{"id":109,"date":"2006-01-01T04:31:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-01T04:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/?p=109"},"modified":"2017-07-25T18:55:20","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T01:55:20","slug":"the-triple-zip-flip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2006\/01\/01\/the-triple-zip-flip\/","title":{"rendered":"The Triple Zip Flip"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/p>\n

In 1996, for a few moments, I envisioned myself making a cottage industry of millennium-themed songs, of which this would be only the first.<\/p>\n

It was, perhaps happily, the only<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Still, I did record a kind of techno house version of this <\/span>song in my little project studio back in 1999, and posted it on the old Mp3.com… it was one of my least popular tracks, ever. I gave up trying to flog it. It whimpered through the fall of 1999 with a few plays and downloads a day, while other songs got scores and occasionally hundreds. (I tried for 10 seconds to revive it in December, 2000, the true millennium eve<\/span>, but I knew it was futile.)<\/p>\n

But… look… here it is, again<\/span>, America and The World.<\/p>\n

I figure, even though the millennium was pretty much a bust, vis a vis buildup, eventually there’s going to be a millennium nostalgia craze.<\/span> I’m going to be there.<\/p>\n

By the way, this special 2005 Edition of the Triple Zip Flip includes the seldom heard “lost last verse” which was really the song’s punchline — but which I cut, anyway, for reasons which may prove obvious.<\/p>\n

Happy New Year!<\/span><\/p>\n\n

acoustic version<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/Triple_Zip_Flip\/do_the_triple_zip_flip.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

‘studio version’<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n


\nThe Triple Zip Flip<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Some people say its the end of the world
\nI say “C’mon all you boys and grab a girl”
\nSome people tell you it’s the end of time
\nI say “all the more reason to get off the dime”<\/p>\n

It’s been a long long journey <\/span>
\nhope you liked the trip<\/span>
\nc’mon everybody <\/span>
\ndo the Triple Zip Flip<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe there’ll be famine, maybe flood
\nfor sure there’ll be suffering and rivers of blood
\nbut that’s just one more year like all the rest
\nanother year older and closer to death<\/p>\n

It’s been a long long journey…<\/span><\/p>\n

The mighty shall tremble
\nthe wicked shall fall
\nabout the same time the good folks
\nlearn how not to crawl<\/p>\n

judgement will come
\njudgement is due
\nlet’s just hope they don’t
\njudge — me and you<\/p>\n

It’s been a long long journey…<\/span><\/p>\n

its just like the prophet said long ago
\nfirst there is Knowledge then the neighborhood goes
\none little taste it all gets way out of hand
\nwrite a few lines of code make a world out of sand<\/p>\n

they say Information just wants to be free<\/span>
\nso far it’s been trapped inside of you and me<\/span>
\nbut I hear that Info has got a new plan<\/span>
\ngo live in cyberspace and make a monkey out of man<\/span>
\n
\nIt’s been a long long journey <\/span>
\nhope you liked the trip<\/span>
\nc’mon everybody <\/span>
\ndo the Triple Zip Flip<\/span><\/p>\n

(C)1996 TK Major<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 1996, for a few moments, I envisioned myself making a cottage industry of millennium-themed songs, of which this would be only the first. It was, perhaps happily, the only. Still, I did record a kind of techno house version of this song in my little project studio back in 1999, and posted it on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,340],"tags":[763,978,977],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2461,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions\/2461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}