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Posted on 11/19/2003 2:55:23 PM PST by UnklGene
Musician reinvents fart as art -
November 20, 2003
CHILDREN should be encouraged to sing cheeky and imaginative songs about anatomy and bodily functions rather than dinosaurs and pirates, according to reinvented recording artist Vic Davies.
The former Club Veg member will release his first album of children's songs, Naughty Songs For Naughty Kids, under the Sik Vic moniker, next week.
Davies felt there was a gap in the market for children aged five years or older who were not catered to by The Wiggles or Hi-5.
"There are no songs like Great Green Gobs of Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts or I Knew an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly for kids any more," Davies said.
"Most kids' albums are aimed at toddlers and The Wiggles and Hi-5 do a great job but there's no meat there for the older kids.
"Not all songs have to be educational or absolutely correct and I liked the idea of writing songs which would make them snigger behind their hands or laugh until it hurts.
"These songs promote imagination. They have great characters kids can paint in their minds."
Davies sets up the laughs with song titles like When My Bum First Sang, 'What's Snot For? Nose-picking Boogie and Don't Go into the 'Dunny' after Dad.
Good mates including Billy Birmingham and Jimmy Barnes also perform on the album, with Taxiride agreeing to remake their hit Creeping up Slowly as The Wedgie Song.
"The idea for the album came from a mate in radio with kids who wanted 'kids' music that didn't suck'," Davies laughed.
"So I started working on the songs and every time someone came to my house and heard them, they wanted to contribute."
Davies said groovy melodies which would hook the young listener in and would bear repetition was as important as the cheeky lyrics.
While he fears some "wowser" parents might not appreciate his lyrical candour, most in his circle had given the project the thumbs up.
"I don't know anybody who doesn't appreciate a good fart joke. Hell, I've built a career on it with Club Veg.
"I wanted to keep it nice not nasty, give it a cheekiness and I don't think you could find that offensive."
* Naughty Songs for Naughty Kids is available on www.sikvic.com or at local record stores next week.
I knew there was a hole in my life! I could never quite figure out what it was until now!
Hogwash.
Kids always used their imaginations to make up these songs anyway.
There's absolutely no need to pretend that they need to be taught how to do this, just to get them to save-up their pennies and nickels to buy this trash.
Hey! Flatulence threads right here go 200-250 easy...and we're not kids...sorta not...
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