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NSAM-2 Booker T. Bird
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Song about my parrot becoming a Rock Star
songwriter acoustic folk home recording topical 1960s
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Singer songwriter, mostly acoustic folk and folk rock, with some 50's and 60's style rock included.
The band is all me, Famous Patrick, with occassional help from my wife on bass and keys, or an assortment of friends, all of whom are more talented than myself.
Song Info
Genre
Rock • Rock n Roll
Charts
#1,129 in subgenre Peak #20
Charts
Peak #213
Author
Famous Patrick
Rights
2008 Patrick Bonier
Uploaded
December 04, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 10.7 MB • 320 kbps • 4:40
Story behind the song
This was the first song I wrote for NaSoAlMo. A couple of days earlier, my parrot was incessantly ringing her bell. My wife made a comment about how irritating it was, and I said something like, “But she can ring that bell just like a playing guitar,” turning around the phrase from Johnny B. Goode, “But he could play the guitar just like a ringing a bell.” I wanted this to be a typical rock song from that era. Similar to songs like Johnny B. Goode and Memphis, the lyrics should tell a simple story and be somewhat clever, the music should be basic straight 8’s and driving. It took about 3 hours for me to write this one, and I felt pretty good with the result. The reason my female bird has a man’s name is because the breeder thought she was male when we got her, a couple of weeks after she was hatched. For several years we thought she was male; parrots have no external sex organs, so you have to have them either surgically sexed or DNA tested. Then I took her to a new (and much better) vet, who thought she was female. She explained that males and females have different health problems, so it is important that we know for sure. The DNA test came back female; Booker T was Booker She. The line about not being able to sing the song refers to the fact that, although Booker tries to sing, she is totally off key. The rest is just fun.
Lyrics
Her parents they were parrots from the Amazon They’d rock around the nest with their pajamas on Her papa wrote a song but she could not learn to sing it So her mama bought a little bell and taught her how to ring it. She learned to play the bell so well that she became a star Because that bird could ring that bell just like a-playin’ a guitar. Chorus: Booker T. Booker T. rock and roll! I wanna see ya shake that thing Booker T. Booker T. Go! Go! Go! I wanna hear your ding dong ring The robins will be rockin’ and the swans will swing They do the birdy boogie under the stars Tintinnabulation and a jingle-ling ‘Cause she can ring that bell just like a-playin’ guitar They named her Booker T. because they thought she’d be a boy But she grew up to be a girl; her daddy’s pride and joy But right around the age of ten her parents lost control She was flocking with some chicks that played the rock ‘n roll She knew there’d be no turning back ‘cause things had gone to far And she could ring that bell just like a-playin’ a guitar (Chorus) (Solo on Chorus) She learned to ring that bell so well that she became the best. Jimmy Buffett called her from his boat in Key West And now this rockin’ parrot head is known throughout the land She plays the glockenspiel in the Coral Reefer Band This is a true story though it sounds a bit bizarre But Booker rings that bell just like a-playin’ a guitar. (Chorus) x 2
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