Folk Songs for the 21st Century

This is a hilarious record from 1960 by Sheldon Allman with songs from the future

with titles like:

 

Radioactive Mama

Rocket to the Moon

Univac and the Humanoid

Space Opera

Girl in the 4th Dimension

Crawl Out through the Fallout

Schizophrenic Baby

Big Brother

Change

Walking on the Ground

 

Some sample lyrics are- (Radioactive Mama-done "rock and roll style"), "your kisses do something to me, in oh so many ways, I feel them go through me, all those gamma gamma rays",

and, "since I kissed you baby, that evening in the park, I lost my hair and eyebrows,

and my teeth shine in the dark".

(Schizophrenic Baby)- "I'm getting 2 for the price of one, schizophrenic baby,

I love both of you, Schizophrenic baby, I'm a schizo too- (me too), my alter ego and you and me, and your alter ego, we all will be, engaged in a new group activity".

In "Crawl Out through the Fallout", he sings, "kiss those radiation burns away", and, "think about your hero, when you're at ground zero", and, "I'll love you

all your life, although that may not be too long".

"Univac and the Humanoid" is a tragic love ballad about a love that could not be consumated between a Univac mark 2 and an Xf1 Humanoid - "dry those oily tears, you know that robots can't afford to cry, for it surely rusts their gears".

And lastly, "Changes" is a song about a martian begging in the streets of New York City, looking for "change for a henn".

Hilarious stuff!

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