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Big Head / Clothesline
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'Big Head' is a song about the EGO gone mad and spraying stupidness like a firehose. 'Clothesline' is a reflection on simple things in life and my relatives who used them.
singersongwriter solo and group improvisat studio experiments
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original songs, solo and group improvisation, studio experiments
[this bio from a 2003 interview] "Bret Hart [1959 - ] is a through-improvisor, composer, educator, instrument builder, sculptor and published writer living with his family in Eden, North Carolina. He plays guitar and sings in his Methodist church's praise band - 'The Monkey Puppets'. Since his first self-released project in 1979, Hart has released hundreds of improvisational, scored, and lyrical singles, albums, tapes, and CDs under his own imprints; as well as long-play records and compilation singles on other people's lables. His graphics, photographs, and scores have been reproduced and published in the US (Cassette Mythos, Sound Choice, The Racquette) and Russia (Wapnk). The Fitchburg, Massachusetts band, 'The New Pond Fondle', took their name from a 1988 acrylic and enamel painting Hart gave them. He was a recipient of Massachusetts Cultural Council Arts grants in 1997 and 1998, is a property- sculptor, has been an invitee to 'The Northeast Open Exhibition' and shown in New England galleries. In 1986, he was invited by SUNY Potsdam to compose and perform his multimedia performance work, ALFA, for the college's sesquicentennial (150th) celebration. Hart's "InstrumenTales Records Presents" has been a part of the Jerome Joy's European COLLECTIVE JUKEBOX exhibitions; v. 3.0 [FRAC PACA, Marseille France 20 jan 2001 / 15 avril 2001], v.3.01 [Festival Resonances, Nantes France 12 may 2001 / 21 may 2001], v. 3.11 [Collective JukeBox 3.1 Strasbourg France 14 june 2001 / 16 october 2001, and v.4.01[ 4.01 Festival Acces-s, Pau (France) 19 nov 2002]." ------------------------------ Bret says, "God bless you."
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Genre
Country • Alternative Country
Charts
Peak #330
Peak in subgenre #61
Author
Mr. Axolotl (Zolli/Wallack/Hart w Campau/Segal)
Rights
Common
Uploaded
July 19, 2006
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MP3 6.0 MB • 128 kbps • 6:30
Story behind the song
I guess people who get a little too big for their community britches kinda get on my nerves. I work with some extremely self-righteous people, who IRONICALLY have so many skeletons in their own closets that you can see the lil' toe-bones sticking out under the door. GOT'CHA, Bubba.
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BIG HEAD by bret harold hart you've got a big head, not too full the world's a chinashop and you're a bull I see the doughnut, you see the hole some hearts beat warm with love your blood runs cold don't need a big head to hold small thoughts like how to break a heart and not get caught don't need a big head if you don't dream your head is empty just like it seems you got a big head, not much inside a closet full o' skeletons you need to hide I see the doughnut, you see the hole some hearts beat warm with love your blood runs cold don't need a big head to hold small thoughts like how to break a heart and not get caught don't need a big head if you don't dream your head is empty just like it seems your head looks big, it's made of glass we see right through you you've got no class I see the doughnut, you see the hole some hearts beat warm with love your blood runs cold don't need a big head to hold small thoughts like how to break a heart and not get caught don't need a big head if you don't dream your head is empty just like it seems... ------------------------- 'Clothesline' by bret h. hart Clothesline clothesline lookin’ fine 20’ long, 4 lines wide underwear and bedsheets swingin’ and flyin’ tell ya what it brings to mind as a boy I was a backyard lad imagination was all I had we moved around a lot, it mad me mad time on my hands, few friends to be had sheets on the line, me inside a pirate ship on a rising tide runnin, jumpin’, laughin’ and hidin’ ask my sister if ya think I’m lyin’ Clothesline clothesline lookin’ fine 20’ long, 4 lines wide underwear and bedsheets swingin’ and flyin’ tell ya what it brings to mind Grandma and Grandpa, just startin’ off Kid next door has the whoopin’ cough Workin’ that hard’ll make yer hands get rough You do what ya gotta when things get tough Clothesline clothesline lookin’ fine 20’ long, 4 lines wide underwear and bedsheets swingin’ and flyin’ tell ya what it brings to mind… +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ REVIEW: Hipbone - "Decoupage" (InstrumenTales/Szum Music 2000, ITSZ 001) From Aural Innovations #14 (January 2001) From North Carolina, Hipbone plays songs that are very much in the mold of Dire Straits, T-Bone Burnett, The Band... you get the idea. The songs are well written, the vocals passionate, and the guitars are non-flashy but well played and keep the music that backs these fine songs interesting and rockin'. The band includes the Rev. Keith Prescott, Peter Zolli, and Mr. InstrumenTales himself, Bret Hart. I don't see instrumentation credited but I hear a couple guitars, bass, drums, some keyboards, and vocals. The disc opens with "Big Head", which has a thumping rhythm section, cool metallic rock guitar licks, some of which have an acidic Robin Trower sound, and vocals that sound like Mark Knopfler. The songs has the same Dire Straits inspired style that the rest of the disc has except the guitar adds a welcome aggressive jam element to the music. But whooah! "Big Head" ends abruptly and launches immediately into the quirky swingin' "Clothesline". Talk about shock. There's some nice guitar work here though. Nothing flash or exciting. Just really well played, which characterizes most of the guitars on the album. "Punching Clown" is another of the heavier rockers I liked. The rest of the disc is similar and even includes a cover of the 60's hit "Walk Away Renee". In summary, Hipbone might be a bit mainstream for Aural Innovations readers, but the songs are solid, and the guitars are as passionate as the vocals. Reviewed by Jerry Kranitz Decoupage and other cool HipBone records are distributed by InstrumenTales. http://aural-innovations.com/main/main.html
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