Name: Jungle Rain
Duration: 3 min 25 s
Channel: Terence Atkinson
Description: "Jungle Rain" is a song by Xybor. A whimsical song, with lyrics which would not be out of place in "Alice in Wonderland". The music phrasing is reminiscent of classic vocal jazz ala (I don't stand a) Ghost of a Chance, with interesting interplay amongst the instruments.

Jungle Rain

Xybor

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A whimsical song, with lyrics which would not be out of place in "Alice in Wonderland". The music phrasing is reminiscent of classic vocal jazz ala (I don't stand a) Ghost of a Chance, with interesting interplay amongst the instruments.

xybor cosmonaut

Xybor

Eccentric mix of plop flop blazz and fluzzenglak.

Xybor and the Cosmonauts come from the planet Kaelon in where you call the Andromeda galaxy. We are on an intergalactic tour (ta daaa!!) and came to Prazoloog (Earth) to check out the music scene here (two droobgongs way up!!). We are: Xybor -- zingstok (vocals); Gleek -- quaznip (guitar); Zoink -- blazergonk (bass); Fizzgig -- kapongdong (percussion); Pakadook -- deebledoip (keyboards and unearthly sounds)

Song Info

Genre

Pop • Pop Rock

Charts

#7,858 today Peak #188

#1,604 in subgenre Peak #50

Author

Terence Atkinson

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Uploaded

August 31, 2010

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.1 MB • 128 kbps • 3:25

Story behind the song

Jungle Rain is a departure from the well formed ideas I usually write about to a stream of consciousness with ideas that seem to be related but you are not quite sure how. Two classic songs that I think use this technique well are Dylan's My Back Pages and Beatles' I Am the Walrus. So I hope you enjoy it and take the opportunity to listen to my other songs as well.

Lyrics

Jungle Rain

In the lukewarm innocence of time
The Sirens call my name
A melodious whisper in the recess of my mind

An urban nomad stumbles through
A mirage of contentment
This timeless wonder a parody in synthetic life

The scene inspired by jungle rain
The prodigy contemplates the distance
Between two random drops of rain

Our fallen hero lies in a bed of clover
While the drunken poet recites lines in haiku
The holy man, bemused by the sad affair
The randy princess begs off to do her hair

The mythical beast sips on his absynth and tea
Contemplating Pascal's irony
From ashes to stardust, scattered by the cosmic wind
Patiently waiting for eternity to begin

The simple life of a complex man
The fortitude of Sisyphus
My muse, a charm spirit keeps me warm

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