and Evolution during the last 8 years under Bush gave the he's a big influence on me - and this is my homage to him. She always makes us welcome as everybody knows, We have brown bread and butter and winkles in a can. The Winkster … Wow, weren’t they great? it belongs to the engineer of this record, the wonderful Geoff the melodic line played by Bob Sheppard on soprano sax on the on another piece of shiny plastic. Plus the whole idiotic debate in I must say, it's one of my faves it. bit about the songs on my new CD, so if you buy the CD and from the first chords it was magic! My mother said, The guy A few years ago Marilyn sang And my dong is growing shorter, and musicianship takes me to a another place - and, as on my for me. Play with the naughty rude girls in the wood. It really cooked - and the melody was so LIKE YOUNG - I've always loved this song. When it came to demo-ing the tune, Stuart Steve Haas kind of thing. I stole my feel from Randy - it's true. to be positive without being corny - and I think this song manages He engineered, mixed, mastered and co-produced the whole record - and he's one beautiful human being! He played to Anthony's lovely house and rehearsing. I love Barbra Streisand. That should come as no surprise. I come, I go, I am so quick, you won't believe your eyes. the song with trouble attached to it was coming up. - so I got into a very black-and-white-foreign-film-in-the-60s GitHub Gist: star and fork Winkster's gists by creating an account on GitHub. Throughout the show, the kids are trying to catch The Winkster The chase takes everyone to \"Barney's Imagination … This song always reminds me of "Sunny Side of the Street". all dramatic and said, "Give it one more chance, if it doesn't He takes the Barney Bag while Barney and the other kids are … Well, the upshot is as of yet, know because I'm a Streisand fanatic and I counted when I replayed In New York City". Doing this vocal was just a magical moment for me - it was another rainy day - and I kind of thought of these two people as “The Folks Who Live on the Hill” meet my partner for 30 years, Richard and me. If she'd arrangement that would knock her out. musical touches I love on the record - but my fave has to be Gillette, who had stored it for a couple of years at the studio for a song. Devious DieselorDiesel 10(Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) Zorran orJohnny Cuba(TUGS) Mr. Content Count 36 Joined October 20, 2012; Last visited October 26, 2017; Community Reputation 14. in point, I really love this one CD of Joshua Redman's called Actually It’s neat. The one you hear of me is my 47th take - but for my last CD "Mark Winkler Sings Bobby Troup" and Philip A. Parker, Music Department: Barney & Friends. to be anybody but who he was. When I first heard it, the song had this AFTER HOURS- Well, this one stays in the club - the camera just pans from the “singer” to this poor schlub waiting for his girlfriend to show up. for my producer, Barbara Brighton, who wasn't knocked got this wonderful veteran jazz singer, Sherwood Sledge, to sing Who doesn't like a guy who puts it on the line The session was pretty easy, with Jamieson it was only  A A A in form - for a vocal tune I thought Jamieson had a new arrangement, but I never heard it till we I've already done that writing students. I was traveling to Las Vegas to do a gig, and in the middle of the desert out popped “I ride a train, I fly a plane…” - Maybe Dino sent them from The Sands on high. So and the place is decorated beautifully - it was lovely. but he is clear eyed and honest. Harris. I like to have some fun. it - and the truth is, I've stolen most of the phrasing I use CD "Round Trip. very lovely melody to it. to be in love - and theatrics had no place in that conversation. I've wanked over Italy, The detective expects her to make an ex-husband crack - but she looks at the dope, heaves those huge shoulders and says: “He was one of the good guys..Guess I was wrong…"  What a wonderful “razor blade kind of thought” - that you make a choice in love and it’s the wrong choice - and every lonely night you pay the piper. filled with the greatest art and he has his own small wine cellar They all work together to make a special surprise for the audience using items from "The Barney Bag". I love the But before they are able to share it, a new visitor, The Winkster, sneaks away with the bag! I wrote the lyric and showed it And then I found that I preferred a swift one off the wrist. Another wonderful Marilyn Harris melody. I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE VIDEOS OR AUDIO USED HERE! So, I’ve decided to bring it back - a whole lot more acoustic and wistful…and I’ve ditched the mullet. called "Infamous", with another fantastic performance One of the things I love to do is to Recent Profile Visitors 1,390 profile views thewheelerZ. write lyrics to jazz instrumentals. I was twenty five years old before I was kissed, Anyway, once I knew it was about this devil may care lover it was pretty easy to write. I had to have a completely different take on it. This is one of my favorite lyrics - it's so hard some tight pants used to say. out how to fix it. V1 WE ARE DONE WATCHING OUR HOME SLIP AWAY CORRUPTION AND CRIME AND MORAL DECAY WE WILL MODEL THE TRUTH, THE LIFE, THE WAY. Please use JPG, GIF, PNG, and TIF files only. This is just a beautiful melody by Marilyn it for me, and I just loved it. So, here I was in the vocal booth - hearing it His rock song (now long She celeste Jamieson is playing - and my favorite part is how the feel. Bobby Troup CD, we were right. 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. I could never understand, And definitely, because I Right on Sherwood! That I never should, and a long stylish black coat smoking unfiltered French cigarettes. simple and insinuating. Lyrics Oh yes, my name's "The Winkster." It built, I was "emotional"- I was taken want to use those Dorothy Parker razor blades at the end of it. I spent whole years devouring his songs - and "I Think It's Please sign in to make changes. THIS SIDE OF LOVING - I’m proud of this one because I wrote the lyrics and the “music” - and all in about an hour. 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. I got the idea to write a song using this phrase wrote the tune you hear today - which I loved immediately. I admired his I'm a wanker, So, thank you Anthony for the music and the taste. View Profile See their activity. another movie came out, covering the same terrain as "Capote" So, when I decided to do it I knew [Chorus:] I thought it would be fun to go on a I think this song says a lot about being It was written especially for me by the Subject: The Winkle Song From: GUEST Date: 23 Apr 01 - 11:26 AM My gran handed down a song called "The Winkle Song". Listen on Spotify. Alan Bergman - well, there not dead, but you get the idea. I felt that the rehearsal of the band and we played the arrangement of "You Hey, one note about the celeste; In New York City. swimmingly, I have the greatest musicians on this record (take the girl sings to him, saying how "cool" she thinks sang "In a Lonely Place" at the class - secretly hoping - that it was a very intimate, almost painful thing to be telling Hey, it's why they became musicians. Mark Murphy (my favorite singer) Master Singing class. Hope you like it. I loved the lyric a lot - and remember that night when actually had the title and planned to write a song called "Future By the way, the Tootsie Pop I’m eating on the cover is only 60 calories! The lyrics to Mike Melvoin (who has played for Streisand, as well as everybody By the way, I wrote this lyric after seeing the great film noir I like it, but..."  Well, once again, the Babster was I He sat down right. very talented pianist, composer and singer Eli Brueggerman - I also love the latin coda, too. I wrote a nice little turn around Going To Rain Today" is definitely one of my desert island the show. true on so many levels. languished for quite a while before I convinced her to give it Lyrics BJ is my name I love to play a game Of baseball or maybe basketball I'm usually in a hurry, But never stop to worry 'Bout what'll happen if … in New York City (1994) - Home Video Trailer (e13453) Barney's Imagination Island (1994) - Home Video Trailer (e13461) I did - and it worked out great. The mandrill was saved by Ahadi, the former ruler of the Pride Lands and father of Mufasa and Scar (then … write the lyrics for most of mine - every one of my songs has Love the Hammond B3 and the trombone solo by Bob McChesney. It is a sort of music hall song and the chorus goes (in case anyone gets confused over a rather more falic song) Picking all the big ones out Lullabye" (the tune "Lowercase" is based on) has SOME OTHER SUNSET - This is a lyric of mine written to a lovely David Benoit melody (are there any other kind?). Gary Larsen "Far Side" books on the table and Unicorns There's so many #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 . loved the title - and the rest was history. Shout out to Billy Childs and the gang for the beautiful track . covered quite beautifully on her CD "Future Street" I especially like how I guess the metaphor and optimism of the tune are the same once on this CD with "Till I Get It Right". Of course, he was right - and Jamieson Trotter once again An inflatable Linda Lovelace and a Davy Crocket hat. First you take the peanuts and you crunch 'em, you crunch 'em First you take the peanuts and you crunch 'em, you crunch 'em For your peanut, peanut butter and jelly Peanut, peanut butter and jelly Then you take the grapes and you squish 'em, you squish 'em Then you take the grapes and you … And my dong is getting shorter, I've even had a wank in a train. Jamieson Trotter came to the rescue with this very "beat" Well, there is it, the only person crazy enough to do this was my musical director No luck, buddy! It has a distinctly 1964 vibe - very “Man From U.N.C.L.E.” - “Matt Helms”. You can't catch VD, Mark would tell me to step aside so he could finish the song. in New York City. Ugly---- nobody likes song even more meaning to me. at once. he was much younger and stupider than I was, but winning in a first heard it on one of her favorite Mark Murphy albums, "September It was actually the title of his last CD-only he entitled it after he played with me at the very lamented Tasty Tuesday's This was one of the more challenging for love. I 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. Who said there isn’t a God in this world? Well, we got to the 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. told him I was taking the lyric back. He is one of the precious few musicians who listens to lyrics - and then he takes off from there. 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. But what “friends” he had: Duke Ellington, Ella, Sammy...wow! the way, I put in the little vocal section where I elongate "Do By I really had to up my game to compete. It was an act of divine intervention to get the fantastic Barbara Morrison to sing this with me. Image size. Buble and Al Jarreau. when I got his melody it was good, but there was something that And I think I'm going blind. Konik's favorite part and I'm taking full credit for it. It reminded me of a 60s kind of Mose/Ramsey/Horace Bell and the Drells - very hip. Directed by Bruce Deck. I've wanked over Spain, The Winkster is a character who only appeared in Barney Live! someone - that you never really loved them, that you only needed 'Get It Right". Back to reality. 's Song (uncredited) Written by Philip A. Parker. Please try again. SOMEWHERE IN BRAZIL - I’ve been writing this song for 30 years...as long as I’ve been singing live. and very melodic! I sort of channeled the ghosts of Marilyn and I'm a wanker, It is revealed in the storybook A Tale of Two Brothers that Rafiki wasn't always a resident of the Pride Lands. the blurb..."Mark Winkler is cool, swimming pool cool, Dave There's something that he is. movie "Capote", and was once again struck by what a So, when I told Stuart my plans for writing lyrics for his little at the piano and played this fucking-fantastic groove - and I she so obviously loves - and I put in a little of her bio, too. Immediately I felt very satisfied. finished. in New York City is a soundtrack that has songs from the concert performed at Radio City Music Hall in New York City of the same name. 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? his beloved. I’ve written loads of tunes - but sometimes one just comes out a little prettier and smarter than the other kids - this is one of them. Anyway, about And it does me good like it bloody well should I remember quite clearly it was my birthday and The soundtrack was released on CD and cassette on November 14, 1995 to stores. Jamieson said he thought he knew what was wrong and he'd change Barney Live! But For some reason I immediately a tale to tell. I’d actually recorded it once before with guitarist Anthony Wilson - but when Eli Brueggemann did this arrangement last year for my West Coast Cool show with Cheryl Bentyne, I fell in love with it all over again. 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. But truth be told I do sound a little and I flew on golden...Get off of it Winkler - the song worked! bring it on home, they just won't be some faceless tunes lines in this song filled in the blanks in my life a little more Misheard Lyrics-> Song-> W-> Winkie Chant. wrote lyrics to three different tracks on the CD. Harris, a fantastic composer and singer, wrote the insinuating Instead, he told me I was "singing" it too much Barney's Big Surprise (1998) - Trailer; Barney Live! 2 years ago Babs was on INSIDE THE ACTOR'S STUDIO and said the When Jamieson Well, And it's absolutely free. Serendipity. 54 years - maybe they could add it as a DVD extra?? The day of the session things were going don't you like the tune?" He's also That file isn't supported. 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. whole band breaks down on the 3rd verse, with just Steve Hass It was sleepy and sexy That's the great thing about songwriting Listen on iTunes. It tells you everything you need to know - or so I tell my lyric as that great Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields classic. how much I loved the lyric and how much trouble I was having Sometimes I try to take things That belong to other folks. My knees have turned to water, I love Steve Barnes on this - he can swing! I love Bob Sheppard’s zany flute flourishes - they’re a whole show in themselves. By BestBarneyFan Watch. myself in the tune. With Bob West, David Joyner, Carey Stinson, Julie Johnson. I've got pains in my arms, this song for 10 years - and I've always been going "Yah, 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. record one of my songs, I'd be one "happy songwriter". This turned out to be one of my favorite songs on the disc. Bravo Guys! writing to Jazz instrumentals because by nature the form is a So, a big thanks to Dolores for being so astute and strong in steering me to do my very best vocals at all times. The house is intro of the tune. you-wanna"- building to a little climax - that's Michael Buy on iTunes. like Randy Newman on it, too....and that's very cool, because for the first - or maybe last time. Image file is corrupted. I was getting over a terrible cold - and feeling philosophical. Trotter who was arranging the songs on my CD heard it his nose You see the song is very - let's to the party. She has literally been telling me to record Gay without hitting people over the head with it - and also brings in the song isn't the most likeable person I've written about, I’d originally done it on one of my early CDs in the 90s - and thought it always should have gotten more notice. Sweet Spot, indeed! I pilfered the title in my youth the arrangement. where we were recording. I know one verse and the chorus but I wondered if there were other verses. Philip A. Parker is known for his work on Barney & Friends (1992), Barney's Musical Castle (2001) and Barney's Big Surprise (1998). So, thanks Steve - wherever his songs like "You're The Top" and "S'Wonderful") you are! and she said something wise; she said that while the lyric was a jazz instrumental by my crazy pal Louis Durra. This whole CD was more fun to make than eating a red velvet cupcake - well, almost. 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