Newsflash! FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS: Can you believe a song as moving as "Everything Is Beautiful" was written by the same guy who invented the song called "Gitarzan"?

[smurfco]

Man, sometimes you hear or see a piece of sheer art that moves you to tears and touches you to your core with a big hot finger, like this song:



But then you do a little digging and you find out that this SAME GUY came up with this hilarious and clever tune!



How can ONE MAN have this much TALENT??? An inspiration to us all!

 

[micwalt]

I was a huge fan of Guitarzan, Ahab the Arab, and The Streak as a young lad in the mid-'70s.

 

[jrockbridge]

Guitarzan changed my life!

As a child of the 70's, I was a fan of novelty songs. I memorized the lyrics to "Wildwood Weed" as performed by Jim Stafford.

 

[baimun]

Well the same person who wrote "Live and Let Die" and "Hey Jude" also wrote the abomination that is "(Simply Having a) Wonderful Christmas Time"

 

[smurfco]

Well the same person who wrote "Live and Let Die" and "Hey Jude" also wrote the abomination that is "(Simply Having a) Wonderful Christmas Time"

Conclusive proof that Ray Stevens is a better songwriter than Paul McCartney!

 

[frunobulax]

Songwriters gotta eat.

 

[Chicken Man]

My favorite in this category is that the same guy wrote "Wild Thing" and "Angel of the Morning". He was also Jon Voight's brother, IIRC.

 

[Pine Apple Slim]

Guitarzan was the sht. Total inspiration to someday be all you can stand and get a hand.
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[Guitar Heel]

He has a song..is it sneaky snake?...about a snake that couldn't wear a sweater because he didn't have shoulders. My mom loves that one.

 

[Andrew Sak]

This cat flew under my radar.