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#165-Rumplestilskin (1997)
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Weird song with some pretty as well as some dissonant chords
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 #218
Peak in subgenre #53
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1997
Uploaded
July 14, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.0 MB 128 kbps 2:08
Story behind the song
What if fictional characters came alive? How would they actually feel? This is one such possibility. These chords I use more prevalently in my post 2000 writing in various progressions as they are some of my favorites. Anyone know their names? This song recieved a 3.0 out of 5.0 from weekly e-mail listeners. Wide range of opinion as I expected. Comments included: "I could hear this as an REM style alt rock tune but just doesn't cut it as troubador song" "Unique choice of topic" "Good beat"
Lyrics
Rumplestilskin's my name I'm afraid I'm amazed I'm insane I'm outside of my comfort zone I was spinning some straw The next thing that I saw Was another face In another home Hide away Hide away little children Hide away While I see how this How it all ends for me There's Repunzal And she's wild And her hair's not in style And she's popping right out if here Help me dear Push her back through the page I think the change makes her age And I do not feel too well myself Check my health Hide away Hide away little children Hide away While I see how this How it all ends for me I don't know how Why When Here I thought I was eternal And now this infernal existence Is breaking down All around In another dimension I hope you don't mind I mention Get me out of here Out of here Hide away Hide away little children Hide away Now I see how this How it all ends for me Rumplestilskin's my name...
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