The singer/songwriter Robyn Hitchcock wrote in the CD booklet for his early band The Soft Boys' "A Can of Bees" that an entire unreleased album exists (probably a joke). He listed the song titles and described them, but only one of them ever became an actual song, to my knowledge ("So You Think You're In Love"). For the rest, I have written songs, vaguely in his style, and I've recorded some of them. Only one ("Arabian Takeaway," with the help of Shaun Casper) is not an acoustic demo, but all were recorded on a 4-track machine in the late '90s.

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Arabian Takeaway

Practicle Tapel

Moan

I Wanna Go Backwards

God Of Beaks

Jerry Scud, Hoof-Lips!

A somewhat humorized version of events.  (1998)

He's Not My Boyfriend

Here's the demo of a song that I later put out on my limited-edition live CD.  Any guesses on what jazzy singer-songwriter I was clearly listening to when I wrote this in 1983?

Corners

I think it's fairly clear which famously mopey singer I was listening to at the time this one sprouted forth.

You On The Brain

I know this was written about someone I knew, but I can't remember who it was.

You're The Answer

Occasionally I'll take a song title that's very common and write my own song just for the sake of taking what sounds like a stale concept and doing my best to make it come alive.  This one is just fun to play and sing.

River Of Love

This song was based on a painting of the same name by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. Part of a "concept album" project full of songs based on paintings (oh, my idealistic youth!). But this one works great as an acoustic track.

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