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#22 Don't Need Nobody (1981)
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Kinda a 50's groove
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 Rock n Roll
Charts
Peak #540
Peak in subgenre #41
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1981
Uploaded
January 21, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.3 MB 128 kbps 3:34
Story behind the song
I only brought this one tune to the other band I was in (Heidi and the Wolf). It was originally a bit more heavy handed in its rhythm. I've recreated it with a bit of a 50's groove that I think suits the feel of the song. (inspired by McCartney's rhythm on the opening cut from Run Devil Run.) The lyrics in the bridge are for a second narrator, so it essentially was to be sung by two vocalists. Mp3 Club listeners gave this a 3.2 out of 5..... Comments included "I found myself tapping the desk to the music, but lyrics need a bit of work I think" "This one made me smile" "A bit of Elvis?" "Uptempo.... It works, present it to a good rock band, to drive it home. You probably could get some good mileage out of this one! Produce it right, you got a 4 to 5 one here!"
Lyrics
I'm getting everything together Don't need nobody I'm as tough as leather I feel light as a feather I tell you things could not be better And I don't need nobody Nobody for me Don't call me lonely I ain't no such thing You're just lying to yourself Your not in perfect mental health I'm your friend and I'm no nitwit And I say your're full of it You're full of it You're full of it Better not say I'm ambivalent Well yes maybe I am Then again I'm not sure But for now lets pretend That I don't need nobody Nobody for me Don't call me lonely I ain't no such thing You're lying to yourself You ain't in perfect mental health I'm your friend and I'm no nitwit And I say your're full of it You're full of it You're full of it I don't need nobody Don't need nobody (ad nauseum) Nobody Nobody Nobody for me
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