Tchaikovsky/Chapman –
Ah yes, the classic ballet of a child’s dreams about toys coming to life in a Victorian mansion. Now, transport it to the outback of Australia, and transform the Sugar Plum Fairy into an Aboriginal Shaman…
Hit Me Baby One More Time
Spears –
One thing I always enjoy is taking something familiar, and twisting it to something completely different. Now, if you liked the original version of this song, then this version is probably not for you. Now, if like me, you go into diabetic shock when you hear the original, then you may be twisted enough to like this version…
Twisted Christmas 2005 – Maria, Ave Maria
Bernstein/Schubert/Chapman –
Take one of the favorite Christmas songs of Operatically trained singers and stir in a little Broadway, then mix in a lot of attitude…
Oh yeah, special guest Rick Smith on Drums!
Twisted Christmas 2004 – Frosty the “Snow” Man
Nelson/Rollins/Chapman –
This was a request made by a friend. Now, is it just my twisted sensibility, or can you change one or two words and have a song about either a pedophile, or a drug dealer? Hmm…
Come Together
Lennon/McCartney –
A different take on the classic. Be prepared to have your sense of the familiar yanked out from under you.
Schizoid
Fripp/McDonald/Lake/Giles/Sinfield –
The classic King Crimson song turned into a blues jam fest.
Living In Int’resting Times
Chapman –
Life under the Shrub after 9/11. The title comes from the ancient Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times.”
Twisted Christmas 2003 – Let It Snow
Cahn/Styne –
The normal take on this song is wrong. This is a seduction song, plain and simple. It needs to be slow, with Barry White wispering in your ear “Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it…snow!” Well, this version is not Barry White. So now the question is, who’s doing the seducing? A lover? A stalker? An axe murderer?
Twisted Christmas 2002 – Silver Bells
Livingston/Evans –
This is where the madness all began. Dore asked me to make a recording of Silver Bells that her First Graders could sing along with. My initial take was a simple, Mannheim Steamroller-like take, which I call Nice Silver Bells. Next, I had to do a version that was not as boring, and had a bit of energy to it, which I call Naughty Silver Bells (but which the First Graders could still sing along with).
Nice Silver Bells
Naughty Silver Bells