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#168- A Whack On The Head (1997)
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Mid tempo low key rocker with a nice little riff
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
Genre
Rock Rock General
Charts
Peak #476
Peak in subgenre #86
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1997
Uploaded
August 03, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.8 MB 128 kbps 4:09
Story behind the song
The title was taken from the title of a book on my bookshelf. One of my first riff driven songs. Weekly listeners gave this a 4.2 out of 5...Comments included: "Catchy" "Good rock tune" "A little Hollies...and a little Tom Petty" "Fun tune" "A bit wierd but enjoyable"
Lyrics
It gave me a smack Knocked me off my back I fell to the ground I was so off track I could only react Till I felt safe and sound How long will it last? A break from the past Never saw it coming Came wiothout warning Felt like a whack on the head I was in a rut I couldn't kick no butt A marshmellow man I had no idea The only thing was fear A soft head in the sand I think it could last A turn from the dead past Never saw it coming Came without warning Felt like a whack on the head Solid good whack on the head (2x) You ought to try it too I tell you it's good for you You'll find a new way It doesn't hurt at all It's better to take the fall You'll land feet on the earth Don't fear it away Try it today You'll never see it coming Comes without warning Feels like a whack on the head Solid good whack on the head (4x)
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