GREG TAMBLYN: Saving The World From Whiny Victim Love Songs

Greg Tamblyn

Saving The World From Whiny Victim Love Songs

© 2003 Greg Tamblyn (829757338323)

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"Greggest Hits." 2 CD compilation: 34 tracks PLUS an 8-minute video. One disc of Greg's funniest live songs and bits. One disc of well crafted pop-rock-folk songs with hopeful themes. Contains Just Plain Folks Music Awards' 2004 "Best Comedy/Novelty Song.

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Special note #1: Track 2, "COMMON SIDE EFFECTS INCLUDE" is the winner of the 2004 BEST COMEDY/NOVELTY SONG (out of over 140,000 songs submitted) in the Just Plain Folks Music Awards. (www.jpfolks.org) Listen to it by clicking at left.

Special note #2: Track 18, "JUST A LITTLE SOUL HANGING OUT IN SPACE" is the winner of the 2005 HUMOR AWARD in the first-ever New-Thought Music Awards. Listen to it by clicking at left.

Special note #3: The LIVE TRACKS disc is an "enhanced" CD, meaning if you put it in your computer it can either play like a regular CD, or like a CD-ROM. If you open the CD-ROM (on most computers it opens automatically) you immediately hear a track of "All These Atoms" and see a menu. You can choose to watch the video demo, check out all the song lyrics, or do some other stuff.

Special note #4: CD Reviews can be found at the bottom of this page.

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SOME PEOPLE have a cause. Some people have a mission. Some people have a vision. Some people have a crusade. Friends, I know what you're thinking: "Greg, yours seems a little silly."

But it's a simple thing. I want people to wake up and consign lyrics like "Without you, I'm garbage" to their rightful place in the world of entertainment: Material For Comedy!

So I put this collection of tunes together. In addition to the previously released stuff, there are two new songs: "Common Side Effects Include" and "Self-Employment Made Harder By Difficult Boss." There are also two new live versions of earlier studio releases: "The Shootout At The I'm OK, You're OK Corral" and "My Life Is A Beer Commercial." All four of those are among many mischieviously created with my wonderfully abnormal pal Richard Helm, who deserves a ton of the credit. Or blame, depending on your point of view.

A certain wise man I know likes to say that one of the most radical things you can do in our culture is to have a good day. I hope the funny songs make you laugh and the serious ones make you feel good.


BIO
by Pam Grout

When you consider that most of the songs from Nashville are about broken hearts, shattered dreams, and mamas getting run over by pickups, it's no surprise that songwriter Greg Tamblyn finally found a new niche.

Tamblyn is much too successful to sing the country-western blues. He's just released his 6th CD, he's playing concerts all over the country, and he's even a sought after entertainer at health and wellness seminars.

He also leads tours to exotic destinations like China, Tibet, Bali, and Peru. (For details, check out his website or email him at left.)

Tamblyn left his hometown Kansas City in 1986, stifled by a lack of opportunities. Oh sure, he was playing local bars, and he'd been rated "Best Male Vocalist in Kansas City" by a local newspaper. He'd even sold a couple of songs to a country singer from the Philippines. But the lure of Nashville was too great. Eventually, he landed a writing job for a Nashville song publisher.

Along with having his songs recorded by country artists, Tamblyn successfully released his own single, "It's Another Joyful Elvis Presley Christmas." It caught the attention of radio stations and reviewers around the country, and was named "Christmas Single of the Year" in Cashbox magazine.

Then the Cayman Islands Hyatt offered him a gig. Remember that pool bar that Gene Hackman sat near in The Firm? The singer in the background could have been Tamblyn. Except by that time, he'd left, burned out by tourists wanting to hear "Margaritaville" for the 896th time. He wanted to sing his own songs.

His career took an unexpected turn when he got hired for a wellness conference at Duke University Medical Center. With songs such as "The Shootout at the I'm OK, You're OK Corral," and "My Life is a Beer Commercial," he was a smash hit.

The brochure for the conference listed Tamblyn as a member of the seminar's faculty. Where initials such as M.D. and Ph.D. followed the other presenters' names, the listing for Tamblyn was followed by N.C.W., which stands for 'No Credentials Whatsoever'.

With humorous songs about inner guides named Clyde and environmental slowpokes who think the greenhouse effect means crummy tomatoes, Tamblyn has found a huge audience. In addition to his public concerts, he's played for groups as diverse as the Department of Defense and the American Holistic Medical Association.

Stories from his life and songwriting have been featured in several recent books, including "Stressed Is Desserts Spelled Backwards," by Brian Luke Seaward; "Shelter For The Spirit," by Victoria Moran; and "Art and Soul," by Pam Grout.

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  • absolutely heart drenching laughter!!!
    author: Steve

    There is no way you can keep from laughing yourself to happiness. Heartfelt journey deep inside to tickle you back to real reality.

  • No need for therapy if you own a Greg Tamblyn CD!
    author: Sue

    Awesome, hysterically funny songs! The Great Liver Standoff of 1965 could have been a flashback from my childhood! Greg can rework the ridiculous in life and make you laugh at yourself. I'm sure he is putting a lot of shrinks out of business! Love the CD, love all his CDs, can't wait for more!

  • Poet, comedian, philosopher... Greg Tamblyn fits the bill.
    author: Jeff Corpening

    There are poets and philosophers; comedians and councilors; singers and songwriters. In Greg Tamblyn you find them all… hiding just underneath an intoxicated inner guide named Clyde. “Saving the World from Whiny Victim Love Songs” is a gut busting good time wrapped up in a heartwarming package. Tamblyn’s self-described “Greggest Hits” touches on so many truths that you are bound to fall in love with at least a few of its well-produced songs. In the comedies you’ll find bittersweet realities, and in most of the more serious studio tracks you’ll find at least some humor. Not only do I tell others about Greg’s music every chance I can, I’ve already bought three extra copies as gifts.

  • Get MORE!
    author: Marie-Elizabeth

    Whenever i get off of the love track, and onto the anxiety track, i medicate immediately with Greg's music. It is a sure-fire remedy!! this compilation is great to keep in the car, for those ugly traffic days ... if you are lucky enough to have a good supply of Greg's stuff at home. Nice intro, if you haven't heard him before ... Then buy more, as there are a LOT of great tunes that are not included here!

  • Delightfully a pleasure!
    author: Jane

    We first saw Greg at our church. Immediately we began a search for CDs. His work is thoughtful, pleasurable, humorus and serious. It was just what we needed. Thanks, Greg.

  • Don't listen to this CD at work
    author: Martha Kuhn

    I made the mistake of listening to this CD at work. Not a good idea. Laughing hysterically and crying your eyes out are both frowned on in the workplace and this CD causes both. If you have a heart, One Day on the Fields of France and Stand like Mountain, Move Like Water will rip it out. If you don't have a heart...how are you reading this?

  • Don't buy this CD unless...
    author: Kevin from NC

    Don't buy this CD unless you want to smile and laugh. Greg Tamblyn has a rare gift of taking a very different look at the ordinary 'things' of life that drive us crazy. His perspective is refreshing and uplifting and much needed as a counterbalance in this crazy world. Thanks, Greg, for making me smile and laugh.

  • A Hoot and a Half
    author: Sarah Meador, Rambles.net

    Saving the World from Whiny Victim Love Songs is a hoot and a half. The full hoot comes on the first, live disc, which is devoted almost entirely to comedy. Titles like "The Shootout at the I'm OK, You're OK Corral" and "The Great Liver Standoff of 1965" are made to force a smile all on their own, but Tamblyn's humor is deeper than gimmicky titles. His timing would be the envy of many a standup comedian. "Railroad Bill," a diaphragm-rattling tale of a writer, his hero and a wayward cat, would lose at least half its effectiveness with a less perfect delivery. His dry humor gives a touch of pathos to the absurd heartbreak of "Passing Trains" and a touch of real tension to "Near Death Experience." Not that these songs are entirely dependent on delivery; Tamblyn has a knack for a well-turned phrase or a sly and painful pun, and isn't afraid to show off an optimism rare in observational humor. And he has an excellent partner, not in his occasional vocal allies, but in his guitar. It strums along or interjects with notes of disbelief or amazement, sometimes acting as a melodic straight man and sometimes as the wacky sidekick. The half a hoot comes on the studio tracks disc. While generally more serious in tone, there are a few smiles to be found, lurking in a line or two or hiding at the tail end of the album. But for the most part, this is where Tamblyn shows his more thoughtful side. His unusual optimism is still at work here, adding levity to thoughts on existence and finding a hopeful side in the most depressing of human actions "One Day on the Fields of France." This disc isn't as packed with instant hits as the live disc, but is rather more durable and far more comfortable to hear in private. Humor is best shared; the lessons in these songs are, for the most part, the sort of quiet wanderings best done alone.

  • Never take yourself too seriously
    author: Ken in Florida

    I related much to many of the songs. Have had relationship challenges, love reading self improvement books, recovering sober alcoholic, committed to improving my understanding of God. Greg's song writing relates directly to my life in a light hearted way.

  • Funny? This is a riot!
    author: John Conquest, 3rd Coast Music

    Even before you've cracked the cellophane, Kansas City singer-songwriter Tamblyn has already started scoring points. First, of course, with the attention-getting album title, then with song titles like "The Shootout At The I'm OK, You're OK Corral," "My Life Is A Beer Commercial," "I'd Like To Be The Man My Dog Thinks I Am," and "Self-Employment Made Harder By Difficult Boss." If you're expecting funny, you've come to the right place with the Live Tracks CD, recorded at various KC locations, which is a riot. Tamblyn's combination of penetrating wit, shrewd insight, deftness with words, amiable stage presence, and dry delivery makes this the funniest, most laugh out loud musical humor I've heard since Katie Lee (stipulating that I don't count Lord Buckley as music). The album is packed with "Let me just play you this one song" tracks, with "Top 10 Whiny Victim Love Songs" being my own first pick. It's hard to resist quoting some of Tamblyn's lines, well OK, just this one: "I had a near death experience at the Blue Moon lounge last night, I looked up and saw my wife pass right before my eyes" (Near Death Experience).

  • author: Susie

    Greg Tamblyn makes love to the world with laughter and heart on this 2 CD set. With both a universal message of hope and a lyric quality of harmonies, he has created an outstanding way to join him. After buying one CD ... I just had to buy another ... it is becoming my favorite present to share with loved ones.

  • Greg lets you laugh, think, hum along and enjoy.
    author: Rosa Stein

    The double CD is a delight. Railroad Bill probably speaks directly to my desire to control too much. The songs encourage laughter, self-assesment without being mean spirited. The second CD has some lovely songs with great lyrics.

  • Refreshing words and real life LIFE!
    author: Lanetta Fulton

    The songs deal with real life issues and a view point that is more open minded versus guilt ridden. I have heard his work for a few years. This CD comgines humerous and deep meaning songs. It's a fantastic CD!

  • Terrific compilation of Greg's funny & sweet songs!
    author: Julie

    This is a 2-disc treasure of Greg's songs which are funny and thoughtful and sweet. One disc is live and the other in the studio so there's great audience interaction. This is a great compilation both for people who've seen Greg and want to hear those songs again from his show and also for people who have heard about Greg (maybe from the people who have been to the show!) and want to get to know his music.

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