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The song "Timothy" talks about three miners being trapped in a mine following a cave in. They're hungry, and when they are rescued, only two of them are brought out. The third (Timothy) is "missing" at that time, and the suggestion is that he was eaten by the other two. (They were hungry earlier in the song, and were full when rescued.)
Looking through the lyrics, there's an eerie-to-gruesome overtone in the song. Though the tune got little to no promotion, it got enough airplay to make it available to younger listeners. These kids quickly figured out what was being suggested, and in fact, some radio stations were so concerned about the lyrics that they banned the song, which only added to its mystique.
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Who wrote and performed the song Timothy?
The 1971 song "Timothy" was performed by the Bouys, and was written by Rupert Holmes. (Holmes played piano on the recording.) It was Rupert Holmes who also wrote and performed "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" from 1979, and you might recall that number.It has been suggested this tune "slipped under the radar" and made it into circulation and onto the charts before anyone in the record industry's upper management actually found out that the song suggested cannibalism. A link can be found below for more information. If you're curious, why not dig into things by reading through the lyrics and deciding for yourself what they say?
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