Robyn Hitchcock Song Catalogue

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Author: Robyn Hitchcock

Released on 17 records:

Obliteration Pie, 2005  (CD)  Oak Tree DDCJ5003
Gotta Let This Hen Out!, 2001  (DVD)  Visionary VISDVD004
Uncorrected Personality Traits, 1997  (CD)  Rhino Records R2 72849
fegMANIA!, 1995  (CD)  Sequel Records RSA CD 822
fegMANIA!, 1995  (CD)  Rhino Records R2 71837
Stand Back, Dennis!, 1994  (CD)  FEG 001
Brenda Of The Lightbulb Eyes, 1989  (Videotape)  A&M Records VC 61312
The Hooded One, 1988  (Vinyl LP)  Feg You Records FEG 3-28-86
The Best of the Cutting Edge Volume II, 1987  (Videotape)  Rhino 2402
The Man Who Invented Himself, 1986  (Vinyl LP)  United Records UR 627
A Soft Boy No More, 1985  (Vinyl LP)  Blue Lake Records RH85-1
fegMANIA!, 1985  (Cassette)  Slash Records 4-25316
fegMANIA!, 1985  (Vinyl LP)  Plane 88425
fegMANIA!, 1985  (Vinyl LP)  Slash Records 1-25316
Gotta Let This Hen Out!, 1985  (Videotape)  Jettisoundz JE 139
fegMANIA!, 1985  (Vinyl LP)  Midnight Music CHIME 00.08 D
Turnpike T.V. Volume 6, 19??  (Videotape)  Jettisoundz TTV06


Lyrics:

I'm the man with the lightbulb head
I turn myself on in the dark
I'm the man with the lightbulb head
I turn myself on for a lark

And how's about you, my pretty one?
Do you still roll and dream of bees?
How's about you, my pretty one?
Do you still dream of bees?

I'm the man with the lightbulb head
I turn myself on all the time
I'm alone like a queen in bed
With a barrel of vodka and lime

And how's about you, my pretty one?
Do you still smear yourself with jam?
How's about you, my pretty one?
Do you know who I am?

"Daddy, it's the man with the lightbulb head."
"Avert your eyes from his gaze, Junior, and we may yet be saved."
"But Daddy... it's you!"
"You're too late.  I've come to turn you on. Huhahaha!"

"I'm the man with the lightbulb head
I turn myself on in the dark
I'm the man with the lightbulb head
I turn myself on for a lark"

"Excuse me, madam, is this your brain?"


No guitar tab entered.


Known to have been played live at 63 gigs:

Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians:
Institute of Contemporary Arts (London, England UK), 3/23/1985 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 11/9/1985 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Blind Pig (Ann Arbor, Michigan US), 11/13/1985 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: 7th Street Entry (Minneapolis, Minnesota US), 11/16/1985 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: 7th St. Entry (Minneapolis, Minnesota US), 11/17/1985 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Mabel's (Champaign, Illinois US), 11/19/1985 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Patio (Indianapolis, Indiana US), 11/20/1985 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: 688 Club (Atlanta, Georgia US), 11/22/1985 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: I-Beam (San Francisco, California US), 3/17/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Berkeley Square (Berkeley, California US), 3/19/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Starry Night (Portland, Oregon US), 3/21/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: 1st Avenue (Minneapolis, Minnesota US), 3/26/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 3/28/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Fabrik (Hamburg, Germany), 4/20/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: BBC Radio One 'In concert' (London, England UK), 6/10/1986 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: CND Festival (Glastonbury, England UK), 6/21/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: [unknown venue] (Brighton, England UK) (Brighton, England UK), 10/3/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: The Ritz (New York, New York US), 11/1/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Paradise (Boston, Massachusetts US), 11/2/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Nectarine Ballroom (Ann Arbor, Michigan US), 11/10/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 11/13/1986 with Peter Buck (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Founder's Hall Haverford College (Haverford, Pennsylvania US), 11/15/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: One Step Beyond (Santa Clara, California US), 11/18/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: 1st Avenue (Minneapolis, Minnesota US), 11/23/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Maxwell's (Hoboken, New Jersey US), 11/26/1986 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Tartan Bar (Leeds, England UK), 1/24/1987 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Town and Country Club (London, England UK), 1/25/1987 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: MyWay (Piacenza, Italy), 2/10/1987 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: ? (Atlanta, Georgia, US) (Atlanta, Georgia US), 2/3/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Uptown Lounge (Athens, Georgia US), 3/25/1988 Peter Buck (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Centre Stage (Atlanta, Georgia US), 3/26/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Beacon Theatre (New York, New York US), 3/31/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Cabaret Metro (Chicago, Illinois US), 4/9/1988 (Concert) not broadcast
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: 1st Avenue (Minneapolis, Minnesota US), 4/11/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: The Fillmore (San Francisco, California US), 4/13/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: John Anson Ford Theater (Los Angeles, California US), 4/15/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Beacon Theatre (New York, New York US), 4/17/1988 and Peter Buck (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Town and Country Club (London, England UK), 10/6/1988 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Centre Stage (Atlanta, Georgia US), 6/9/1989 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: TT the Bear's (Cambridge, Massachusetts US), 6/18/1989 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Yaki Da (Gothenburg, Sweden), 10/27/1989 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Kulturbolaget (Malmo, Sweden), 10/28/1989 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, California US), 5/30/1990 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Maxwell's (Hoboken, New Jersey US), 12/30/1990 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Max's on Broadway (Baltimore, Maryland US), 1/1/1991 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: Bogart's (Cincinnati, Ohio US), 4/21/1991 (Concert)
Grant Lee Hitchcock: IOTA (Arlington, Virginia US), 10/15/2000 Grant Lee Phillips and Robyn Hitchcock (Concert)
The Soft Boys: 40 Watt Club (Athens, Georgia US), 10/22/2002 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: WFMU (Jersey City, New Jersey US), 10/25/2002 (Radio)
The Soft Boys: Maxwell's (Hoboken, New Jersey US), 10/25/2002 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: The Bowery Ballroom (New York, New York US), 10/26/2002 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Mercury Lounge (New York, New York US), 10/27/2002 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: The Double Door (Chicago, Illinois US), 10/28/2002 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: 1st Avenue (Minneapolis, Minnesota US), 10/29/2002 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Crocodile Café (Seattle, Washington US), 10/31/2002 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Slim's (San Francisco, California US), 11/2/2002 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: House of Blues (West Hollywood, California US), 11/4/2002 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Largo (West Hollywood, California US), 11/5/2002 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: La Scuderia (Bologna, Italy), 1/15/2003 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Jux Tap (Sarzana, Italy), 1/16/2003 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Fleece and Firkin (Bristol, England UK), 1/26/2003 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: The Zodiac (Oxford, England UK), 1/27/2003 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Boat Race (Cambridge, England UK), 1/29/2003 (Concert)

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