Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout
Martin Nathan
I'm embarassed to admit but I actually like this whatever it
is. It sounds like a Doctor Seuss castoff or something they give
young kids to develop their reading skills. Where did SSSC-WNTGO
come from? Also who is Shel Silverstein? Was he connected with Dr.
Hook? He has the same type of voice.
I'd take SSCS over Rubber Biscuit anytime!
Martin Natha
Gary Flinn
The title is "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage
Out". Shel Silverstein recorded it in 1972 for his album FREAKIN' AT THE
FREAKERS BALL. It's also found in his children's book WHERE THE SIDEWALK
ENDS. His most popular adult recording on The Dr. Demento Show is "The
Smoke Off". His other adult efforts include cartoon contributions to
Playboy magazine. He wrote several hit songs, including "A Boy Named Sue"
(Johnny Cash), "The Cover Of Rolling Stone" (Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show)
and The Unicorn (The Irish Rovers). I believe that Shel produced Dr.
Hook's early recordings.
-Ghastly Gary sez STAY DEMENTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Norm Katuna
On 8/11/56 Billboard magazine reviewed Herald 485, Little Butchie
Saunders------"Lindy Lou", and On Sat, 15 Jun 1996 00:55:12 GMT, on a
totally different subject, mnat...@ix.netcom.com (Martin Nathan),
wrote:
::: I'm embarassed to admit but I actually like this whatever it
::: is. It sounds like a Doctor Seuss castoff or something they give
::: young kids to develop their reading skills. Where did SSSC-WNTGO
::: come from? Also who is Shel Silverstein? Was he connected with Dr.
::: Hook? He has the same type of voice.
::: I'd take SSCS over Rubber Biscuit anytime!
:::
::: Martin Natha
When I was still married and living in L. A. and we were good friends
with Barry (Dr. D.), there were two songs that Barry would play that
would get me in trouble unless I turned off the radio. The two were
"The spider and the fly" by Bobby Christian and the other was "SSSC"
by Shel Silverstein. My ex hated both equally. The "Spider" because
she hates spiders and "SSSC" because it would send chills through her
just by thinking of the subject matter and how it was presented.
My scant info on him shows that he was a satirical songwriter and one
of his biggest songs was "A boy named Sue". Funny you should mention
Dr. Hook. It seems that they were the backing band on Silverstein's
album "Freakin' at the Freakers Ball".
This part I'm not really sure is true, but this is what I remember. I
think he was somewhat of an artist and some of his work appeared in
"Playboy" in the old days. Can anyone verify or disprove this for me?
Also, if the version of "Rubber biscuit" you're talking about is by
the Chips, I love that record and it's one of my favorite 45s in my
collection.
_________________________________
Norm Katuna
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Barbara Crossman
no...@cts.com (Norm Katuna) wrote:
Shel Silverstein is indeed a singer/songwriter/poet/artist who has
done work for Playboy, but he is best known (in my line of work as a
librarian) as a writer of Children's nonsense poems. He has four
books that I can think of: _The Giving Tree_, _A Light in the Attic_,
and the ever-popular _Where the Sidewalk Ends_ (sorry, the fourth is
new and I can't remember the title).
Besides writing _A Boy Named Sue_, I also know he wrote _One's on the
Way_ for Loretta Lynn.
Check with you local public library in the children's section for his
books. Biographical info can be found in either the _Contemporary
Authors_ series or _Something About the Author_ (a series much like
CA, but for children).
Hope this helps.
Dave
Luis Mendiola
The last book is "Giraffe and a Half"
Luis
Mr. Me
no...@cts.com (Norm Katuna) wrote:
>This part I'm not really sure is true, but this is what I remember. I
>think he was somewhat of an artist and some of his work appeared in
>"Playboy" in the old days. Can anyone verify or disprove this for me?
his children's books, including "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and "A Light
in the Attic", where the lyrics to some of his songs appear, including
Sarah, and then some other poems. All of which are illustrated by
him...
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BradCapela
this is Angie, not bradcapela... Shel Silverstein is a children's author.
Sarah is from his most famous book of poems "Where the Sidewalk Ends." He
also wrote "Light in the Attic", and is probably most famous for "The
Giving Tree", a story about a boy who grows up with his favorite apple
tree who gives him apples, branches, wood, and later a stump to sit on
when the boy is very old. "Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book" is a twist on
children's books, really for adults, and he has released something else in
the last month - I don't know what that is. Go to your favorite bookstore
and pick up something by Shel. He's a favorite of many people from
childhood!
Jordan R. Young
>My scant info on him shows that he was a satirical songwriter and one
>of his biggest songs was "A boy named Sue". Funny you should mention
>Dr. Hook. It seems that they were the backing band on Silverstein's
>album "Freakin' at the Freakers Ball".
>
>This part I'm not really sure is true, but this is what I remember. I
>think he was somewhat of an artist and some of his work appeared in
>"Playboy" in the old days. Can anyone verify or disprove this for me?
Silverstein definately did cartoons for Playboy. But it's wrong to refer
to him only in the past tense. I believe he's still with us, and in
fact I think he has a new children's book out, the first in a while,
though I can't recall the title.
Jordan R. Young
Anti-Elvis
Norm Katuna (no...@cts.com) wrote:
:
: This part I'm not really sure is true, but this is what I remember. I
: think he was somewhat of an artist and some of his work appeared in
: "Playboy" in the old days. Can anyone verify or disprove this for me?
Shel Silverstein did a number of cartoon/poem articles for Playboy. I
have several issues from the seventies and eighties where you could find
them; I'd have to look to get actual titles and such.
One is a poem entitled, I think, Tough Like Me. It's all about a guy who
decides to pick a fight in a bar with a horribly disfigured man. Turns
out the disfigured guy got that way from picking fights all his life;
some won, some lost, but he describes in the poem (in gruesome detail),
all the lumps, broken bones, and soreness he obtained from all those
years of being a tough guy. Pretty powerful stuff, now that I remember it.
--
-- The Anti-Elvis
"Everybody's got Elvis in 'em! Everybody except one
person; yeah, one person! The evil, opposite of Elvis:
The Anti-Elvis. Anti-Elvis ain't got no Elvis in him,
let me tell ya..."
-- Mojo Nixon, _Elvis is Everywhere_
Kevin Miller
hob...@user1.i1.net (Anti-Elvis) writes:
# Shel Silverstein did a number of cartoon/poem articles for Playboy. I
# have several issues from the seventies and eighties where you could find
# them; I'd have to look to get actual titles and such.
# One is a poem entitled, I think, Tough Like Me. It's all about a guy who
# decides to pick a fight in a bar with a horribly disfigured man. Turns
# out the disfigured guy got that way from picking fights all his life;
# some won, some lost, but he describes in the poem (in gruesome detail),
# all the lumps, broken bones, and soreness he obtained from all those
# years of being a tough guy. Pretty powerful stuff, now that I remember it.
That sounds a lot like a song sung by Johnny Cash that I think was
called "Being A Winner", or "The Winner" or something like that.
Had lines in it about how his teeth were false, because his real
ones went "rolling like Chicklets down the street" in some past fight.
Also some line like "If this eye weren't glass, I'd shed a happy tear
for all the things you're going to get ... by being a winner".
And another one that was roughly "you have to speak up when you
challenge me, because it's hard to hear with this cauliflower ear".
- Kevin Miller
`
Yellowshrk
People have been asking about Silverstein's new book. It's called
"Falling Up" and is similar in format to "Where The Sidewalk Ends" and "A
Light In The Attic"
Heidi 'WarHamster' Haney
In article <4q46k3$d...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> bradc...@aol.com (BradCapela) writes:
> this is Angie, not bradcapela... ... and he has released something else in
> the last month - I don't know what that is. Go to your favorite bookstore
> and pick up something by Shel. He's a favorite of many people from
> childhood!
I saw it and bought it yesterday. _Falling_Up_ is a new collection
of poems and drawings. I'm partway through and delighted.
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= he...@olivia.cedar-rapids.ia.us =
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Ashley Lockwood
bradc...@aol.com (BradCapela) wrote:
>this is Angie, not bradcapela... Shel Silverstein is a children's author.
>Sarah is from his most famous book of poems "Where the Sidewalk Ends." He
>also wrote "Light in the Attic", and is probably most famous for "The
>Giving Tree", a story about a boy who grows up with his favorite apple
>tree who gives him apples, branches, wood, and later a stump to sit on
>when the boy is very old. "Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book" is a twist on
>children's books, really for adults, and he has released something else in
>the last month - I don't know what that is. Go to your favorite bookstore
>and pick up something by Shel. He's a favorite of many people from
>childhood!
(pardons, this is my first time posting using FreeAgent)
the new book is called 'Falling Up', and looks very similar to Light
in the Attic and Where the Sidewalk Ends... Another by him that I have
heard of but not yet read is "Lafcadio, or the lion who shot back"...
SamXYZ
Various people in this thread have mentioned songs written by Shel
Silverstein, mostly naming only A Boy Named Sue and The Cover of Rolling
Stone. I've always considered him one of my favorite songwriters, so let
me volunteer a little more info....
For a while, in and around the seventies, he was all over the country
music charts. He wrote a couple of "concept" albums for Bobby Bare. One
of them -- Lullabies, Legends & Lies -- included the #1 hits Marie Laveau
and Daddy, What If. That album also included a version of his serious
Civil War song, In the Hills of Shiloh, which was also popularized by Judy
Collins.
The flip side of Dr. Hook's recording of "Rolling Stone" was Queen of the
Silver Dollar, which later became a hit elsewhere. He also wrote their
hit, Sylvia's Mother.
And Brenda Lee's hits, Big Four-Poster Bed and (Don't Go Getting Any)
Wrong Ideas. And Loretta Lynn's hit, Hey Loretta (I Love You More than My
Irish Setter).
There are at least four LPs with Shel Silverstein as the artist. (I'm a
little hesitant to call him a singer. Let's just say he has a distinctive
voice.)
Crouching on the Outside (Janus, 2JLS 3052)
Freakin' at the Freakers Ball (Columbia, KC 31119) I think this album has
already been mentioned in this thread as the one that includes "Sarah
Sylvia Cynthia Stout."
The Great Conch Train Robbery (Flying Fish, FF211)
Stories and Songs (Parachute, RRLP9007) Includes the sequel, "Father of a
Boy Named Sue," which is appropriately twisted. Also, "The Smoke-Off,"
which has been mentioned in this thread.
Sam
Chris Mezzolesta
On Jun 22, 1996 00:30:21 in article <Re: Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout>,
'sam...@aol.com (SamXYZ)' wrote:
>Stories and Songs (Parachute, RRLP9007) Includes the sequel, "Father of a
>Boy Named Sue," which is appropriately twisted. Also, "The Smoke-Off,"
>which has been mentioned in this thread.
Yes, this is actually called "Songs and Stories" but close enuf!
Also there's the fantastic "Inside Folk Songs" (~1962) on Atlantic, with
the original versions of "The Unicorn" and "Boa Constrictor", along with
some cool coffee-house sounds ("Have Another Espresso"), a takeoff of Harry
Belafonte ("Bananas", where the "union shop steward" interrupts the
"DAYYY-O" singer), and folky stuff ("Bury Me In My Shades"), not to mention
early shades of his whimsical, twisted kiddie side ("You're Always Welcome
at Our House", where the kiddies invite guests in and kill them in wondrous
ways)
Hey, sounds like a review in the making....I don't own the LP but have an
OLLLD cassette made off the library's LP (was a DJ copy no less! - ARGH) so
might pull that out soon and whip a review up for the archives...Look for
this LP though because it's a masterpiece.
--
Aah, rock on, ANYBODY! - Ringo
Chris Mezzolesta/Member, American Federation of Television and Radio
Artists
cme...@usa.pipeline.com
Chris...@aol.com
Rob Killam
Chris Mezzolesta wrote:
> Yes, this is actually called "Songs and Stories" but close enuf!
>
> Also there's the fantastic "Inside Folk Songs" (~1962) on Atlantic,
He also recorded "I'm So Good That I Don't Have to Brag (Shel Silverstein
Sings his Songs)" on Cadet (LP-4052) which has "The Mermaid",
"Ever Lovin' Machine", "The Ugliest Man in Town" as well as the title
track Little Walter even graced some of the tracks with his harmonica.
The liner notes mention being recorded in October of 1965.
The earliest recording of his I know of is the album "Hairy Jazz" with
the Rod Onion Jazz Band (Elektra EKL-176). The liner notes are dated
October, 1959. This album tends to be more straight "Bar Room Jazz" type
music, but fun nonetheless.
Rob
Whats Up Doc?
: the new book is called 'Falling Up', and looks very similar to Light
: in the Attic and Where the Sidewalk Ends... Another by him that I have
: heard of but not yet read is "Lafcadio, or the lion who shot back"...
: -Ashley
: http://www.calweb.com/~alienora
Speaking of things new by or with Shel, there was an album realeased last
year by Bob Gibson titled "Makin' A Mess: Bob Gibson Sings Shel
Silverstein" on Asylum Records. There are several funny songs as well as
some serious songs. Funny ones like "Nothin's Real Anymore" "Killed By A
Coconut" "The Man Who Turns The Damn Thing Off And On" "Still Gonna Die"
and "The Golden Kiss." Shel appears on this cd, as do several others
such as Tom Paxton, John Hartford, Emmylou Harris, and Oscar Brand.
These people appear mostly as backup singers on the song "I Hear America
Singing." I'd reccomend this cd to any fan of Shel's. Great stuff!
Just thought I'd through in some information about the current doings of
Shel. Hope somebody gets something useful out of this.
Steve Purinton
http://www.mtsu.edu/~musicman