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#121-Ballad of Old Ludwig (1991)
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A side of Beethoven I bet you never knew
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 #248
Peak in subgenre #26
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1991
Uploaded
January 21, 2008
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MP3 3.4 MB 128 kbps 3:42
Story behind the song
What if Beethoven could do some flatpicking? Better yet, what if someone who was really a good flatpicker (not I) got a hold of this song and improved upon it? Mp3 listeners were sharply divided on this one. The average rating ended up as a 3.4. Comments included: "Cute" "Liked this one as a flatpicking novelty tune" "I don’t think anything can be done to improve on this tune. Bag it. My rating is a 2"
Lyrics
Old Ludwig was not a cowboy Though he rode the Vienna plains He carried a quill with black ink And he wrote for more than strings But deep in his counterpoint saddle He dreamed of riding the range And playing country and western On banjos guitars and thngs So secretly he kept from Wolfgang Joey Haydn and all his pals His 17th century Martin In a case with old decals And secretly he practiced daily While in the water closet after tea His beloved country picking He transposed for the symphony RIFF He jammed that joyous riff daily Between his concertos and his chamber stuff Sometimes atnight with his plucking He'd wake the neighbors up But he didn't care if it was monotonous He just wanted to jam around Besides after all that midnight riffing He couldn't hear a sound RIFF Well finally he finished the whole riff And played it in his symphony But you and I know the truth now It was made for flatpicking And he really aced his last one Cause he had such good practice And up to this very day now It's the one we all love the best FULL RIFF ye ye ye ha
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