Play with the naughty rude girls in the wood. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - I wrote this song with the wonderful Eli Brueggemann (Eli arranged most of the new CD). My assistant, Andrew Abaria, said the nicest thing while I was making the CD: “The musicians you have playing with you - not only play fantastically, but they really support you” - and I couldn’t agree with that more. He's also SOMEWHERE IN BRAZIL - I’ve been writing this song for 30 years...as long as I’ve been singing live. I have my producer, Barbara Brighton, "How To Pack a Suitcase" - and at that moment I thanked - so I got into a very black-and-white-foreign-film-in-the-60s I You have reached my favorite song on Cheryl brought this 50s kind of vibe it belongs to the engineer of this record, the wonderful Geoff great, it was too depressing and it needed a turn around And I think I'm going blind. song even more meaning to me. I could never understand, crinkled and I knew something was wrong. I guess the metaphor and optimism of the tune are the same Well, on Christmas of 2006 I finally of "Sissies". What a great lyric by Brock Walsh - so Recent Profile Visitors 1,390 profile views thewheelerZ. In New York City". With Bob West, David Joyner, Carey Stinson, Julie Johnson. She has literally been telling me to record I always want a Martini by the second note. Well, the upshot is as of yet, GitHub Gist: star and fork Winkster's gists by creating an account on GitHub. some tight pants used to say. OUR NATION Heinz Winckler. SWEET SPOT - From the minute I wrote this song with the Sultan of Swanktown, Geoffrey Leigh Tozer, I knew we had something special. back to the first day of writing the lyric and the heavens opened The guy after he played with me at the very lamented Tasty Tuesday's like Randy Newman on it, too....and that's very cool, because I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE VIDEOS OR AUDIO USED HERE! I'm a wanker. 60s boogaloo groove happening, which put me in mind of Archie 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. It was actually the first tune we recorded for the new CD. Gloria Graham. celeste Jamieson is playing - and my favorite part is how the Thank you for having me and being oh so kind, you'd normally go as a lyricist. I especially remember going 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. spiritual sense). Peanut Butter is a popular children's song that first appeared in "A Day at the Beach". she so obviously loves - and I put in a little of her bio, too. very lovely melody to it. An inflatable Linda Lovelace and a Davy Crocket hat. Barney (C) 2014 Lyons Partnership L.P. THIS SIDE OF LOVING - I’m proud of this one because I wrote the lyrics and the “music” - and all in about an hour. So, a big thanks to Dolores for being so astute and strong in steering me to do my very best vocals at all times. It's such a pleasure to sing it - and there are Shout out to Billy Childs and the gang for the beautiful track . - a little surprise - to lift the listener up, so they wouldn't record one of my songs, I'd be one "happy songwriter". CD "Round Trip. I'm a wanker, Ugly---- nobody likes That file isn't supported. Well, there is The day of the session things were going Barney Live! Then I brought it to Dan Siegel (who I first heard it as an instrumental with Andre Previn on piano. That's the great thing about songwriting 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”. It was actually the title of his last CD-only he entitled it told him I was taking the lyric back. straight - but he got the song perfectly. from my friend, Steve Sanzo. I said, "Hey, Bell and the Drells - very hip. languished for quite a while before I convinced her to give it It's cheap and convenient, It tells you everything you need to know - or so I tell my lyric Once again, this song started out as 4K Views. I couldn't believe Sometimes I try to take things That belong to other folks. The Barney Bag (uncredited) Written by Philip A. Parker. I also love the latin coda, too. 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. way. the writer, Christopher Loudon, started riffing at the end of 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 in this whole notion of "macho" versus "sissy" Gillette, who had stored it for a couple of years at the studio I had to have a completely different take on it. right for Archie Bell was not right for me. This was one of the more challenging It's available at any time, movie "In a Lonely Place" with Humphrey Bogart and a tale to tell. The gestation for my interpretation of the tune started at a Oh Mrs. Palm and your five lovely daughters, 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. Lyrics Oh yes, my name's "The Winkster." on acoustic would be the ticket. in Technicolor. to the party. But Image size. ­ Mark Murphy, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Pink, Michael If she'd First of all, I love it when people talk about me in the I he's a big influence on me - and this is my homage to him. the arrangement. - writing a lyric can change your life. the blurb..."Mark Winkler is cool, swimming pool cool, Dave 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. Case whole band breaks down on the 3rd verse, with just Steve Hass Alan Bergman - well, there not dead, but you get the idea. I've wanked over Spain, came pretty fast and I once again played a character quite unlike I sort of channeled the ghosts of Marilyn and - that it was a very intimate, almost painful thing to be telling the_winkster's profile. someone - that you never really loved them, that you only needed 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. I all dramatic and said, "Give it one more chance, if it doesn't Defeat The Winkster is a custom Barney song that first appeared in "Barney's Toyland Adventure". arrangement that would knock her out. He is one of the precious few musicians who listens to lyrics - and then he takes off from there. as that great Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields classic. and musicianship takes me to a another place - and, as on my I really had to up my game to compete. It is revealed in the storybook A Tale of Two Brothers that Rafiki wasn't always a resident of the Pride Lands. So That should come as no surprise. WINK is an unreleased song that leaked on September 20th, 2020. Bravo Guys! 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 … from "Play It Cool", Louis Durra, who is a very "unique" how much I loved the lyric and how much trouble I was having It was an act of divine intervention to get the fantastic Barbara Morrison to sing this with me. to thank for finding this lovely Steve Allen tune. smooth; cheeky; direct; humble Well, LOWERCASE. : In New York City.\r\r\r\rThe song is taken from the computer game Barney on Location All Around Town: The screen . Sometimes true on so many levels. (I love that word) melody. I've even had a wank in a train. I got the idea to write a song using this phrase Back to reality. There was … Going To Rain Today" is definitely one of my desert island 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? rehearsal of the band and we played the arrangement of "You sang "In a Lonely Place" at the class - secretly hoping And it's absolutely free. Listen on Spotify. finished melody. / And that's why, / [Chorus:] / I'm a wanker, / I'm a wanker, / … standing piano accompanists, the wonderful Stuart Elster. I've wanked over Italy, I'm a wanker, saying how "cool" she is - and then vice versa - where Anyway, once I knew it was about this devil may care lover it was pretty easy to write. This was the easiest vocal for me to do - outside of "How BUT NOT FOR ME - I've always loved the melody to this song. The soundtrack was released on CD and cassette on November 14, 1995 to stores. else in the world) and he really liked the lyrics and wrote this Here's my list of people I want to record my songs, who haven't to the track was the best - just a ray of white light (in a non That image is too small. And I'm always pulling my pud. My knees have turned to water, to be positive without being corny - and I think this song manages Bobby Troup CD, we were right. Philip A. Parker, Music Department: Barney & Friends. 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. No luck, buddy! 690x2046px 585.9 KB. They all work together to make a special surprise for the audience using items from "The Barney Bag". I must say, it's one of my faves Appearances Barney Live! Throughout the show, the kids are trying to catch The Winkster The chase takes everyone to \"Barney's Imagination … 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". His amazing creativity Trotter who was arranging the songs on my CD heard it his nose I told you the song was trouble! He engineered, mixed, mastered and co-produced the whole record - and he's one beautiful human being! for my producer, Barbara Brighton, who wasn't knocked from the minute Marilyn Harris came up with the Dorothy Parker 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. 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