Tag: stampfel
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happy easter, with apologies to Irving Berlin
In Your Easter Vomit
by Peter Stampfel & Antonia, circa 1970sin your easter vomit with all the flies upon it
you’ll be the drunkest wino in the easter parade
you’ll be all hung over and when they roll you over
you’ll be the rankest wino in the easter paradeon the avenue tenth avenue the
photographer will snap us and he’ll say that
you’re like a pile of manurefifty pounds of comet
could not remove the vomit
and all the flies you’re wearing
to the easter paradeHappy Easter … and remember, don’t eat the little “eggs” the bunny leaves on the lawn.
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tunes I must learn (eventually)
Not all of these could be classed as banjo tunes, but I’d want to try, anyway:
- The Coo-Coo Bird (it’s not optional)
- The Old Plank Road (Uncle Dave’s delivery, which was more demented than the Rounders)
- Hot Corn, Cold Corn (like HMR; just how does one spell moo’m moo’m moo’m de boo’m boo’m de boo’m?)
- I’m Going In A Field (Nic Jones style)
- Bridges & Balloons (Joanna’s song’s just crying out to be covered with a broad Glasgow accent)
- Needle of Death (too many banjo tunes are too happy)
- Ghost (the Neutral Milk Hotel one)
- something by Sufjan (even if Peter Stampfel says he plays banjo kind of boringly)
- I Love How You Love Me (like Mangum, not Spector)
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a man of the island
“I’m not worldly. I’m barely islandly.”
— Peter Stampfel
(in have_moicy, 31 Oct 2005) -
Heeee’s the maaaaan with the goooolden guuuuun…
Goldfinger, as you’ve never heard it before; on banjo: Gold Finger — Peter Stampfel (live, MP3).