The Ballad of Tate O'Neil.... Who?

by @alyak72

Skirmish: Cut Up technique (@lyricslinger)
The Ballad of Tate O'Neil.... Who?
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Liner Notes

This one was really difficult!

  1. Was an ambitious, but a cautious one
  2. Spinning it its grave
  3. Man with a mind peculiarly constructed
  4. It seems clear they were buried together
  5. Raised in the Wedgewood Neighbored
  6. For kids view wildlife with hostility and fear

Added some Arrested Development for good measure

Lyrics

Tate O'Neil was an ambitious man But a cautious one too With a mind peculiarly constructed You may call it taboo

Raised in the Wedgewood Neighborhood He never caused a ruckus For silence was his focus

For he was a Milford Man Through and through Invisibility his strength Tate O'Neil.... Who?

Tate O'Niel was a cautious man But he had one issue And the Wedgewood Neighborhood Children had one too

For kids view wildlife with hostility and fear And they could hear him coming Before he even drew near

For he was a Milford Man Through and through Invisibility his strength Tate O'Neil.... Who?

For Tate O'Niel had a Shoukder parrot Bright green, blue, a red and orange as a carrot

Tate wanted stealth But the parrot, not so So they fought every day on ton, you know

Fought morning and night Til death when it's clear When it's clear that they Were buried together

On a clear night you can hear them spinning in the grave As they continue to argue Day and day and day

For he was a Milford Man Through and through Invisibility his strength Tate O'Neil.... Who?

Comments

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This is like your version of Eleanor Rigby, but instead of lonely people, it's parrot people 😂 You did great for a skirmish! The prompt is a little too smart for me. There's no way I would have been able to follow a list like that in 1 hour. Nicely done!

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Lol, "all the parrot people". Not sure I would have completed it, but my sister was watching me skirmish and she was really excited to see the process. Unfortunately, the random magazines I grabbed was a Smithsonian and a tiny production my neighborhood publishes every quarter or so, and that made finding usable phrases pretty difficult. Good exercise, though. I don't love the track, but she does :)

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Well done with the skirmish theme. This is a very fine effort - had me drawn into the story and interested all the way through!

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Great take on the prompt, you did better than me. I wrote down the quotes and didn't use any. You have managed to not only blend in the quotes but give it a really nice narrative. Love the gentle e piano sounds blended with you soft vocals.

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Thank you. Yours was wonderful, though. Even if you skewed the prompt a bit, it was lovely.

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This is a clever mashup of prompts - pulling those lines together and making them feel like one weird little fable is impressive. Between the melody, organ, and that spoken “who?” it feels very memorable

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