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#20- Vicious Circle (1981)
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Part funny/part frightening, this ain't my acoustic music
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
Genre
Rock Punk
Charts
#1,343 in subgenre Peak #11
Charts
Peak #309
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1981
Uploaded
January 14, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.6 MB 128 kbps 5:00
Story behind the song
I realized songs like Thursday's Child were not going to cut it in Hearthstone. I was frustrated and wrote this song in anger, but it came out humorous. It became my most popular tune in the band. I'd rip off my shirt and jump into the audience. Three parts funny and one part threatening, the spirit of the song can best be found in the humorously violent line "Bullet riddled butterflies are all that's on my mind." I kinda like the way this recording fades out at the end with the strange shift in rhythm and wierd yowl. Not a bad vocal considering I was sitting bent over a mic in a cramped little bedroom the whole song. (like nearly all these demo recordings) Mp3 listeners were sharply divided on this. overall it rated a 3.9 of 5..... Some listener comments were: "Some of your best work. last verse of VC is a keeper" "This is more like it" "Not my cup of tea" "Too loud" "Wow" "This can definitely interest the younger crowd" "Thankfully not your genre" "You really need to sing more like Robert Plant on this one" "Loved the line 'Even these chords sound too familiar, so does the pain'"
Lyrics
I'm in a vicious circle and I can't get over you Everything's been said before from every point of view Even this song I'm sure you heard it all before Well I don't care I tell you I can't take it anymore Crying, Trying, Dying Sighing I'm in a vicious circle I can't see the other side "Life is really beautiful" right now that seems a lie Everythings repeating my mind's a rerun filled with rain Even these chords sound too familiar- so does the pain Crying, Trying, Dying, Sighing I'm in a vicious circle I know I've said it twice before Please don't say I repeat myself I'm already insecure No commercial, clever lines can I tell your right now No fancy images I'M JUST SHOUTING MY GUTS OUT! Crying, trying, dying, sighing We've talked and talked a thousand times you didn't hear a word I opened up my heart, my mind you think it's just absurd Bullet riddled butterflies are all that's on my mind Am I going crazy or is it just the hurt inside? Crying, trying, dying, sighing (2X) sighing, sighing, sighing, sighing
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