only insinuated that the characters in the song missed curfew as a result of falling asleep at a drive-in movie. Their parents and friends believed that they had gotten ‘horizontal’ ( had sex) in the car. Silliness, huh? Anyway, here is a bastardization of a classic song.
South Central Rain. I was strongly influenced by the guitar player who helped pen the song. His name is Peter Buck. Happy to be able to do the song which in many ways was outright old folk style playing.
Best of You. Doing songs written by Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters makes me feel like a complete GEEK and NERD.
Listen to the Tape. (lyrics) I’m tired. I’m angry. I’m quietly mad. I’m scared on cue. It won’t hurt to listen to the tape of your voice. But I heard the emotions rushing back, the emotions rushing back. I’m tired. I’m angry. I’m quietly mad. I’m scared on cue. It won’t hurt to listen to the tape of your voice. But I FELT the EMOTIONS SURGING BACK FELT THE EMOTIONS SURGING BACK! You’re lucky to have gotten, You’re damn lucky to have […]
You Can’t Do That! Happy Rabid Easter Bunny Day!
Why Don’t We Do It in the Road? Is this a rhetorical question? ???????? 🙂
Sergeant Major. I think song is about the music industry. Or an idiotic manager.
True. ‘and if I had a choice, I’d take the voice I got because it was hard to find,’ ‘you know I’ve come too far to end up right back where I started.’
Ballad of Love and Hate (avett brothers cover) Live Here is another song request from my friend Kenn, who used to song-write and sing with me. He knows the types of tunes that I can easily accomplish. So if you were going to be a character in the song, which one would you be?
No New Tale to Tell (cover). I asked some of my friends for song request ideas. Paula initially asked for the song called ‘So Alive’ by Love and Rockets. I decided to do a different tune from their catalog. I have been goofing around with the song since around 1987, so I know it inside-out. A few folks may groan,”Oh God! Not THAT ONE AGAIN!” I hope you dig this Mrs. Lane.
B-Day Bash Blues? ‘this only goes to show that you don’t joke on the blues idiom.”
Ballad of a Thin Man. A few days ago, I did a song by the Counting Crows called, Mr Jones and Me. Well, Mr. Jones who is referenced here was Bob Dylan’s tyrannical manager in the early to mid-sixties. I believe his name was Albert Grossman. Dylan wrote a song about him, that is now infamous, entitled Ballad of a Thin Man. So.. uh.. that’s that.
Artist- Ted Giffin - Musician 