Comments on: A Sailor Martin Song for Children

A Sailor Martin Song for Children

Astro Zombie — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:58:40 -0800

Sailor Martin, my pierced and tattooed ventriloquist dummy, attempts, and fails at, recording a song for children about pretty birds and fuzzy rabbits. The original recording is "When Will the Sun Shine for Me" by Kaplan's Melodists, recorded in 1923 for Edison Diamond (51060-R). New lyrics and singing by yours truly, recorded onto a Casio Exilim digital camera set to record digital video. The sound files were modified in Audacity to reduce hiss and external noise, and the whole thing was glued together in GarageBand on April, 12, 2008. "A SAILOR MARTIN SONG FOR CHILDREN" LYRICS: Look at all the birds in the tree there Listen to them sing their song A melody So light and free I'd like to sing along Hey little birds I'm here Why are you fleeing Why are you fleeing What fills your heart with fear I just want to hold and pet and love you Hey little bird, you're asleep You're asleep cuz I hugged you so hard Hey little rabbits so furry Where are you hopping Where are you hopping Why are you in such a hurry When I want to kiss and squeeze and hug you Hey little rabbit, asleep You're asleep cuz I hugged you so hard

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:02:03 -0800

I actually feel pretty guilty about this one.

By: mrzarquon

mrzarquon — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:27:52 -0800

you should be.

also, thanks for introducing me to sailor martin.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:34:10 -0800

*clumsy, rushed dual signs of the beast, collapsing to knees before the obviously sublime, panting, too overwhelmed to register arousal*

By: snsranch

snsranch — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:28:40 -0800

John Steinbeck: "Get outta my coolaid punk!"

snsranch: Ha, that's awesome. I can't wait to play this for my kids and see if they get it!

By: freya_lamb

freya_lamb — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:02:51 -0800

Ok, that's me sleeping with one eye open tonight. Fabulous.

By: sleepy pete

sleepy pete — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:59:28 -0800

Alright, that was awesome. It actually sounds really great as well. Was the original song cleaned up before or did you do it?

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:14:27 -0800

It was cleaned up before.

By: Karlos the Jackal

Karlos the Jackal — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:12:44 -0800

Well, this explains why Sailor Martin is no longer allowed at kingbenny's house.

By: sleepy pete

sleepy pete — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:18:27 -0800

It was cleaned up before.
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:14 AM on April 13 [+] [!]

Ah, OK. It doesn't make the song any less great, but my belief that your abilities to clean up audio (somewhere around godlike) has dwindled slightly.

By: Jofus

Jofus — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:27:07 -0800

Astro Zombie - you're a sick bastard. Now scooch on over, I want to give you a back rub.

By: kingbenny

kingbenny — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:34:00 -0800

Well, this explains why Sailor Martin is no longer allowed at kingbenny's house.
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 3:12 PM on April 13

That's just absurd, he's welcome anytime.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:27:19 -0800

He's there right now, in your fridge, taking your beer.