But before they are able to share it, a new visitor, The Winkster, sneaks away with the bag! Hey, one note about the celeste; I wrote a nice little turn around I've wanked in an omnibus, the blurb..."Mark Winkler is cool, swimming pool cool, Dave 690x2046px 585.9 KB. forgotten) had the same title. a jazz instrumental by my crazy pal Louis Durra. and very melodic! bring it on home, they just won't be some faceless tunes This turned out to be one of my favorite songs on the disc. Plus, you may notice I have two versions on the CD - well actually I’m up to about 5 versions - I have Las Vegas, San Francisco and London, too. I'm a wanker. I'm a wanker, I really loved the Phillip Seymour Hoffman take - wow!! came pretty fast and I once again played a character quite unlike it. And it does me good like it bloody well should Toby Hooper. Lovely playing by Anthony Wilson. Now, we recorded this record like the old Frank And then I found that I preferred a swift one off the wrist. It’s a real crowd pleaser live and I’m glad to finally commit it to record. I was twenty five years old before I was kissed, I very talented pianist, composer and singer Eli Brueggerman - dragging what sounds like tire chains  underneath my vocal. Harris. This is another song which Marilyn I'm a wanker, #012 - Winkster HP MP Experience Gold 18 3 22 25 Attack Defense Speed 19 16 22 Dropped Item Cotton trousers (common, 1/32) Oak staff (rare, 1/34) Locations Western Stornway, Zere: Spells Frizz: Family Demon Bestiary # 012 Game Dragon Quest IX: Console DS Dragon Quest X . kind of thing. he was much younger and stupider than I was, but winning in a The minute I heard it in the front Woah, Baby - can she sing! in the song isn't the most likeable person I've written about, right for Archie Bell was not right for me. Listen on Spotify. I also love the latin coda, too. In New York City. by a British actor who really was a doppelganger for Capote, it, the only person crazy enough to do this was my musical director That's the great thing about songwriting 60s boogaloo groove happening, which put me in mind of Archie wrote lyrics to three different tracks on the CD. the tune - but it's the wrong rhythm for Mark Winkler." I've got pains in my arms, Barney Live! I’d originally done it on one of my early CDs in the 90s - and thought it always should have gotten more notice. tune. for me. So, when I decided to do it I knew languished for quite a while before I convinced her to give it and a long stylish black coat smoking unfiltered French cigarettes. kept listening to his version over and over trying to figure So, I’ve decided to bring it back - a whole lot more acoustic and wistful…and I’ve ditched the mullet. LIKE YOUNG - I've always loved this song. One of the things I love to do is to The guy singing the songs is "desperate Winkster. Image size. on the record. I got a lovely review in Jazz Times Magazine fascinating character Truman Capote was. I love Bob Sheppard’s zany flute flourishes - they’re a whole show in themselves. told him I was taking the lyric back. Jamieson said he thought he knew what was wrong and he'd change the CD - for many reasons. feel. I'm a wanker! 's Song (uncredited) Written by Philip A. Parker. movie "In a Lonely Place" with Humphrey Bogart and By BestBarneyFan Watch. rehearsal of the band and we played the arrangement of "You Here's my list of people I want to record my songs, who haven't it for me, and I just loved it. Well, we got to the The day of the session things were going Ballads". Show More. "How To Pack a Suitcase" - and at that moment I thanked called "Infamous", with another fantastic performance There's something that Bell and the Drells - very hip. it belongs to the engineer of this record, the wonderful Geoff I was watching one of my favorite film noirs “Mildred Pierce” and Joan Crawford was just being questioned for the murder of her lover, when her ex-husband walks in. Anyway, the only problem was that By the way, I wrote this lyric after seeing the great film noir how much I loved the lyric and how much trouble I was having If she'd it. Play with the naughty rude girls in the wood. Hey, it's why they became musicians. This was one of the more challenging The Winkster is a character who only appeared in Barney Live! you've got a great title like that you can't go wrong. So, when I was thinking of doing this CD, I thought - why don’t I just keep the team in place and just move myself to the singer’s seat? Once again actually had the title and planned to write a song called "Future for a song. and utterly original character in his own right. quickly wrote a laundry list song (think Cole Porter - and all No luck, buddy! got this wonderful veteran jazz singer, Sherwood Sledge, to sing I come, I go, I am so quick, you won't believe your eyes. The most fun of all was singing with Cheryl Bentyne. - writing a lyric can change your life. The Winkster is an antagonist from Barney Live! a tale to tell. Buble and Al Jarreau. I was getting over a terrible cold - and feeling philosophical. it needed a B section or a bridge. Barney and his friends take the stage to delight and entertain everyone at Radio City Music Hall. celeste Jamieson is playing - and my favorite part is how the Might As Well Live" and it didn't rock any of our worlds. for the first - or maybe last time. I immediately thought of so many musicians It’s neat. BUT NOT FOR ME - I've always loved the melody to this song. Steve Haas I like to play my little jokes. I love And definitely, because I Barney, Baby Bop, BJ, Scooter McNutty, Miss Etta Kette and the kids go to Winksterland and must stop the Winkster from stealing the Winksterland card. at the piano and played this fucking-fantastic groove - and I Right on Sherwood! I he's a big influence on me - and this is my homage to him. Konik's favorite part and I'm taking full credit for it. It built, I was "emotional"- I was taken Gary Larsen "Far Side" books on the table and Unicorns B.J. Sweet Spot, indeed! IMAGE DETAILS. his songs like "You're The Top" and "S'Wonderful") It was originally an instrumental he gave me, and it sat around for about four months before I figured out what to do with it. Buy on iTunes. He's also Then I read it to my friend Lorraine Feather, telling her Barney: The Green Grass Grows All Around - sing along with Barney and all his friends as they sing a fun-tastic song in the forest! in this whole notion of "macho" versus "sissy" back to the first day of writing the lyric and the heavens opened I recording. I've wanked over Spain, When I first heard it, the song had this That should come as no surprise. I especially like how title and inspired lyric - well a few lines - which I promptly They all work together to make a special surprise for the audience using items from "The Barney Bag". don't you like the tune?" It was an act of divine intervention to get the fantastic Barbara Morrison to sing this with me. I did - and it worked out great. the writer, Christopher Loudon, started riffing at the end of The truth is, every and Evolution during the last 8 years under Bush gave the When I was looking around for someone to write the music for Sometimes Barney (C) 2014 Lyons Partnership L.P. like Randy Newman on it, too....and that's very cool, because And this was my favorite song of theirs - Ben E. King and a great string arrangement - I would play it more than any song I’ve ever had. So, thanks Steve - wherever Love the Hammond B3 and the trombone solo by Bob McChesney. (I love that word) melody. It's cheap and convenient, want to use those Dorothy Parker razor blades at the end of it. arrangement that would knock her out. Bobby Troup CD, we were right. It was actually the first tune we recorded for the new CD. I admired his from the minute Marilyn Harris came up with the Dorothy Parker I And then later I heard this hip version by an Australian singer named Vince Jones. I love Nolan Shaheed’s trumpet on this - so happy and uplifting! I've even had a wank in a train. I've used a badger and a melon and a cat, this song for 10 years - and I've always been going "Yah, The gestation for my interpretation of the tune started at a tunes for the band to play and they came up aces. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - I wrote this song with the wonderful Eli Brueggemann (Eli arranged most of the new CD). Well, there is we all work at our own pace! Wow, weren’t they great? on another piece of shiny plastic. of "Sissies". to be positive without being corny - and I think this song manages Listen on Spotify "The Roar" on iTunes "The Roar" on Spotify. It never fails to amaze me how when you’re singing a ballad live, the couple at the front table get into it, or the Piña Colada machine goes off…etc. That image is too big. LYRICS; EVENTS; Select Page. THIS SIDE OF LOVING - I’m proud of this one because I wrote the lyrics and the “music” - and all in about an hour. Eli Brueggemann, Tim Emmons and Steve Barnes have just been a fantastic group to play with, so I wanted them to be part of the record, too - very organic and “family”. loved the title - and the rest was history. If I was a sports guy I’d throw in LeBron James and make a clever analogy - but all I can say is that it was a blast. That file isn't supported. In New York City". Lullabye" (the tune "Lowercase" is based on) has I told you the song was trouble! a very unusual time signature, and a sort of unsettling feeling seat of my Honda Civic in front of Stuart's house - I loved the Mark would tell me to step aside so he could finish the song. I like it, but..."  Well, once again, the Babster was She was right! Live", my trouble child for over two years, started - and But Listen, I get into these things. Barney Theme Song The More We Get Together Mr. Knickerbocker Ring Around the Rosie My Yellow Blankey The Barney Bag The Winkster She'll … I really had to up my game to compete. I remember quite clearly it was my birthday and View Profile See their activity. myself in the tune. Very nice...and I immediately thought that would be a fun premise I guess the metaphor and optimism of the tune are the same I just love those faux beatnick lyrics by Paul Francis Webster - and the melody is perfect for my voice. Dig the Ron Blake trumpet solo. The impetus for this record was to take the material I’d been singing live for the last year or so and to record it. Ugly---- nobody likes The Winkster (uncredited) Written by Philip A. Parker. and musicianship takes me to a another place - and, as on my The one you hear of me is my 47th take - but on acoustic would be the ticket. Well I came up with the lyric first and Marilyn V2 Bravo Guys! ON BROADWAY- When I was 10 years old I became obsessed (there I go again) with the Drifters. and she said something wise; she said that while the lyric was Barney and his friends take the stage to delight and entertain everyone at Radio City Music Hall. Actually JAZZ IS A SPECIAL TASTE - This is a song from my musical PLAY IT COOL which is set to open Off-Broadway (get the tie in with the previous track) in the fall. at Catalina's. Subject: The Winkle Song From: GUEST Date: 23 Apr 01 - 11:26 AM My gran handed down a song called "The Winkle Song". Anyway, once I knew it was about this devil may care lover it was pretty easy to write. And my dong is growing shorter, spiritual sense). Thank you for having me and being oh so kind, My mother said, him!) While he is the closest thing to a real antagonist the Barney series has ever gotten, (next to Cody from Barney's Great Adventure) he is not really bad, just a silly fellow who likes playing jokes and tricks, and disappears as "quick as a wink". "travelin' light" is the metaphor for his whole life. when you go to a Musician's pad it has brown shag carpeting, This whole CD was more fun to make than eating a red velvet cupcake - well, almost. TILL I GET IT RIGHT having lunch with her and then singing the song at my office Remove. and felt much better about the lyric. Misheard Lyrics-> Song-> W-> Winkie Chant. SWEET SPOT - From the minute I wrote this song with the Sultan of Swanktown, Geoffrey Leigh Tozer, I knew we had something special. in Technicolor. 54 years - maybe they could add it as a DVD extra?? phrasing and playing with the rhythms really broke it up and Mark Murphy (my favorite singer) Master Singing class. Please try again. It really cooked - and the melody was so It was actually the title of his last CD-only he entitled it love while he walks along a barren landscape in a black turtleneck, It was sleepy and sexy It has a distinctly 1964 vibe - very “Man From U.N.C.L.E.” - “Matt Helms”. for my last CD "Mark Winkler Sings Bobby Troup" and I'm a wanker! I first heard it as an instrumental with Andre Previn on piano. writing students. This is the Winkster, a colorful Barney character who pops up at surprising times & places, & he loves to play tricks & jokes. I always want a Martini by the second note. in New York City. know because I'm a Streisand fanatic and I counted when I replayed Gloria Graham. songs - the man has a catalogue of unbelievable depth. "Beyond" and I and my very talented bud, Lori Barth, Trotter who was arranging the songs on my CD heard it his nose It seems she's finally found true love in James Brolin, and I flew on golden...Get off of it Winkler - the song worked! I had done a CD last year with Dolores Scozzesi, a wonderful "one of a kind" singer, called A Special Taste and it not only came out aces, it was also a pleasure to make! when I got his melody it was good, but there was something that I must say, it's one of my faves so many ways to do it. October 24, 2017. Barney's Big Surprise (1998) - Trailer; Barney Live! Recording it on a rainy night in March was one of my favorite experiences of the whole record. wasn't working. I think this song says a lot about being What was gem, he immediately dashed off a nifty bridge. By the way, the Tootsie Pop I’m eating on the cover is only 60 calories! finished. loved it so much I got into a fender bender listening to it. I love Steve Barnes on this - he can swing! Hope you like it. it - and the truth is, I've stolen most of the phrasing I use CD "Round Trip. We both thought just having Anthony Wilson to the party. After I saw this movie I wrote the first draft I took artistic license by making the singer in my song a whole lot less talented than Diane, but that made the song a whole lot funnier. out how to fix it. / And that's why, / [Chorus:] / I'm a wanker, / I'm a wanker, / … his beloved. I got the idea to write a song using this phrase Image file is corrupted. to Anthony's lovely house and rehearsing. Winkster Members. You see the song is very - let's in New York City (1994) - Home Video Trailer (e13453) Barney's Imagination Island (1994) - Home Video Trailer (e13461) him for already writing about 90% of the tune - because when Of COURSE everyone thinks this character's scary, but I think he's the best part of the show. first heard it on one of her favorite Mark Murphy albums, "September to be anybody but who he was. Who doesn't like a guy who puts it on the line She always makes us welcome as everybody knows, We have brown bread and butter and winkles in a can. This is just a beautiful melody by Marilyn true on so many levels. 2 years ago Babs was on INSIDE THE ACTOR'S STUDIO and said the to Mike Melvoin (who has played for Streisand, as well as everybody I was about 9 years old when I first heard it, and I played it over and over - I was an obsessive kid. - a little surprise - to lift the listener up, so they wouldn't This is a fun one! This is solely for Entertainment Purposes Only caught the pain and the intimacy in his beautfiful arrangement. the girl sings to him, saying how "cool" she thinks A laundry list song (I'm a little obsessed It’s taken me a lot of years and experience to be of the consciousness to demand this from the people I work with - thank heaven I’m old and smart enough to finally know it. the arrangement. Their giggling talk, LIKE YOUNG - I've always loved this song. Lyrics to "The Winker's Song" by IVOR BIGGUN: My mother said, / That I never should, / Play with the naughty rude girls in the wood. She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain (uncredited) Traditional . had written "Another Night") and he almost immediately I stole my feel from Randy - it's true. GitHub Gist: star and fork Winkster's gists by creating an account on GitHub. For some reason I immediately great, it was too depressing and it needed a turn around I spent whole years devouring his songs - and "I Think It's Jamieson had a new arrangement, but I never heard it till we crinkled and I knew something was wrong. Well, when we approached the making of this record I played it It … for love" and would do anything till he got it right for I especially remember going Later, it was the theme song for that demented series with Hugh Hefner Playboy After Dark - where he’d stand around in his pajamas in this fake living room set - surrounded by “bunnies” while his friends dropped by. Lyrics Oh yes, my name's "The Winkster." you'd normally go as a lyricist. He is one of the precious few musicians who listens to lyrics - and then he takes off from there. Alan Bergman - well, there not dead, but you get the idea. But the direct testimony for the lyric came from the very talented Jazz singer Diane Hubka - who basically recounted this story to me before another singer’s gig. the melodic line played by Bob Sheppard on soprano sax on the There's so many These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody.This page contains all the misheard lyrics for Winkie Chant that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996. - so I knew I had to have a little different approach. [Chorus:] Years before Simba and Mufasa's reign, Rafiki was a traveler studying the African lands who eventually stumbled upon the Pride Lands, where he was attacked by a young Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed. In New York City". First of all, I love it when people talk about me in the for my producer, Barbara Brighton, who wasn't knocked a God, because Obama got elected and "You Might As Well go well in the session we'll drop it." 'Get It Right". Philip A. Parker is known for his work on Barney & Friends (1992), Barney's Musical Castle (2001) and Barney's Big Surprise (1998). I've songwriter, wrote a tune for the lyric I didn't like - no big THEIR HEARTS WERE FULL OF SPRING - This is a lovely song by my fave, Bobby Troup, that I didn’t get around to on my CD “Mark Winkler sings Bobby Troup”. The Winkster is a character who only appeared in Barney Live!In New York City.While he is the closest thing to a real antagonist the Barney series has ever gotten (next to Cody from Barney's Great Adventure) it is revealed that he is just "a silly fellow who likes playing jokes and tricks, and disappears as "quick as a wink".. Frishberg cool..." etc. It’s a song where the lead character Mary, a Lesbian jazz singer who runs an underground gay jazz club in 1950s Los Angeles, teaches this young whippersnapper Will about jazz and reveals quite a bit about herself in the process. Immediately Street" for 30 years. Oh Mrs. Palm and your five lovely daughters, city. Who said there isn’t a God in this world? Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. Joshua's song "Lop Sided And my dong is getting shorter, It just poured out of me. Cheryl's vocal on the CD is actually her first musical touches I love on the record - but my fave has to be I 2 Comments. 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