Mr. Tinkertrain

Anyone know the background on this song was it just for fun or was something in mind? It's kind of creepy.

"Can you say Mr. Tinkertrain?"



I have no idea.

And wikipedia is no help,just saying what the song is about but no explanation for the inspiration.

I just thought it was a song about a creepy child molester, but didn't know if there was any basis in reality. Maybe Ozzy saw a news story and it inspired him.

I'm surprised there was no outcry at the time.

The uptight people that were afraid of heavy metal ruining our society had moved on to what "gangsta rap" was doing to suburban white kids. Ozzy and that lot was passe by then.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

manny wrote:

We were coming off the coke filled 80's and still in recovery during the grungey 90's so nobody was going to do an outcry.

Either that or the uptight people that were afraid of heavy metal ruining our society had moved on to what "gangsta rap" was doing to suburban white kids.

That must be it, was it around this time, people were protesting Body Count, Warner Bros for releasing that idiotic song 'Cop Killer' , irony is, if no one had protested against that song, the album was on its way to the cut out bin, but thanks to the publicity, Ice-T and his band were able to score on the Billboard charts.

This song always irritated me.

You wanted the sweetie didn't you?