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Bob Hillman

About Me

In a music world increasingly compartmentalized into tiny musical pigeonholes, Bob Hillman's songs live in several neighborhoods at once. Hillman's third album, "If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home," bears the melodic hooks and infectious feel of power-pop, the rootsy, organic vibe of Americana rock, and the conceptual heft and lyrical insight of the singer/songwriter. With sharp social satire that harkens back to vintage Kinks and a literary bent as book-smart as the Decemberists but as heartfelt as Elliott Smith, Hillman delivers concise, punchy tunes short on pretense and long on wit and wisdom.

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Member Since: 31/05/2006
Band Website: www.bobhillman.net
Record Label: Authentic Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Eddie Money Has Such a Smooth Sound

This is the last of ten new songs, and I think you will understand why I didn't post it, say, first. Don't get me wrong -- I like the song. But it's sort of a "genre workout," the obscure "genre" bein...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 06:20:00 GMT

No, I Will Not Go With You

This is the second to last of my brand new demos. After next week's song, which will be a great disappointment to everyone because it's not very good, I will cycle through the ten songs again. After t...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:12:00 GMT

Personal Movie

Personal Movie is another in a long line of Bob Hillman songs with a connection to the Iowa Writers Workshop. It all began in the late 1990s, when my girlfriend (at the time) moved to Iowa C...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 06:32:00 GMT

Circle Jerk at the Square Dance

This song is either (1) slyly profound or (2) intensely stupid. I think it tends toward the latter, but I'll leave it up to your individual judgement. On a practical note, Circle Jerk at the Square Da...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:09:00 GMT

She Was Never There

I have been off the grid since late last week and so could not post a new song until now. I apologize to those of you who were on the edges of your seats. Were any of you on the edges of your seats? ...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:20:00 GMT

I'll Repace You With Machines

I originally wrote this song as a requiem for Jim Allen's guitar. Jim is a great songwriter from New York City, who now fronts a band called Lazy Lions. Between the release of his third...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 06:40:00 GMT

War of Independence

War of Independence has something in common with another new(ish) Bob Hillman song, Celebrating Nothing, in that it concerns the dark side of Southern California. I don't mean "dark side" in Raymond C...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:33:00 GMT

Earvin "Magic" Johnson

This song was, of course, inspired by the great Magic Johnson. One of my all-time favorite athletes, Magic was in his prime when I was in high school and a passionate fan of the Lakers. It seems ...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:48:00 GMT

Money Down

Here is the second of the handful of demos I plan to post. This is not a typical Bob Hillman song; at least, it diverges from the "kinda funny, kinda not" style I've tried to trademark over the y...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:50:00 GMT

You Were Right When You Said I Was Wrong

I have posted a guitar/vocal demo of a new song called You Were Right When You Said I Was Wrong. I wrote it in a rental car on the way from Minneapolis/St. Paul to Iowa City; ...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 06:26:00 GMT