Robyn Hitchcock Song Catalogue

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Author: Robyn Hitchcock

Released on 16 records:

Rout Of The Clones, 1995  (CD)  FEG 002
Where Are The Prawns?, 1994  (Cassette)  BL2
The Soft Boys 1976-1981, 1993  (CD)  Rykodisc RCD 10234
A Can of Bees, 1991  (CD)  Rykodisc RCD 20231
Raw Cuts, 1990  (Vinyl LP)  Overground Records OVER 010
A Can of Bees, 1990  (CD)  Two Crabs Records CLAW 1001 CD
Raw Cuts, 1989  (CD)  Overground Records OVER 05
Live At The Portland Arms, 1987  (Vinyl LP)  Glass Fish Records MOIST 4
Wading Through A Ventilator, 1987  (Vinyl 12")  Delorean Records Soft 1P
Give It To The Soft Boys, 1986  (Vinyl 7")  Black Snake Records NR 16806
The Yodelling Hoover, 1986  (Vinyl 12")  DeLorean Records Soft 1P
Wading Through a Ventilator, 1984  (Vinyl 12")  The DeLorean Record Co. SOFT ONE
A Can of Bees, 1984  (Vinyl LP)  Two Crabs Music CLAW 1001
Live At The Portland Arms, 1983  (Cassette)  Midnight Music CLANG 1
A Can of Bees, 1980  (Vinyl LP)  Aura Records AUL 709
A Can of Bees, 1979  (Vinyl LP)  Two Crabs Music CLAW 1001


Lyrics:

[Give it to the soft boys! Ha ha!
Take one
(one, two, great to be here!) Sure is, three, four!]

Feel like asking a tree for an autograph
And I feel like making love to a photograph
Photographs don't smell

Yeah - Give it to the Soft Boys
Soft Boys

Well I told you, baby, I was the only one
Then I left myself and now you're the lonely one
Machines can't jerk

Yeah - Give it to the Soft Boys
Soft Boys

Course, hard boys groove and wide boys a-mess a bit
But them soft boys wind up with a Doctor Messerschmitt
He just a one-o-nines 'em

Yeah - Give it to the Soft Boys
Soft Boys


Machines can't dream   8a


No guitar tab entered.


Known to have been played live at 28 gigs:

The Soft Boys:
Portland Arms (Cambridge, England UK), 11/1/1978 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Leicester University (Leicester, England UK), 11/21/1978 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Lady Mitchell Hall (Cambridge, England UK), 11/27/1978 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Great Northern (Cambridge, England UK), 1/19/1982 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Astoria (London, England UK), 1/13/1994 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Astoria (London, England UK), 1/15/1994 (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Corn Exchange (Cambridge, England UK), 1/17/1994 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Crocodile Cafe (Seattle, Washington US), 10/4/1994 with The Young Fresh Fellows (Concert) w/Young Fresh Fellows
Robyn Hitchcock: Crocodile Cafe (Seattle, Washington US), 10/4/1994 with The Young Fresh Fellows (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Crocodile Cafe (Seattle, Washington US), 6/13/1997 with Tim Keegan, Scott McCaughney, Peter Buck and YFF (Concert)
The Soft Boys: 9:30 Club (Washington, DC US), 3/21/2001 with Young Fresh Fellows (Concert) (w/Young Fresh Fellows)
The Soft Boys: Irving Plaza (New York, New York US), 3/24/2001 with Young Fresh Fellows (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Crocodile Café (Seattle, Washington US), 4/4/2001 Peter Buck & Young Fresh Fellows (Concert) w/Jim, Scott, Pete, Morris, Kurt
The Soft Boys: The Fillmore (San Francisco, California US), 4/7/2001 with Young Fresh Fellows (Concert)
The Soft Boys: Knitting Factory (Los Angeles, California US), 4/10/2001 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Crocodile Café (Seattle, Washington US), 4/21/2002 Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, Kurt Bloch, Tad Hutchinson, more (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Crocodile Café (Seattle, Washington US), 11/15/2003 w/ Minus 5 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Academy II (Birmingham, England UK), 1/20/2006 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Junction (Cambridge, England UK), 1/22/2006 w/ Kimberley Rew (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Komedia (Brighton, England UK), 1/23/2006 w/ Tim Keegan (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Scala (London, England UK), 1/25/2006 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Fleece and Firkin (Bristol, England UK), 1/26/2006 w/ Morris Windsor (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Phoenix (Exeter, England UK), 1/27/2006 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock with Minus 5: Coach House (San Juan Capistrano, California US), 2/24/2006 (Concert) w/ Minus 5
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Loppen (Copenhagen, Denmark), 7/4/2006 (Concert)
Minus 5: Dingwall's (London, England UK), 7/10/2006 Robyn Hitchcock, Wreckless Eric (Concert) Robyn on guitar, lead vocals
Robyn Hitchcock & Venus 3: FAB (Tokyo, Japan), 10/8/2006 w/ The Minus 5 & Morgan Fisher (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Venus 3: The Gov (Adelaide, Australia), 10/14/2006 w/ The Minus 5 (Concert)

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