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#86- As Usual (1986) Archival tape
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Anti-handgun song done in a very unusual way. It's a true story--- hundreds of times over and over.
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 #419
Peak in subgenre #76
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1986
Uploaded
September 02, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.9 MB 128 kbps 3:07
Story behind the song
Here is another socially conscious/topical song. However, this one is approached in a rather unorthodox way. The incredibly sad narrative is juxtaposed with calm soothing jazzy chords and a happy melody. When I performed this live it would always get a strong reaction. Some people told me it was one of my best-full of irony as well as subdued anger, others said the song made them sick to their stomach and a few found it offensive and/or insensitive and immature. Some truly despise this song. I haven't played it in more than a decade. This is an old recording from 1986. Mp3 Club listeners like all listeners were sharply divided over this and averaged a 3.5 rating out of 5.0. Comments included: "Chalk me up as someone who was sickened by the words of this song--a 3" "This song so touched my heart and soul................brought tears to my eyes--a 5" "I do not even know what to say about this song -- but it would be an emotional response if I could think of one. Perhaps engendering that kind of reaction is the job of a poet." "I've been advised in my songwriting---no preaching, sorry"
Lyrics
Saturday morning cartoons It's super hero time Two children watch TV Brothers 8 and 9 Things go on as usual Daddy's working the weekend shift Mommy has to make a quick run Don and Eddie get a little bored Just looking for some fun Things go on as usual Guns don't kill, people do Would have been the same if he had a knife Accidents do happen--but we have our rights Upstairs to the big bedroom Close the door behind Open up the bureau drawer Get daddy's 45 Things go on as usual Guns don't kill, people do Would have been the same if he had a knife Accidents do happen--but we have our rights Don points the 45 Between his brother's eyes Pulls the trigger, the bang rings loudly Eddie quickly dies Things go on as usual Guns don't kill, people do Would have been the same if he had a knife Accidents do happen--but we have our rights Guns don't kill, people do Would have been the same if he had a knife Accidents do happen--but we have our rights Tra la la la la la Tra la la la la la la Things go on as usual
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