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Return Of The Dancing Hamster

from 50​-​90​-​2012 Vol 2 by TA Walker

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I think I must be getting a bit punch-drunk as the end of the 2012 50/90 Challenge hoves into view, but I did rather enjoy cooking up song 35: this little tribute to one of the "classic" Internet memes... (I only found out just after posting this here, that the creator(s) spelt it "Hampster", but I hope no-one will take me to task for missing that!)

It's another guitalele-vocal-and-Pocketrak demo, but I think it works quite well for this song :-)

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That dancing hamster on the Web
'Bout fifteen years ago
That was me and now I'll tell
Some things you ought to know

I had my own domain name
At HampsterDance.com (sic)
Just a row of animated GIFs
And a looping, grating song

I guested on "The Simpsons"
Got emailed everywhere
I nicked my song from a Disney film
But no-one seemed to care

I must've really irked someone
A big club, I didn't duck
Someone shouted "Break a leg"
I thought they meant "Good luck"

Years of convalescing
In a home for worn-out memes
I watched YouTube with envy
All those funny video streams

Now I think I'll make a comeback
Though my dancing days are through
I'm going to join the LOLcats
To keep annoying you!

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from 50​-​90​-​2012 Vol 2, track released September 25, 2012
TA Walker - guitalele, vocal

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TA Walker UK

Guitarist/multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter, often with "electronica", "lo-fi" and "prog" inclinations.

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