On this page I have a bunch of songs I've written and some parodies I've done. I've also covered over a hundred songs since the start of the pandemic in 2020; you can find those on this page.
Title | Written | Uploaded | Description |
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Serious Songs | |||
When I Needed You | September 1995 | March 2003 | This was written a couple of weeks after I broke up with a long-time girlfriend. It's about having a friend you can lean on when you're not feeling so strong. This is the first song I've written since high school. I don't recall what prompted me to sit down and write a song about it. |
Christmas Eve With You | December 1995 | March 2003 | This was a Christmas gift to a friend. It's a whimsical little song, and awfully short, too - under two minutes. This song is the result of my lack of ability in the kitchen. I received a Christmas list, and one of the suggestions on it was a batch of cookies baked by moi. Well, I figured writing a song was a much less hazardous form of creative expression, so I did that instead. |
Going Through The Motions | June 2009 | May 2020 |
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The Kella Song | May 2020 | Kella, the weekend morning DJ on Q107, said she would like it if someone wrote a song for her. So I wrote a song for her, and included references to a few Q107 artists. | |
Leopard | March-May 2021 | May 2021 | This is the first original song I've ever written that's a guitar song. |
The Past Returns | February-March 2022 | March 2022 | Putin's invasion of Ukraine brought back memories of growing up during the Cold War, so I wrote a song about it. |
Careful What You Wish For | May 2022 | On Victoria Day weekend in 2020, during the pandemic lockdown, I started what turned into a pandemic project by re-recording an original song. For Victoria Day 2021, I wrote a new song. So for Victoria Day 2022, I wrote another new song. | |
Don't Go Back | June-July 2022 | July 2022 | The person this song is about is a composite of some real and imagined people. |
Connection | October 2022 | I realized there had been a lot of negative energy in the last few songs I'd written, so I decided to write something more positive. Here it is. | |
Complication | November 2022 | A friend of mine who listened to Connection (the song above this one) said she looked forward to more of the story, so I decided to write a sequel. Make sure you listen to Connection before you listen to Complication. | |
Et Tu Brute | December 2022 | I hung out with Taylor Swift in a dream last month, and I tried to channel my inner Swiftie when writing this song. It's not actually about what you might think it's about. | |
With Your Clothes On | April 2023 | May 2023 | It's now a tradition - for Victoria Day weekend each year, I write and record an original song. Here's this year's contribution! Warning: contains adult situations |
Here But Gone | July 2023 | August 2023 | Last year I tried to channel my inner Swiftie for a song. This time I've tried to emulate one of the many ex-boyfriends about whom she's written songs. |
Bottom Of A Glass | September 2023 | October 2023 | The amount of stuff that's wrong with the world these days is frustrating, so I wrote a song about it. Warning: contains coarse language and is not suitable for minors |
Bigger And Better | October-November 2023 | November 2023 | I decided to write something with a musical theatre influence. |
Spellbound | October 2023 | November 2023 | This is a straight-up classic rock song about a typical classic rock subject: trying to pick up a hot woman in a bar. Warning: contains adult situations |
Magic | January 2024 | February 2024 | I've been releasing a cover or a mashup for Valentine's Day each year. This year I decided to write an original song instead. |
Parodies | |||
Raisin Bran | March 2007 | This is a parody of a Raisin Bran commercial from my childhood which returned a few months ago. It's still about a lumberjack, but not the same lumberjack, and he has a different reason for coming down from his tree. Warning: contains coarse language and adult situations. | |
Ballad of Rick Tocchet | June 2007 | This song tells the sad tale of Rick Tocchet and his brush with the law, based on The Monks' song Drugs In My Pocket. Warning: contains coarse language. | |
Jello | 1985 | June 2020 | Weird Al writes many parodies about food. Well, I did one, too. This is my parody of Lionel Richie's "Hello" which I wrote in high school and originally performed at my school's talent night. |
All I Want For Christmas | December 2020 | I took the well-known novelty song All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth and gave it a 2020 update. | |
Bathroom On The Right | December 2020 | I took a well-known misheard line from Creedence Clearwater Revival's song Bad Moon Rising and wrote the rest of the lyrics to go with it. | |
Vaxxy | June 2021 | I took Pharrell Williams' big hit, Happy, and wrote new lyrics about how happy I am to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. | |
Great White North Eh | July 2022 | August 2022 | Men At Work had a big hit with Down Under, a song about their home country. Well, I changed a few things and turned it into Great White North Eh, a song about my home country. Attention: langage grossier |
That's it for now. There are a whole pile of songs I wrote while I was in high school, and maybe I'll put some of them up eventually. And any songs I write in the future will probably also show up here. Check back once in a while!