My old friend Steven Pearl is one of the world's best joke writers, and we share a love of vaudeville and early comedy.  He wrote this parody about one of our fav comedy writers Sidney Fields and I sang and recorded it for fun.

Martin Olson's Album

Sidney Fields Forever written by Steve Pearl

Demo for Disney - EVIL HIDEOUT VACATION SWAP
Written by Dan, Swamp, Martin and Rob Morrow

That's Rob Morrow & Martin singing
Guitars: Dan, Swamp, Rob & Martin
Keys and Synths: Martin

Evil Hideout Vacation Swap1 demo

My first songwriting partner Jeff Root and I wrote our first album IDIOTS DELIGHT in the 70's. This is a song I recorded for it on two stereo tape recorders connected by Jeff's mixer. There was so much hiss from the over-dubs, I ran it through suno.com and added a string orchestra. Still need to fix the opening and add a bass part.

I WHISPER TO BLACK NIGHT
(M. Olson)
So I whisper a dream to the night
I whisper to no one 
But that can't be right
So I whisper to black night.
I will do a simple deed
When I forget the tune
I'll take my life and hang it dead
Upon the crescent moon
So I whisper a dream to the night
I whisper to no one
But that can't be right
So I whisper to black night

I Whisper to Black Night v4

1st draft of this short Disney song. Rob Hughes & Bobby Gaylor on acoustics, me on vocals/synth arrangement.

Heck of a Day

Dan, Swamp, Rob & I wrote this at Disney Studios for singer Sheena Easton.

When Will He Call Me, sung by Sheena Easton

"SUMMER ALL OVER THE WORLD" Rough demo written at Disney by Dan, me and Joey Lawrence. Joey sang lead; Dan and I played the instruments and sang backup.

summer all over world rough demo

Sketched out a song for fun, remembering being 12 on a summer day

A Fat Man's Wearin' a Thong 1

A song about humankind achieving...
 
IDIOCRACY
(Martin Olson & Jeff Root)

Idiots and imbeciles 
our love will never die
saps and fools and cretin brains 
sing along with this refrain

i am stupid but i am free 
and i'm happy as i can be 
all right okay so long good night

the foolish think that they are wise 
the wise think they are fools 
things are not as they may seem 
am i crazy or am i a dream?

i am stupid but i am free 
and i'm happy as i can be 
all right okay
so long good night

sleep tight it's alright 
no need to fight 
just say goodnight 
everybody's happy chachacha 
everybody's happy lalala

Idiocracy

Love song to the Moon.

Moon you’re a momma 
there’s no drama when daylight is done
Moon I know you love me 
you're part of me and we are all one

Check Out the Moon

1. Little Wheel Spin And Spin - Chakra 2. Little Drummer Boy - The Crusaders 3. Joy To The World - Roman Coppola & Alessandro Casella 4. Christmas Letters - Carol Ford 5. Christmas Time Is Here Again - The Flirtations 6. Jing Jing A Ling - Honey And The Bees 7. Xmas Party - Eddie & The De-Havelons 8. Surfin’ Santa - The Ramblers 9. I’m a Snowman - Bears 10. Suzy Snowflake - The Cidermill Drive 11. Santa Fell Down the Chimney - Aliens Pat 12. I Wanna Give You a Present - Christmas Aguilera 13. I Don’t Want To Wear No Clothes On Christmas Day - Goldie Lookin’ Chain 14. Wonderful Christmastime - Tuxedo 15. Slayrider - Morgan Ames 16. Go Tell It On the Mountain - Mathew T~Bird Thornton 17. Just Me and These Ponies (For Christmas This Year) - Corb Lund 18. Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer - Beard & Glasses 19. Winter Man - Clarence Reid 20. Christmas Sounds - Saturday’s Children 21. Joseph - John Ylvisaker 22. A Joyous Time of Year - Marty Feldman 23. Ho Ho Ho - Georgie Fame 24. Big Bulbs - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings 25. Funky Little Drummer Boy - Bobby Hollaway 26. Please Don’t Bomb Nobody This Holiday - The Dan Band

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I wrote the pilot and a new song about Gumby's trip to the Moon for Henson, PrimaVision & Amazon. The series wasn't picked up, but at least I got to sing a happy love song to the Moon. (A new arrangement of this tune is also on this page.)
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Concept art by Joan Rock/PrimaVision.

CHECK OUT THE MOON

Check out the moon moon moon
like an eye in the sky
or like a b-b-balloon
on the fourth of july

Check out the moon moon moon
on a blanket of stars
we’re coming’ soon soon soon
then onto Venus and Mars

Moon I love ya
When you're smiling my fears are all gone
Moon above ya
The heaven of stars cheer you on

The glowin’ moon moon moon
she make you feel all right
stretches and yawns like a goon
as she goes nitey-night

We’re gonna dance dance dance
with disco balls for stars
we’ll use the suns for drums
and moonlight strings for guitars

Moon you’re a momma
there’s no drama when daylight is done
Moon I know you love me
you're part of me and we are all one

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