Come on, you MUST have a favourite track that has some sort of lizardy connection, post a link here – let’s share the joys of our favourite squamate reptiles!
Harry from Saint Marie wants to see some cousins featured on the Afterword; so put that tongue away, stop catching flies and tell us who your favourite is – lead tuatara, anyone?
This from the genius that is Nick Cope may well have been written with children in mind but it is the biggest earworm you’ll hear today with what I think is the greatest ukulele solo middle eight I’ve ever heard. Click play and it will be with you for the rest of the day and beyond…
Robyn Hitchcock – The Lizard
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I can’t see either of these vids, as I’m getting the black screen of unavailable doom. I’m hoping that at least one was by the Lounge Lizards…
Songs by Juliet Gecko, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, The Flying Lizards
Not forgetting A Lizard a True Star by Todd.
That restful reptile a Calmer Chameleon.
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Anything by The sKinks.
A couple of Aussie contenders:
“I am the lizard king
I can do anything”
None more lizardly than Jim Morrison.
Back from the days of prime Simpsons. Patty (or maybe Selma) tries her hand at parenting. Things do not go well. “ I am the Lizard Queen!”
Not often we see Ted Nugent here! A bit too red meat for this crowd.
I only ever bought one album by King Krule, but I really like this track; A Lizard State:
And this is a gorgeous song by Neil Finn; Chameleon Days:
And, finally, here’s another song for kids by the Swedish national treasures (to certain generations in particular) Electric Banana Band; Kameleont (Swedish for chameleon). Believe it or not, this song competed to be Sweden’s entry in the ESC in 2006! Well, you won’t be shocked that it didn’t win…
God Save The King/Queen/Reptile.
It’s a big day then for Moscow-born Alice Lizard!
Here she is with her version of Depeche Mode’s Enjoy the Silence.
Only a day late, I thought Niallb might beat me to this as he’s also a big fan:
Ian Hunter – Lounge Lizard
Nice
Big lizard!
A bit late for the actual day – but might this fit the bill?
Any “lizard song” should be played live with one foot on the, er, monitor.
Arf!
Any particular scale?
My chums Tape Runs Out have done a tune for their pet Bearded Dragon, Ode To Barry:
https://youtu.be/Zhseae93RDg
I had the pleasure of being at this gig.
‘He’s Chameleon, Comedian, Corinthian and Caricature’
I would have posted something from the Lounge Lizards (great great music). Instead here’s something lowdown and punky from The Jesus Lizard
Fear not: Lounge Lizards appear above..
Indeed. It warms the cockles of my heart that we have found a musical meeting ground between our otherwise quite separate circles within the AW Venn diagram, fs.
A second entry for Robyn Hitchcock…
Just mentioned in Mojo.
Haven’t heard in years.
Went to see her in a double-bill with Michael Chapman just before the great Covid gap – great gig. I hope the new material mentioned in the Mojo piece is going to get a release. Very special artist.
Likewise.