BILL
ALPHABETIZED
Note: this listing mixes my humor,
satire, and older serious songs.
If "mp3
recording" is underlined then there is a recording of the song on the
website. Most only have one link (what I think is the best version), but I am
beginning to links to other recordings of the same songs.
If the title is
not underlined then the lyrics have not yet been posted.
Some statistics
about this list (I think I'm off by 1 or 2 numbers):
153
songs are listed (I think)
150
the lyrics are by Bill Griffin (a few w/some collaboration); 1 is an
instrumental
138
have recordings on this website (many have multiple versions)
129
have lyrics listed
88
songs are parodies (*=Parody)
some are not yet recorded
There are other
songs I have written which are not yet represented by this list. (Some are not
worth putting here.)
I do hope that
if you compare my really old stuff to my more recent stuff you see some
improvement, at least in recording quality!
Some
have wondered just how I do my recording, and how much I actually play on these
songs. NO, I DO NOT BUY SOMEONE ELSE’S TRACKS! I sing from one to eight parts
on various songs. I play on the
following songs: electric guitars, acoustic guitars, 12 string guitars, bass
guitar, mandolin, balalaika, harmonica, and a little bit of keyboard. I get
percussion the following ways: old songs have (not too good) percussion from an
electronic keyboard, and not quite as old songs have percussion from a much
better sounding keyboard. I use FL
Studio to program all sampled percussion since January, 2006. I also use FL
Studio to program sampled instruments (so far organs, violin, flute, cello,
electronic effects, synthesizers, horns, clarinet, etc.). I do NOT use pre-set
arrangements--I do it all myself.
There
are some songs on which other people have played and sung. Credits can be found
on the organized pages.
The
recording medium for older songs (all digitized eventually) ranges from cassette tapes, dual
cassette decks for multi-track, camcorder recordings. In
recent years (since about 2000?) I have been doing digital multi-track
recording on my computer. 2 songs were recorded in part or in whole in
Evangel’s and CBC’s recording studios. (All multi-track home
computer digital recordings are indicated with the pound/number sign #.)
I
have attached recording information (as best I can remember) to many of the
songs below (mainly part of my so-called “Main” collection).
HUMOR/SATIRE/LIGHT-HEARTED
Aliens (mp3
recording) vocal, acoustic guitar,
electric guitar, bass guitar (recorded at CBC studio and added to at home on
dual cassette deck).
Alliteration (mp3
recording) vocal, acoustic guitar.
Another Phone Bites the
Dust (not yet recorded)*
Another
Tear-Jerking Christmas Song (mp3
recording) acoustic guitars (2),
electric guitars (3), bass, vocals (3), sampled percussion.#
Answering the Call (mp3
recording)* Vocals (incl 3 chipmunks
& the annoying comments at the end), 12 string guitars (2), electric
guitar, bass guitar, sampled percussion.#
Avenue to hell (mp3
recording)* Vocal, electric guitar, Commodore 64 for bass and percussion
tracks.
Back in the U.S.S.A.
(mp3
recording)* Vocal, electric guitars (4), bass guitar, sampled percussion.#
Bad King Wenceslas (mp3
recording)* vocal, mandolin, balalaika, sampled percussion.#
Better Not Dance (2008
remastered mp3) (original
mp3 recording): vocals (many), electric guitars (3 or 4), bass
guitar (replaced old bass line), sampled percussion (replaced percussion from
keyboard); other anonymous vocal help.#
Biker's Tan (mp3
recording)* Vocals (2?), electric
guitars (3), bass guitar, sampled percussion & synthesizers.#
Bomb
Afghan (mp3
recording)* vocals (many), acoustic guitar, bass guitar; percussion from
keyboard.#
Bring
Those Funky Presents Santa (mp3
recording)* vocals (5), electric
guitars (2), bass guitar, sampled percussion.#
Brotherly Love (mp3
recording) vocal, acoustic guitar (cassette).
Brown Eyed Lady (mp3
recording)* vocal, electric guitars, bass guitar, sampled sounds:
keyboards, organ, percussion, jet; recorded bicycle sounds.#
Busy
Stripmalls (mp3
recording)* vocal, acoustic guitar, bass guitar.#
By Permission (mp3
recording) vocal, acoustic guitar;
horse: horse sound (live; recorded on camcorder).
Calvinist (mp3
recording) vocals, acoustic guitars (2), electric guitars (3), bass guitar;
sampled sounds: piano, organ; sampled percussion#*
Carol of the Bells (mp3
recording) [I didn't write this one--it is Ukranian in origin] acoustic guitars (3), electric guitars (5), sampled
synthesizers, sampled violin, sampled percussion.#
Challenged for Jesus (mp3
recording) vocal, acoustic guitar; Daniel Griffin: fiddle; Phil Duncan:
backup vocal (live; cassette).
Chorus praise (mp3
recording)* vocal, electric guitars
(2), bass guitar, sampled organ, sampled percussion.#
Coke for George (not yet recorded)*
Come to Class (mp3
recording)* vocals (2), acoustic
guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, percussion from keyboard.#
Comfortably Dumb (mp3
recording)* vocals (2), acoustic guitars (2), electric guitars (5?),
sampled bass/synthesizers/ /strings /horns /clarinet /percussion.
Cooking in the Bible
(mp3
recording) vocal, electric guitar;
keyboard: bass, percussion (dual cassette decks).
Cycling Medly (mp3
recording)* vocals (5?), acoustic
guitar.#
Daniel Little Boy (mp3
recording) vocal, acoustic guitar (live; cassette).
Dataport (mp3
recording) vocal (2 or 3), electric guitars (2), percussion and bass from a
keyboard; sound effects from a toy ray gun (cassette overdubbing).
Dead Evangelist (not yet recorded)
Death by chocolate (mp3
recording) vocal, acoustic guitars
(2), electric
guitars (5), bass guitar, sampled percussion.#
EC Bible Department (mp3
recording)*(some parts are parodies) vocal, acoustic guitar (cassette).
El Kabong (no recording yet)*
Enter Homeland (mp3
recording)
Everybody Must
Get Slain (mp3
recording)* vocals (main, comments),
acoustic guitar, bass guitar, trombone, trumpet, percussion from keyboard.#
Every Time
She Turns Around (mp3
recording) vocal, bass, 4 electric guitars, sampled percussion.#
Fight
For Your Right To Study (mp3
recording) vocal, bass, 3 electric guitars, sampled percussion.#
Friends (mp3
recording) vocal, acoustic guitar
(cassette).
Ghost Writer (mp3
recording)* vocal, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, sampled percussion.#
Go On Home Doggie (not yet
recorded)*
God Bless the NSA (mp3
recording)* vocal, 4 acoustic guitars, 2 electric guitars, bass, sample
percussion and keyboard (for the test version of the song)#
Good Translations (mp3
recording)* vocals (6 parts), 12
string guitar, bass guitar; sampled sounds: violin, organ, cello, electronic
effect, percussion, flute.#
Grade Somebody (mp3
recording)* vocals (main & 2 backup), acoustic
guitar, electric guitar; keyboard: bass, percussion; quotes from Dr. Grant
Jones, Dr. David Stair, Dr. Jeff Fulks, Prof. Robert Cirtin, Dr. Milt Krans.#
Great Bombs of Fire (mp3
recording)*
Great Tongues of Fire (no
recording yet)*
H1N1
Flu (mp3
recording)* Vocal, acoustic guitar.#
Hang Low Ice Covered
Branches (mp3
recording)* vocal, acoustic guitar (recorded on camcorder during the ice
storm).
Ha-showfait ivvair (mp3
recording) vocals (5), electric
guitar, bass guitar, whistling, sampled sounds (drums & clapping) and
voices from basketball games and friends (incl. Dwight Colbaugh, Bill &
Collette Little, Coach Jerry Breaux, various fans).#
He's
the 10 Year Pastor from Evangel Temple (not yet recorded)*
Healthcare ByObama (not
yet recorded)
Heartbeat Oh Well (mp3
recording)* vocal, acoustic guitar.#
Homework (mp3 recording)* vocal, bass, recording of ripping paper, pencil
sharpener, scribbling with pencil, wadding paper, wadded paper hitting metal
trash can, computer keyboard, Windows ding sound.#
Housetops (mp3 recording)
vocal, reversed recordings of classical music samples.
I Hate Paper Grading
(mp3
recording)* vocal, bass, 4 electric guitars, sampled percussion.#
Ice on the Branches (mp3
recording)* vocal, electric guitar, bass guitar, sampled organ, sampled
percussion.
I’m Too Smart (mp3
recording) vocal, lots of sampled instruments sounds (I didn’t play
any instruments on this! [I’m too smart to play this song!])
I Ride Alone (mp3
recording)* vocal, electric guitars
(8 parts), bass guitar, sampled guitar for effect at the beginning, sampled
percussion.#
I Should
Have Studied Harder (mp3
recording)* vocals (2), acoustic
guitars (2); keyboard: bass, percussion (recorded on dual cassette deck).
I Will Fail You (mp3
recording)* vocal; drums from some
unknown student, overlaid w/more drum sounds from a keyboard; Matt Hernando
calls out from the crowd right before the song begins (live, from cassette
tape).
If I Had a Big
Church (mp3
recording)* vocal.
If Pink Floyd did Rudolph (mp3
recording)* Vocals, 12 string
guitars (2), electric guitar, bass guitar, sampled percussion.#
Illustrations (mp3
recording) vocal, acoustic (live; cassette).
It Ain't Easy (mp3
recording)* vocal, acoustic guitars
(2), electric guitars (7 parts in various sections of the song), bass,
harmonicas (2), sampled choir vocals, sampled percussion.#
It's
the End of the Ride As We Know It (mp3
recording)* vocals (3), acoustic
guitars (2?), bass guitar, percussion from keyboard.#
KECC (mp3
recording) vocal, electric guitars (2), bass and percussion from cheap
keyboard.
Let's Ride (mp3
recording) vocals (2), acoustic
guitars (2), electric guitar; keyboard: bass, percussion; sound effects I
recorded.#
Life in the Caf'
Line (mp3
recording)* vocal, electric guitars
(4), percussion from keyboard, sound effects recorded at home.#
Little M1 (mp3
recording)* vocals (8), electric guitar,
bass guitar, percussion from keyboard.
Marcion's Song (mp3
recording) vocal, 6 string guitar
(cassette tape; remixed digitally).
Making Pizza (not yet recorded)*
Mommy and Daddy Wear
Spandex (mp3
recording) vocal, acoustic guitar (live, cassette).
Mommy Used To
Make Me Go To Church (mp3
recording) guitar; vocal by Daniel Griffin (at 7 years old).
Money for Somethin (not yet
recorded)*
My Baby Rides
a Hundred Miles a Week (mp3
recording)* vocal, electric guitars
(2), bass guitar, percussion from keyboard.#
My Father's House (mp3
recording)
My Lady (2008
Remaster) (mp3 recording):
vocals (2), electric guitars (4), acoustic guitars (added 2 which were not
there before), bass guitar (replaced the earlier one), sampled percussion
(replaced percussion from keyboard).#
O
Come, O Come Emmanuel (mp3
recording) vocals (7), bass, electric guitars (4), sampled percussion.#
O Shopping Mall (mp3
recording {live}) (another mp3
recording)*# Vocal, acoustic guitar (camcorder).
Old Testament
Syllabus (mp3
recording)* vocals (2), acoustic
guitar, electric guitar, keyboard: bass, percussion.#
Online
Presents Coming to Town (mp3
recording)* Vocal, acoustic guitar (camcorder).#
Plagiarized Paper (mp3
recording)* vocals (4), electric
guitar, bass guitar, percussion from keyboard.#
Please Go Home
for Christmas (mp3
recording)* vocals, electric guitars, bass, sampled percussion.#
Please
Quit Gripin 'bout my Bike (mp3
recording) vocal, acoustic guitar.#
Please
Stop Ye Merry Gentlemen (mp3
recording)* vocals (5?), acoustic guitars (2), mandolins (2), bass guitar,
percussion from keyboard.#
Popular Christianity
(mp3
recording) vocal, acoustic guitar
(live in Evangel’s chapel 1996; cassette).
Prof on the Run (mp3
recording)* vocal (recorded when
quite ill), electric guitars (4?), keyboard synthesizer, percussion from
keyboard.#
Propane (mp3
recording)* vocals (2), electric
guitar, bass guitar, sampled organ, sampled percussion; Terry Griffin: female
radio comments. Sound effects from the actual ice storm (rain, transformers
blowing, ice falling, branches falling, chain saw, generator, etc.).#
Reformation
Rap (mp3
recording) vocal, electric guitar (2), keyboard for percussion and bass
(cassette).
Resolution (mp3 recording)*
vocals, electric guitars, bass, sampled percussion.#
Revival (mp3
recording) vocal, acoustic guitar
(camcorder).
Ride the 150 (mp3
recording)* vocals (main & 2
backup), acoustic guitar, electric guitar; keyboard: bass, percussion. Yes, I
stole the instrumental backup from my earlier recording, “Grade
Somebody.”#
Rideforfun
(not yet recorded)*
Riding the Greenways
(mp3
recording)* vocals (2), electric
guitars (2), bass guitar, percussion from keyboard. (Recorded
at
Rudolph Got Run
Over By My Grandma (mp3
recording)* vocal, acoustic guitar (live; camcorder).
Secret Coding Man (mp3
recording)* vocal, 12 string guitar
(cassette tape; remixed digitally).
Sleeping in the Chapel (mp3
recording)* vocal, acoustic guitar (live; camcorder).
Slow elevator coming (mp3
recording)* vocal acoustic guitar, electric guitars (2), bass guitar;
sampled percussion, piano, and organ.#
Somethin's in the
water out here (mp3
recording) vocal, acoustic guitars (4), bass guitar; sampled violin,
sampled percussion.#
SPIRITUAL
(mp3
recording)* vocal, acoustic guitar (live; camcorder).
Springfield MO (mp3
recording)* vocals (lead,
background), electric guitars (2), bass guitar, sampled percussion.#
Surgery (mp3
recording)* vocal, acoustic guitar.#
Tape
Backout (mp3
recording)
Tell
Me Why (not yet recorded)*
Test
Tomorrow (mp3
recording) vocals, acoustic guitars (2+2), bass, sampled strings and
percussion.#*
The
12 Digital Days of Christmas (mp3
recording)*
vocal, acoustic guitar.#
The Advising Song (not yet recorded)*
The
Elves vs St Nicholas (mp3
recording) vocal, acoustic guitar, bass guitar.#
The Feminist
Theology Colors (mp3
recording) vocal, electric guitar;
bass and percussion programmed on a Commodore 64 (live; recorded on cassette
1988).
The Freshman Blues (mp3
recording) vocal, guitar; Jim
Griffin: imitation of harmonica (camcorder).
The Hop (mp3
recording)* vocal, acoustic guitar; backup
vocal by Scooter Manley (live; recorded on cassette).
The Missionary Offering Song
(mp3
recording)*
The
New Man Came to Town (mp3
recording)* vocal, acoustic guitars (2), sampled piano.#
The
Politically Correct Bible (mp3
recording) vocal, acoustic guitar.
The Scripture Twist
(mp3
recording)* (sort of a parody) vocal,
acoustic guitar (live; camcorder).
The Sunday School Blues (mp3
recording) vocal, acoustic guitar;
horse: horse sound (live; recorded on camcorder).
The
Theologian Song (mp3
recording) vocal, guitar (live, recorded on
a camcorder).
The Worship Police (mp3
recording) vocals (2), male radio
comments, acoustic guitars (2), electric guitars (2), sampled percussion; Terry
Griffin: female radio comments; Hawaii Five-O sample.#
There's
No Place Like WalMart for the Holidays (mp3
recording)* vocal, acoustic guitar (live; camcorder).
They
(mp3
recording) vocal, electric guitar; Jim Griffin: vocal, acoustic guitar
(live; cassette)
Tia's
Song (mp3
recording) vocal, electric guitar; bass and percussion synthesized on a
Commodore 64.
The New Man Came to Town (mp3 recording) vocal,
acoustic guitars (2), sampled piano#*
Trust and Obey (not yet recorded)*
Up For The Bargains (mp3
recording)* vocal, acoustic guitar.#
Virtual Spirituality (mp3
recording) vocal, acoustic guitar (cassette).
Waking Up Is Hard to Do
(not yet recorded)*
We Are the Scholars (mp3
recording)* vocals (many), electric guitar, sampled bass (song finished after
shoulder surgery), sampled piano and percussion, some sampled “aah”s.#
What
Food Is This? (mp3 recording)* vocal, acoustic
guitars (2), bass guitar, mandolin.#
White House (mp3
recording)* vocal, electric guitars (2), bass, sampled percussion and
background vocals.#
When
the Bills Come Pouring In (mp3
recording)* vocal, acoustic guitar,
bass guitar, harmonicas (2).#
Y2K (mp3
recording) Vocal, acoustic guitar (cassette; digitally remastered).
Yesterday
(mp3
recording)* Vocal, acoustic guitars (2), sampled string quartet.#
You’ve Lost
That Cell Phone Signal (not yet recorded)*
SERIOUS/NON-HUMOR (most
of these are real old)
Babylon (mp3 recording)
vocal, 12 string guitar; James Griffin: acoustic guitar (live; cassette).
Be
Still (mp3
recording) vocal, 12 string guitar; James Griffin: bass guitar (cassette).
Because He Loves Us All (mp3
recording) James Griffin: main vocal, bass guitar; Bill Griffin: 12 string
guitar, backup vocal (cassette).
Blessed be the name
of the LORD (mp3
recording) vocal, 12 string guitar; Jim Griffin: vocal, bass guitar; Larry
Morrison: piano (live; cassette).
Ein Kol Hadash--Ecclesiastes 1:9 (mp3
recording) vocal, balalaika.
Hallowed Be Thy Name (mp3
recording)
In
My Father's House (mp3
recording) vocal, electric guitar; Jim Griffin: bass, vocal; John Price:
Arp String Ensemble; Steve Mercer: drums (basement reel to reel recording
transferred to cassette, then digitized).
In
You (mp3
recording)
Led to Slaughter (mp3
recording)
Lord,
I Need You (mp3
recording) vocal, acoustic guitar.
My Command (mp3
recording)
Not
My Will but Thy Will
(mp3
recording) (another
mp3 recording) vocal, 12 string guitar (live; cassette).
Psalm
22 (mp3
recording) (another
mp3 recording)
The
Choice is Yours (mp3
recording) (studio)
The
Vials, Armageddon (mp3
recording) The band I was in,
"Apocalypse" (this is clearly not one of my better songs)
Updated June 21,
2009