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#109-Nick Meets Bob (1989)
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What if we lived in an alternate universe of 1960's sitcoms? What if Dylan wrote in this universe?
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 #339
Peak in subgenre #51
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1989
Uploaded
November 25, 2007
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MP3 2.7 MB 128 kbps 2:59
Story behind the song
What if in an alternate universe our reality was merely 1960's tv shows on Nick at Night cable tv? (the predecessor of cable's TV Land network)...and what if Bob Dylan wrote in this world? That is the premise of this very strange song. I can't take all the blame for the lyrics on this one as Steve Lessick contributed at least a line or two. Cindy Lessick added "and June Cleaver." Mp3 Club isteners gave this a 3.8 out of 5.0.... Some comments included: "Nick meets Bob was weird enough but anything that sounds Dylanesque and reminisces about 60's TV shows can't be bad" "Interesting. I guess that would be a 'list song' as David Kleiner would call it?" "Great baby boomer song especially with the Bobby Dylan meets the Cleavers intro...I wish it were called 'My Mother the Car' for some reason..."
Lyrics
The house is suffocating The cat is burning down Something's not right In this dirty old town Something's rotten in Norway Something's pissin me off Uncle Charlies on the toilet Witha nasty cough And Rabbi McMurray's in the freezer With a rusty pick ax and a meat cleaver I just found a card of Tom Seaver And Father Goldstein's watching "Leave It To Beaver" Arnold the pig is roasting on a spit Zsa Zsa's sister wants a piece of it Officer Tootie's been shot on patrol By Hurricane Carter God bless is soul And Rabbi McMurray has converted He was found with Chip & Ernie It was perverted Ricky and Fred on Maggies Farm And Mr. Jones he knew it all along Whare's Dobie Gillis? Where's Eddie Corbett? Where's Dr. Bellows? Where's Thurston Howell the Third? I do remember I do remember I do remember "My Mother The Car" Muldoon became Frankenstein Now he's selling munster cheese On the deli line Grandpa and Eddie on the easy chair Ooo Ooo Eee Savoir Faire And Rabbi McMurray's in the freezer With a rusty pick ax and June Clever I just found a card of Bobby Dernier While Father Goldsten's with Jackie Kennedy Bouvier (Bouvier---it's french) Where's Dobie Gillis? Where's Eddie Corbett? Where's Dr. Bellows? Where's Thurston Howell the Third? I do remember I do remember I do remember "My Mother The Car"
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