a blind mans penis

[DerUntergangRush]

Oh yes, song poems.  But don't nobody tell me country western singers aren't the most fucked up people on the earth, cause thats true.

[smautomat]

This was the result of one of those "song-poem" scams that were advertised in the back of tabloids. The scam was this: people were asked to send in lyrics, with the promise that the "best" would be put to music and recorded by top-notch musicians. As it turned out, EVERYONE who sent in lyrics got a "record deal". They just had to pay a large fee to cover "expenses". In return, each received a record, with stock music and lame singing. This guy who wrote this was actually TRYING to get rejected!

[unitard08]

this isnt funny.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

i have a few other John Trubee recordings...

[RevSpike]

yeah he normally does one of 3 things - either jazzy rock songs with anither singer (mark langton), or weird noise music, or prank phone calls. BM'sP was a weird fun one-off

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

John Trubee Blind Man's Penis. I read about this in a magazine when I was too young to understand. Many years later, I bought the 7 incher, and this obscure memory came back. When I heard the song, wow. STORY: in the 70's,John Trubee found an ad for "submit your words, we will turn into song, for a price, if chosen." so John wrote the most Moronic lyrics he could think of. The chorus was originally "Stevie Wonders Penis..." but HE WON, sent the money, they changed the lyric, &the song was done.

[RevSpike]

fyi u and soaring chicken - there was no contest - there are still places today that will put your words to music - for a fee. PBS even did an hour-long show called "The song-poem story" featuring John Trubee and his story, and the guy who sang it, as well as many other classic song poems and their stories. He's a friend of mine.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story

Is it on here???

[RevSpike]

thats the one

[RevSpike]

YES - THAT's the one!!!!!!!

[mrblondee]

Just love this. I enjoy the way the singer downplays the word "fuck", as if he's embarassed singing it.

[SlashingNaien]

I prefer your video interpretation of this song than the original one. It has more of a country feel. On LSD. Good Job. Well done.

[SpoofzRus]

the single trippiest movie i have ever seen

[boutit]

The song itself has a very interesting backstory which is worth the research. An unusual and brilliant man by the name of John Trubee (who calls himself an "anti-poet") is the lyricist. It was sung by a session singer named Ramsey Kearney, who was working in the "Song-Poem" industry (worth researching if you're interested in weird things; soaringchicken only partially and somewhat inaccurately explains the process in his notes on the origin of the song).

[boutit]

Kearney has a cult following among some hipsters for his other work (aside from "Blind Man's Penis").Much respect to him.

With regret,I have to give the other version of this video (which soaringchicken refers in the notes) a slight edge over soaringchicken's just because of its inclusion of Stevie Wonder. Otherwise, soaringchicken did a damn fine job on this; it is indeed superior in a lot of other ways to the other video.But they're both excellent in their own ways.

Great job,soaringchicken!

[boutit]

The other video is credited to "Root."

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

yep your right

not enough room to explaine

[Jinder221]

ok im gonna faint

[xcandix]

WTF DX I don't understand!!!!!!

[soaringchicken]

at the top where it says about this video:

ok so i thought i was the most original ... (more)

click more. it tells you MORE

[sammyxr]

i think im going to be sick.

[Linkzcap]

My eyes are bleeding and my mouth is barfing.

[soaringchicken]

yes mr. timmehfz3 i know that, which is why i credited john as the songwriter.

[HybridRainbows]

this is awesome, good job! vomit on me, baby

[momsby]

I keep seeing images of this in my now tainted brain.