Line #22 Music/WildWillyBarrett


1	Find if you will a man who had mastered every stringed instrument given to him by the age of 7. Since then he has recorded everything from reggae to country rock, created a unique wood-working style and gotten back together with a [[Music/JohnOtway sado-masochistic punk]] a dozen times.
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3	Discography:
4	* 1979: Call of the Wild
5	* 1980: Krazy Kong (Demo) Album
6	* 1986: Organic Bondage
7	* 1995: Open Toed And Flapping
8	* 1997: Mound of Sound
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10	!!Tropes
11	* BalancedHarem: In Krazy Kong the Protagonist Krazy Kong has a "harem by his side" when his visits the dance-hall on a Friday
12	* CallBack: The bit at the end of Moose Loose Kicking from Organic Bondage reprises the melody of Shot of Redeye. I'm In Love Again also seems to do this but less evidently.
13	* CreatorInJoke: A Shot of Redeye. Red Eye Records. Hmm...
14	* DeadpanSnarker
15	* FemmeFatale: The protagonist in Late Night Lady almost dies after encountering the antagonist; a prostitute. He returns to her the next night.
16	* GenreBusting: None of his albums really conform to the label of folk, Organic Bondage specifically.
17	** Is "Late Night Lady" funk, blues, R&B, C&W or tick all above? Let's just settle with GenreMashup!
18	* GenreRoulette: One album could contain up to 5 genres. "Judge and the Devil" is a great place to hear this.
19	* GenreShift: As could one song and especially in the case of "Please Don't Throw Me To The Christians"
20	* IndecipherableLyrics: Drink To Me Only is sped up to twice its speed and it is incredibly difficult to understand what's being said without slowing 'em down.
21	* [[ConceptAlbum Kongcept Album]]: Krazy Kong. At least the Kong tracks are. Website/TheOtherWiki has an article with an interpretation of the lyrics.
22	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The Late Show. "And the mixing desk is picking up the radio" There is a live video where during that line, a radio is pulled out on a cord. It is of course quite loud and makes the point about electronic interference being bad.
23	* NewSoundAlbum
24	** Krazy Kong is very reggae-sounding with lots of traditional folk
25	** Call of the Wild is more country & western sounding
26	** Organic Bondage is the biggest departure with a much more hard sound
27	** Open Toed and Flapping is a very heavy experimental folk album but it couldn't be more different from OB if it tried
28	** Mound of Sound is very ethereal and sparse
29	* NoFourthWall: Openly interacts with his audience which includes throwing raw eggs to an unlucky member.
30	* TheManBehindTheMan: Willy is this to Music/JohnOtway. Subverted since Otway wrote the pair's [[OneHitWonder only hit]].
31	** The Writer Behind the Musician
32	*** Organic Bondage's tracks were written by criminally obscure songwriter Eddie Stanton. These were 'arranged' by Barrett who proceeded to add a writing credit ''before'' Stanton's name.
33	*** The best tracks on Call of the Wild were written by also criminally obscure songwriters Mike Gatton and Ken Murray. The distinctive guitar hook on "Late Night Lady" was provided by Roy Hurley. Though the bass part at the end of "Temptation" is Barrett's.
34	* RecordProducer: Multiple:
35	** Otway/Barrett albums obviously and his own. Helps that he had his own studio.
36	** on several albums released, or [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome not released]] in the case of Eddie Stanton's "Please Don't Throw Me To The Christians", on his own label in the early 80s
37	* ShoutOut: Kong and the Soup Dragon is a very obvious nod to WesternAnimation/TheClangers' character The Soup Dragon. The song even mentions the protagonist Kong traveling on a spacecraft of some kind. I wonder where to?...
38	* SingingSimlish: The Kong Scat on Return of Kong.
39	* StudioChatter: During the b-side; Nice To Know You're My Friend, Willy says "Can we do the ending again?" then "I know it's shit".
40	* TwoGuysAndAGirl: in Sleeping Dogz with Mary and John
41	* UncommonTime. Organic Bondage is full of random measures at the drop of a hat which sound like they were decided ''during recording''

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