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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 30 times, most recently at Robyn & Emma's house on November 27, 2024. He first performed it at Robyn and Emma's house on August 24, 2022, 2 years and 3 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
Patreon 2022 Robyn Hitchcock Internet 2022
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 08/24/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 08/31/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 09/17/2022
Norwich Puppet Theatre Robyn Hitchcock Norwich England UK 09/23/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 11/30/2022
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 01/11/2023
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 01/18/2023
SPACE Robyn Hitchcock Evanston Illinois US 03/29/2023
City Winery Robyn Hitchcock Boston Massachusetts US 04/02/2023
The Betsey Trotwood Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 06/30/2023
The Betsey Trotwood Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 07/01/2023
Claypath Delicatessen Robyn Hitchcock Durham England UK 08/19/2023
Esquires Robyn Hitchcock Bedford England UK 09/01/2023
Mid Sussex Music Hall Robyn Hitchcock Hassocks England UK 09/03/2023
The Old Woollen Robyn Hitchcock Leeds England UK 09/06/2023
Ludlow Assembly Rooms Robyn Hitchcock Ludlow England UK 09/08/2023
The Talleyrand Robyn Hitchcock Manchester England UK 09/09/2023
The Portland Arms Robyn Hitchcock Cambridge England UK 09/14/2023
St. Stephen's Church Robyn Hitchcock Ipswich England UK 09/16/2023
Unknown Venue Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 10/01/2023
Social Center TPO Robyn Hitchcock Bologna Italy 11/05/2023
WaterColor Boathouse Robyn Hitchcock Santa Rosa Beach Florida US 01/12/2024
3TEN Austin City Limits Live Robyn Hitchcock Austin Texas US 01/18/2024
McGonigel's Mucky Duck Robyn Hitchcock Houston Texas US 01/19/2024
The Kessler Theater Robyn Hitchcock Dallas Texas US 01/20/2024
The Blue Door Robyn Hitchcock Oklahoma City Oklahoma US 01/22/2024
Lulu's Downstairs Robyn Hitchcock Manitou Springs Colorado US 01/25/2024
The Armory Robyn Hitchcock Fort Collins Colorado US 01/27/2024
The Merri Creek Tavern Robyn Hitchcock Melbourne Victoria Australia 03/10/2024
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 11/27/2024

Comments

From Robyn on Patreon in September 2022
The shock of existence: it’s hard to get over the precarious feeling that you really are here, for one sneeze in the canyons of eternity. Human life is almost provocatively weird - yet, as it’s all we know, it gets rubber-stamped “Normal”. Billions of us shuffle in and out of this world like trains through a tunnel - and what of it?

This song celebrates our individual nano-second dance in time, encased in the flesh that grew inside our mothers. I’ve sung it in the sea and that’s the mother of us all. Feel free to sing along or play it to your grandchildren, very quietly. I like to imagine it performed by the early Who, and if I get the chance I’ll record a blistering rock version. Rock music is a badge of age now. If AI replaces us this song will be a nostalgic anthem… perhaps.

From Robyn on Patreon in December 2022
Here’s an electric version of an existential ditty that I put up here a few months ago. It’s based around a loop of one chord crashing endlessly in the background: it’s a short, snappy tune so Charlie and I felt safe to make it sound as relentless as possible. This is an example of a demo that could become a master: the loop keeps time and any number of overdubs would fit perfectly. As a result this recording might mutate into an album track - or just dwell happily here on Patreon until Artificial Intelligence claims us all…