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#2-For Auld Alkine (1975)
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For a martyred moth, old friends and a good time
folk funny political sixties novelty gentle prolific idiosyncratic lehrer jefferson airplane ochs paxton steve goodman
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Tom Paxton meets Jefferson Airplane. Extremely prolific singer songwriter with a wide range of styles from bizarre novelty tunes and surrealistic poetic songs t
With more than 300 songs and counting and for more than 30 years, I have written in a variety of acoustic styles from novelty tunes to love songs to historical ballads to poetic surrealistic songs to retro-acoustic pop. From bizarre to traditional from funny to poignant, whatever style the song is in, the melodies are usually memorable and the lyrics unpredictable. This site will eventually contain rough often first take demos of my entire song catalogue. Many of the earliest songs when I first started writing will of course be shaky. So expect the songs to get better as time goes on. Feel free to come back and browse often as I will constantly be adding songs, one by one in chronological order, starting in 1974. If you are looking for some unusual songs to cover from a little known but unique artist, you have come to the right place. Just e-mail me. If you find a song here that intrigues you, but you don't like a line or two, or you think it needs a bridge, drop me an e-mail and maybe you can earn writer's credit if it gets that song to be recorded or performed.... otherwise just enjoy. You can become a Rob Lincoln fan at no cost to you. I promise that if you keep coming back there will be some real surprises along the way. While mostly acoustic, some original material will veer into folk rock and even 60's pop, but the garage rock and loudest material will also be found in full band arrangement at soundclick.com/abrasiveflowers Eventually some of these 300+ tunes may be rerecorded and make it on to CD, including a novelty CD that would be suitable for Dr. Demento or an historical ballad CD or a political song CD--but until then, this is the only site you can hear most of these songs. (A few of my songs CAN be found on songramp.com/RobLincoln and myspace.com/lessickandlincoln)
Song Info
Charts
Peak #240
Peak in subgenre #59
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1975
Uploaded
October 29, 2006
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MP3 3.8 MB 128 kbps 4:08
Story behind the song
This song was far more ambitious than my first song. I wanted to take an incident from my own life and create a vicarious experience. Only later did I realize that it helps to not need to describe what I am talking about in order to understand the song. Here I must explain that this is about a trip to pre-casino Atlantic City with friends and the brutal murder of a moth in a hotel room because a kid named Alkine was afraid of them. (Alkine wasn't even there, but my friends were drunk and they insisted on killing it "For Auld Alkine)." Incidentally, we stayed at the Tropicana Motel--a little run down motel with a pool on the roof. Now it is the site of the Tropicana Casino. This tune was the first tune I ever played in front of people. They often comment on the shift between the minor verse and the major chorus. This song was actually played in rehearsal by the rock band I was in while in high school. (Silver Horizons) I wrote this when I was 16. Mp3 Club listeners' average rating was 2.9 out of 5.0 Some listener comments on this song were: "Trippy," "Cool 60's vibe," "I like it," "great melody," "nice hook," "liked the percussion," "really confusing lyrics," "it confounded me." "too long," "It's time to retire this one"
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Have you ever felt something that never happened to you? And I'm not talking about deja vu Pleasant thoughts will reach your brain with faint memories of times you've never spent but these thoughts I do believe in Summer days it happened still strong in my mind Listen to the radio the sky seemed so fine Two days and a crazy night in old AC So much fun it really just hit me CHORUS In memory of old Alkine and what it means to me Things I can't put into words Feelings you can't read Well I guess I'll have to play it Really don't know how to say it The memory of old Alkine and what it means to me 2AM on the roof watching chairs go in the pool Pizza, donuts, beer, flapjacks, fresh squeezed orange juice Frozen yogurt, spighetti, salt water, hey what's money? In memory of old Alkine... Bumping cars, walking three miles, fireworks behind our backs The sand, the boardwalk were nice, but I'll never forget that crack In the dark it came, then that moth hater's name, oh what a spot it made Left the motel a wreck In memory of old Alkine.... It was cruel, it's not right but I could not win the fight It had to go for auld Alkine a martyred moth for a good time For Auld Alkine (4X) In memory of old Alkine.... Have you ever felt something that never happened to you? And I'm not talking about deja vu And I'm not talking about deja vu
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