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#33- Vampire (1982)
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A gothic magnum opus that could have been part of a warped musical or rock opera
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
Pop Alt-Pop
Charts
Peak #243
Peak in subgenre #10
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1982
Uploaded
November 25, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 5.1 MB 128 kbps 5:33
Story behind the song
This one was performed only once at the famed Grendels Lair on South Street in Philadelphia with the short lived band Walk the Dog back in 1982. It got quite a response. I think it's one of my more inspired efforts. Mp3 Club listeners gave this an average rating of 3.9 out of 5.0........ Some comments were: "the song has a timeless quality to it," "nice...adventurous...a rock opera!" "Bold musically," "WOW! I really like the chords you used in this one. I could just see the movie that it has to go with. Great song! The refrain really makes me think of his black cape billowing out. Nice job!" "would benefit from a big production w/strings and stuff" "save it for Holloween"
Lyrics
You asked me if you should trust him You think he's ok You always see him in the evening But have you seen him during the day? You love him more than the others You love his shiny black hair You tell me that I'm just jealous But I tell you beware He's a vampire (6X) You love his bright blue eyes And his gleaming Crest smile But you don't see the fangs in his teeth Though they've been there all the while He's a vampire (6x) You're going to Dusseldorf and soon To wear his golden ring Please don't close your eyes at night And don't give him anything He's a vampire (6x) You tell me I'm not being quite objective That he's really good and kind Well I tell you keep garlic in your hand And silver bullets by your side He's a blood sucker througth and through He always takes what he can't give Little girl meat he picks out of his teeth I'm telling you as his best friend He's a vampire (6x) You're going to Dusseldorf and soon To wear his golden ring Please don't close your eyes at night And don't give him anything He's a vampire (6X) ...other than that, he is a pretty good guy
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