Comments on: Sailor Martin's Shipwrecked Song

Sailor Martin's Shipwrecked Song

Astro Zombie — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:28:50 -0800

Sailor Martin, a tattooed and pierced ventriloquist dummy, produces what sounds like his version of the scene in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy meets the Munchkins, except, in this instance, he has been shipwrecked, eaten some potentially poisonous bark, and may be hallucinating.

The song is recorded over an MP3 of a Tatar song called Kuk Kugercin, recording date and original artists unknown. The song was made by recording new lyrics into a Casio Exilim camera on digital video mode, exporting the sound as a WAV file, editing the WAV file in Audacity, then combining the new lyrics with the original Tatar recording in Garage Band. SAILOR MARTIN'S SHIPWRECKED SONG LYRICS: I'm sailor Martin I come from the ocean I was in a shipwreck On a nearby shore I have been starving I tried to eat a sea shell I drank up my own urine And tried to kill a parrot I tried to eat some tree bark It made mt stomach sore Won't you please help me I want to eat your buildings They are made of celery Can I eat some moldings Some shingles from your roof Or the hinges off your door You are all singing While I am still here starving You dance your dances While I am needing food You are so tiny I'm so hungry I could eat you Pop you in my mouth Swallow you with a gulp You'd be in my belly Would you think that that is rude? Your little costumes They are made of licorice And buttons made of gum drops I think that you are edible But maybe I'm delirious From the tree bark that I chewed

By: umbú

umbú — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:45:02 -0800

I have a feeling that all day I'm going to shake my head and crack up randomly thinking of this. It's hilariously twisted.

This is the kind of kid-friendly/not-kid friendly dark stuff I want my son to listen to once he understands words.

By: umbú

umbú — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:38:17 -0800

I hope that didn't come out wrong. I just mean that when I was little, I really appreciated Edward Gorey-esque cartoony goth because it was so different from the sanitized, Disney-fied vision of childhood. I think a kid could understand the ghoulish humor in this.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:08:47 -0800

That's how I took it. Sailor Martin, however, flew into a rage.

By: umbú

umbú — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:18:06 -0800

Aiighh. Maybe I'll just let the little guy listen to Sailor Martin, as opposed to seeing his show live. Seems risky to get too close to the stage...

By: pterandon

pterandon — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:56:19 -0800

It's surprisingly more enjoyable than one might think from the description. ;)