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“Yer A Socialist”

05 Thursday Apr 2018

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comedy, music, performance, politics, Roy Zimmerman, satire, socialist, song

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Roy Zimmerman accuses his audience of all kinds of nasty things…every last one of you!

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A Response

01 Thursday Feb 2018

Posted by Jack Shalom in Comedy, Life, Music, Performance, Writing

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Bleep Hole, music, parody, People, performance, Roy Zimmerman, shithole, songwriting, Trump

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Singer/songwriter Roy Zimmerman‘s response to the State of the Union address (NSFW).

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“Everybody Is Everybody Else”

25 Thursday Jan 2018

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comedy, music, Roy Zimmerman, songwriting, subway

 

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More than the great subway settings and the heartfelt sentiments, this Roy Zimmerman tune is probably the only song you’ll hear today that uses the word Weltschmerz. (For those like me, who had to look it up, ever-reliable Wikipedia tells us that Weltschmerz means “world-weariness, the kind of feeling experienced by someone who believes that physical reality can never satisfy the demands of the mind.)

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“Shouting and Shooting I Can’t Let Them Catch Me…”

27 Thursday Apr 2017

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country music, country western, El Paso, Melanie Harby, music, performance, Roy Zimmerman, song, songwriting

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A very worthy cover by Roy Zimmerman of the Marty Robbins standard with some great guitar playing by partner Melanie Harby. Felicitously, they’re singing on location in the hills overlooking El Paso.

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Thanks For The Support: Roy Zimmerman

13 Thursday Apr 2017

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anti-war, music, performance, Roy Zimmerman, song, songwriting, Thanks for the Support

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Roy Zimmerman’s most bitter song, a POV message from a war veteran who just  isn’t feeling as thankful as everyone thinks he should be.  It’s a lyric and performance worthy of Phil Ochs at his best.

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Austerity Beatles: Roy Zimmerman

12 Wednesday Apr 2017

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The clever satirist Roy Zimmerman with his humorous take on several Beatles’ songs.

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