THE TRAVELING WILBURYS - WILBURY TWIST

WILBURY TWIST

THE TRAVELING WILBURYS

SONGWRITERS: BOB DYLON; TOM PETTY & GEORGE HARRISON

COUNTRY: U. K. X U. S. A.

ALBUM: THE TRAVELING WILBURYS, VOL. 3

LABEL: WILBURY RECORDS

GENRE: TWIST

YEAR: 1990

 

         Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 is the second and final studio album by the Traveling Wilburys, a group consisting of George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. It was released on October 29, 1990 as the follow-up to their 1988 debut, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1. The band members again adopted pseudonyms for their contributions, using new names from the fictitious Wilbury brothers.

         Though it was their second release, the album was mischievously titled Vol. 3 by George Harrison. According to Jeff Lynne, "That was George's idea. He said, 'Let's confuse the buggers.'"

         As the dynamics within the band had shifted with Roy Orbison's death, the four remaining members all adopted new Wilbury pseudonyms: Spike (George Harrison), Clayton (Jeff Lynne), Muddy (Tom Petty) and Boo (Bob Dylan). With Harrison and Lynne producing again, the sessions were undertaken in the spring of 1990. An additional track, a cover of "Nobody's Child", was recorded and released in June 1990 as a charity single in aid of Olivia Harrison's Romanian Angel Appeal. The song was also the title track of a multi-artist fundraising album compiled by the Harrisons, Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal. Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 was dedicated to the memory of "Lefty Wilbury" (Roy Orbison).

      Released in October 1990, the album was less positively received than Vol. 1, yet still saw a fair measure of success. In the United States, "She's My Baby" (with guest guitarist Gary Moore) and "Inside Out" became radio hits, charting at number 2 album rock and number 16 album rock, respectively. The album peaked at number 14 in the UK and number 11 in the US, where it was certified platinum by the RIAA.

           Comparing the two Wilburys albums, a reviewer in The New York Times wrote in November 1990: "The superstar pop group stays close to 50's and 60's rock roots, drawing on blues, doo-wop, rockabilly and Buddy Holly. But their second album is faster, jokier, lighter and meaner than the first." Rolling Stone described the blending of the four participants' musical styles as "seemingly effortless", and said that the album showed they continued to enjoy their collaboration. In the years following Vol. 3, there was speculation about further Wilbury releases. Since Harrison was viewed as the de facto leader of the group, his death in November 2001 ended the possibility of any future projects. 

You put your hand on your head (hand on your head)

Put your foot in the air (foot in the air)

Then you hop around the room (hop around the room)

In your underwear (in your underwear)

There ain't never been nothin' quite like this

Come on, baby, it's the Wilbury Twist

 

Lift your other foot up (other foot up)

Fall on your ass (fall on your ass)

Get back up (get back up)

Put your teeth in a glass (teeth in a glass)

There ain't never been nothin' quite like this

It's a magical thing called the Wilbury Twist

Everybody's trying to do the Wilbury Twist

 

China, Belgium, France, Japan

Thailand, Poland, Pakistan

Everybody's trying to do the Wilbury Twist

 

Roll up your rug (roll up your rug)

Dust your broom (dust your broom)

Ball the jack (ball the jack)

Howl at the moon (at the moon)

Ain't never been nothing quite like this

Everybody's talking about the Wilbury Twist

Everybody's trying to do the Wilbury Twist

 

Puerto Rico, U.S.A

England, Cameroon, Norway

Everybody's trying to do the Wilbury Twist

 

Turn your lights down low (your lights down low)

Put your blindfold on (your blindfold on)

You'll never know (you'll never know)

When your friends have gone (when your friends have gone)

It could be years before you're missed

Everybody's trying to do the Wilbury Twist

 

It's a different dance (different dance)

For you all to do (for you all to do)

Spin your body (very versatile)

Like a screw (spin your body like a screw)

 

Better not forget it on your shopping list

You can stop and buy one

It's the Wilbury Twist

 

Ain't never been nothing quite like this

Better come and get it, it's the Wilbury twist

I guess by now you've got the gist

Everybody's crazy about the Wilbury twist

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