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Wake Up And Smell The Cat Food
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The Brothers Woodward have more fun than you'd think is possible while listening to obscure music and rambling on about nonsense.
This jam-packed episode features two contenders for The Best Of This Are Johnny Domino, more interpretations of childhood songs and a new entry into The Eternal Halls Of The Four Track Gods!
Including, amongst other things:
- Martha's Harbour at Rock City
- Wet fingers, glass tubes and 1970s daytime TV
- Animals coming in two by two
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Podcast artwork by Giles Woodward
Edited by Steve Woodward at PodcastingEditor.com
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Transcript
The Ocean as a Metaphor
00:00:04
Speaker
I sit by the harbour. The sea calls to me. I hide in the water. But I need to breathe. You are an ocean wave, my love. Crashing up the bow. I am a galley slave, my love. If only I could find out the way to sail you. Maybe I'll just stow away.
00:00:52
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with the lyrics to that song by All About Eve that they performed on top of the pops but they couldn't hear the playback. Classic television blooper clip. martus's harbour um yes marhas haror Martha's Martha's Harbour.
Introduction to the Podcast's Theme
00:01:07
Speaker
Welcome to the This Art Johnny Domino podcast. My name is Steve. And my name is Giles. And what we do on this podcast is we listen to songs that we recorded about around 30 years ago. We do. But no one's really heard. And we talk about them and the memories that arise thereof. We also talk about music that some people send in for us. We do. Yes. Are you all right? I'm okay. Thank you. How are you? Just checking in with you. Are you sure you're okay? Are you good? I'm still okay. Are you sure? relax Oh my God. The dog's coming. Are you all right, dog?
00:01:46
Speaker
She seems alright. She's okay. This could turn out to be some sort of like weird horror film because I'm sat in a darkened room. Why are you in a darkened room? I don't know. I'm in a darkened room and there's no one else in the house and the dog's barking. Are you freaking out because you watched Final Destination last night?
00:02:05
Speaker
Yeah, I am on your recommendation. And now I feel sort of scared literally doing anything like making a cup of tea could like kill me. You've got to be careful man. That's what those films tell you is you've got to be careful. The most ridiculous film ever. Well, you know, we've spent the week watching all the ones that are on Netflix. I was one, two, three, and five. Yeah. The fourth one isn't on there. The fourth one is is not good. Okay. The third one's the best one. Okay. Well, i I'll work my way through it. i would i' would recommend I can only cope with one a night, but oh my God. Yeah. I'm scared now. I'm scared. Literally tying new shoelaces. You could die. Well, I think it's a valuable thing to bear in mind.
00:02:50
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I don't know man, it's like health and safety gone
Memories of 'Friday Night is in the Alternative Night'
00:02:53
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mad. Right, we're going to go back to the core mission of the podcast first, aren't we? Yes. Which yeah is what the core mission is, Steve. I do know what it is. Are you going to tell the boys and girls where am I? I am. The core mission is listed to really crap songs that we recorded and and laughing about it. Yes.
00:03:13
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That's the core mission. And we've picked a doozy. Oh, yeah. We've picked an absolute stinker to kick things off. Now, this is actually 30 years old and it is a song called Friday Night is in the alternative night. I wonder if things improved with with age, perhaps this song, like a fine wine. Have you listened to it before this recording? Because I have. I have actually.
00:03:40
Speaker
I think it's turned into sherry that it okay or all vinegar. Yeah. Just a quick explanation about the title. Friday night is in the alternative
The History of Rock City
00:03:49
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night. I think it's it's tight, isn't it? And Friday night was in the alternative night at Rock City. Rock City. Which is, for people who are not local to Nottingham, is the major a nightclub and gig venue in Nottingham. And it's been running for Yeah, isn't it? I think it opened in 1980 actually. I read that. It opened in 1980. Do you know the first band to ever play at Rock City? Was it Amazulu? You're just guessing. Yes, of course I am. It was The Undertones. That's quite good, isn't it? That's pretty good, isn't it? Do you know what the first band that I ever saw at Rock City was? I think I know.
00:04:37
Speaker
Alright, what was
First Concert Experiences at Rock City
00:04:38
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it then? It was all about Eve. Hence the introduction to the podcast, you see. What was your first band that you went to see at Rock City? ah It was Pixies. Oh yeah, you were a bit scared, didn't like it, did you? No, i didn't like what I didn't like was the fact that you went in the mosh pit and I so i was standing yeah with our friends
Critique and Nostalgia of 'Friday Night'
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and I saw you go over the top of the mosh pit and I was a little bit scared because I was You're only a little further, weren't you? I think I was 15. I think you were. I was pretty tall for my age, which is why I got in. Maybe it was a bit of an overwhelming experience for you. Well, they were bloody great. It was good. It was good. Unlike this song.
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and
00:07:29
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Have we got to listen to all of this? Yes. All right. Just checking. Do the great teeth.
Appreciation of 'Friday Night's' Unique Sound
00:09:05
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Edgy. Edgy. That's terrible. Okay, come on. Before we get into that. Okay. What good can we find in that? The bass sound. the basser I think I was playing that through your PV guitar amp on the clean sound. That is a nice bass sound. It's a nice bass sound going through a guitar amp. It's just me and you on that track, isn't it? Oh yeah. Can't let anybody else take the blame for that one. No, it just does. Anything else do you like?
00:09:36
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I don't know how we got... There was a point in it where there are two vocal tracks. Are there? You're singing more fun than you can handle in one go in the background. I think both of us are going, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. Yeah. Didn't like that much. Well, I didn't like it, but I don't know how we, how we did it. It was, it was recorded on four track. We just bought our Tascam 424 four track, which was a beautiful machine. It was. I like the weird backwards vocals at the start. That's a good thing. Ooh. Wonder what it says.
00:10:13
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After doing a little bit of faffing about, I've discovered that it is a high-speed backwards spin through the track Me and Jill from Chaconi Youth's Whitey album.
00:10:27
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amongst the clo snakes looked right at him waves came up and a blinding glass caught dreaming she looked all called
00:10:42
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I thought one last. How different from the C is the chord.
00:10:52
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Okay. So we've got a bass sound and we've got some backwards vocals. That's good. But it's not really worth the price of admission though, is it? It really is. right in ah in no I think you were experimenting with the kick drum pattern there, weren't you? What's going on there? There's some double kick drums. Yeah. Do you think that's the only instance of double kick drum on a Jonny Dolmano track? so I think it probably is, yes. that's At that speed. Perhaps we try it again. but Perhaps we try that again.
00:11:25
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Other than that, I think I was having a bit of an off day on the lyric writing, possibly. I wasn't the finest, a bit lazy, or just couldn't be bothered. Well, I can understand why. The music is so overwritten.
00:11:40
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Yeah, it's not the most endearing riff, is it really? really But let's just repeat it forever. yeah and The thing I really hated is on the last chorus, it's like I'm really trying to make it sound edgy and play it as hard as I can. And just I can just see my face. It's awful. Okay. well you Your face is not awful. Thank you. The thing that I find most disappointing about it really is that it doesn't really have anything to do with Friday night, alternative night at Rock City, does it? No, not at all. It's nothing.
00:12:17
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That would have cleared the dance floor. I mean, the lyrics, as far as I can make out, they're sort of, I think I'm going on about some kind of virtual reality type matrix type situation where I'm linked up for simulation, but the toilet backs up. So I have to, I have to leave my virtual reality because the toilets backed up. So you have to get back to your actual reality. Yeah. so yeah So it's a comment on virtual reality, which was maybe a thing in 1990, whatever it was. 1994. Yeah. Was it though? Two years later, you've got a much better comment on that, you know, with virtual insanity by Gemarikmoy. Oh, yes, of course. Virtual insanity. That was better. All right, let's not keep going on about it.
00:13:10
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We've played it. I reckon people enjoyed that. I think we had the title before we wrote it. Yeah. All right. Well, look i don't I don't know how it came about. I don't know what we were thinking really, but I enjoyed the little time travel back 30 years. I'm not sure I want to go there again though. No. But good bass sound. Excellent. Good bass sound. It's the Johnny Domino podcast.
00:13:36
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Give it a chance. We did just give it a chance and that's where we ended up. Next, let's have a look at some stuff for the engagement opportunity.
Listener Engagement and Creative Submissions
00:13:49
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yeah Because we are trying to get our listeners who are creative people on the main to engage with us and send us music. And the challenge we've recently set is people to try and record versions of songs from their childhood. And last episode, we had a version of the rainbow theme.
00:14:08
Speaker
by erstwhile friend which was great yes since we played that i've heard the full version you have as well the full version of the rainbow scene yeah that my mate paul sent me and it's kind of astounding i just wanted to just give people the heads up you need to listen to that it goes places that you never knew it could go there's there's like an entirely different section it's it's quite prog i never knew that white was one of the colors of the rainbow Yeah, it's mentioned. And it goes quite dark as well. It does take you on and an emotional journey, it's w tripp which is not hinted by this the snippet that we all know from the Kids TV show. So listen you need to listen to that. But what I like about it is it's quite complex, the rainbow theme, and it's not talking down to the kids. And I think that's kind of what we're trying to go for with our engagement opportunity.
00:15:03
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And we've got a couple to listen to today. And the first one is from Ian, Ian Almanac, to give him his full name. He's recording it under his Motorcade 1 moniker. And this is a theme tune from a television program called Picture Box. Now, when was Picture Box from? Well, it ran from 1960 to the 1990s. Holy crap.
00:15:27
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Holy crap. but Surely it didn't have the same theme tune and the same opening credits. Cause I just remember this like jewel case spinning round. It did. That's it. It was a very short program, wasn't it? It was like 10 minutes, 10, 15 minutes. It really was. It really was. And I didn't see it very often, but perhaps like if you were sort of same age as me, perhaps you were off school one day and you had chicken pox or measles or some other kind of Victorian illness. And you sat there at home with some Luke's aid and maybe some cheese on toast. And then this weird music came on with a glass jewel box spinning around. Yeah. Quite dissonant music. Really weird. Let's have a listen to Ian's version.
00:16:24
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So, So, And that is a beautiful version of the theme tune's picture box, which is called Menage, written by the avant-garde French composer, Jacques Lasserie. Yeah. I was trying to find a bit of information about him and I found a video, which is obviously from French television and I managed to get the auto translate on the captions and he looks like a French version of Tony Hancock. ah He actually does, yeah.
00:17:41
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And he is playing these structures called Le Structure Sonores, basically sound structures. And they were created by Francois Bache, who looks more like a businessman. We'll obviously include it in the show notes. In the video, there's a point about six minutes in where you see Jacques playing something which sounds very similar to the Picture Box theme. And he looks like he's got a series of plastic They look like they're plastic, but they're not plastic. Bernard of Francois Bache. I've done some research. Hey, good. They were two brothers in France in 1952. They created the Crystal Bache. The Crystal Bache was a glass musical instrument that was kind of half musical instrument, half sculpture, 56 chromatically tuned glass rods.
00:18:33
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And the musician had to rub the rods with their wet fingertips. And Jack Lassery, is his name Jack Lassery? Jack Lassery was one of the few people that learnt how to play it. It's kind of amazing, beautiful looking instrument. yeah And glass, a bit like a glass harmonica kind of thing.
00:18:54
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It is. That's what it sounds like. Yeah, definitely. Makes an amazing sound. Very complex. Tom, I believe, to go back to my music degree. Yeah. But one could look at this Frenchman rubbing these tall cylinders with wet hands. Yes. If one were childish, someone could have a laugh about that.
00:19:21
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But we're not like that. yeah But I think Ian's version of it, it's ah it's a really good version of it. it is if If you go back and listen to it, it's really, it's a great version. It took me back. You know, they also created the Bache Brothers. They also created an inflatable guitar. What an incredible idea that is. Right, why did that catch up? And an aluminium piano as well.
00:19:43
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I bet the aluminium piano sounds good. Yeah, we you should check them out. They look amazing. and these these I'm going to check that out. out out created Yeah, really good. But yeah, it takes me back to sat there like feeling sick on the sofa, watching daytime TV because it was an ITV schools program picture box. But I don't remember ever watching it at school. I remember watching it in school. Do you? I remember going into the hall in our junior school and watching the countdown, because you have to wait for the program to start, so everyone will be there early, then you see the countdown, then picture boxes start. After picture boxes, I'd probably watch Paint Along With Nancy. Do you remember Paint Along With Nancy? No, mate. She was a bit like Bob Ross, but she was a rather scary Italian-American woman with a Margaret Thatcher haircut. Wow. She painted with a knife. It was very scratchy.
00:20:39
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And then there was Crown Court as well, Crown Court, do you remember Crown Court? Yes. That was on after Rainbow. At lunchtime, yeah. It's like, right, you've had your lunch, get back to school, because now we're watching Crown Court, and there's only three channels, and on BBC Two it's either Nothing or The Cricket. Yeah, yeah, that's it. There's your lot.
00:21:02
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Oh, go back in time, back in time. Three TV channels. Unbelievable. Tell the kids today, et cetera, et cetera. So yeah, thank you very much to Ian for sending that in. Great version. Right. Next we've got another, another tune that one of our listeners has sent in. Now this is I Am Wilbraham. My mate Will.
00:21:27
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ah mima He always does good stuff. he he always He always comes through with the goods. Right, let's have a listen to this world.
00:21:46
Speaker
The animals went in two by two The elephants and the kangaroo And they all went into the ark For to get out of the rain The animals went in three by three Hurrah, hurrah The animals went in three by three Hurrah, hurrah The animals went in three by three The wasp, the ant and the bumblebee And they all went into the ark For to get out of the rain The animals went in four by four Hurrah, hurrah The animals went in four by four Hurrah, hurrah
00:22:41
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The animals went in 4x4, the great hippopotamus stuck in the door and they all went into the ark for to get out of the rain. The animals went in 5x5 around, around. The animals went in 5x5 around,
00:23:08
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The animals went in five by five They warmed each other to keep alive And they all went into the ark For to get out of the rain The animals went in six by six Hurrah! Hurrah! The animals went in six by six Hurrah!
00:23:35
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The animals went in six by six They turned out the monkey because of his tricks And they all went into the ark The force who gets out of the rain The animals went in seven by seven Hurrah! Hurrah! The animals went in seven by seven Hurrah!
00:24:01
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The animals went in seven by seven, the little big thaws they was going to heaven. And they all went into the ark, for Zukat's house of the rain.
00:25:05
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So, I'm going to show you how to do it. so I would like to thank Will for sending that in. Yeah. Last week, I just got back from a really nice holiday and I was feeling really happy. I had a great holiday and I was like feeling all chilled and happy with the world. Then you heard that. i was Well, oh just let me paint you a picture. i was ah When I first heard that, I was listening to it simultaneously, watching footage of what will hopefully historically
00:25:47
Speaker
come to be known as the Farage riots, as we are recorded this in August 2024, and society was breaking down. And and this the soundtrack of Will singing that, it was quite disturbing, I have to say. I can imagine. That sounds horrific. It was it was pretty hardcore. That's pretty dark. That is harsh. It was hardcore. um But it it worked. Yep. It works. And there's some weird lyrics in that. Yeah. Will said in a note to me, there are 10 verses in the full version. He decided to stop at seven and with the pig thinking he's going to heaven. I know. I like that. That's a good one to end on. i It really is. It's like it's it's not a monkey going to heaven. It's a pig.
00:26:36
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Apparently it was inspired by doing some ironing and watching a rerun of the Antiques Roadshow and seeing a huge wooden arc with an almost complete set of accompanying animals. And that reminding him of the song. He said, I thought it would be a fun tune to play on my acoustic guitar. Fun. Fun tune. Fun with Will. And ah one which his two younger children would enjoy singing along to. I didn't hear them on it.
00:27:03
Speaker
No, I was listening really hard. I mean, I don't know if they just sing along to it in the house, but well, if you want to do a remix and get that it would have been even more disturbing with children. Can you imagine that? Yeah. He said it was great fun to play and even more fun to hear them singing along with enthusiasm. Yeah. But what I didn't expect to find was how downbeat and intolerant the lyrics were. Hence the Farage riots. All those, he's dragging those hurrahs out, isn't he? Yeah, I mean, it's like, there's no joy in it. No joy. It's a soundtrack to like, you know, climate breakdown as well, isn't it? You know what I mean? You can imagine pictures of like polar bears like floating on really tiny icebergs teeth and forests burning and things like that as you listen to that one. You know where the ah the tune comes from, right? No. but It's borrowed from an American Civil War song. Okay. When Johnny Comes Marching Home. Did you not know that?
00:27:59
Speaker
Well, I do now. There you go. Colour me bad. There you go. When Johnny comes marching home. Civil War. He slowed the tempo down, just in case you were wondering, and put the church organ, give it a sinister edge, tick, and he came around to see me, and we listened to Neutral Milk Hotel, and he thinks it was slightly inspired by listening to O'Comly from that album, which is one of my favourite tracks from that album. But actually, no, it is my favourite track of the album. It's the best track on that album. Best track on the album.
00:28:29
Speaker
ah You know when I first heard that album I used to skip that track? Me too. But now it's the one I go to. So that was... That was something, wasn't it? But yeah, thank you so much, Will. i mean it was good It was amazing. it was It was brilliant. No, it was it was great. And the and the set the afternoon festival set is coming on, isn't it? Is that the opener? I don't know whether that's the opener. I'm sure we've had the opener yet. I think we could start the set with that.
00:29:00
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I'm thinking PJ Harvey at at Glastonbury. That's starting to be pretty dark, but we need I think well we need to record on. I've got an idea. It might be a bit more upbeat. We can have a go. well you know We're not exactly known for upbeat, are we? No, but come on people, send us some more. yeah yeah and Thank you very much to Ian and Will. Very much appreciate it. This are Johnny Domino.
00:29:27
Speaker
Can you believe that these two nerds have been wanging on about their old music for over 30 episodes now? Unbelievable. Do you know what we need now? A party song from Leeds. We do. We need a another entry into... The Eternal Halls of the Four Track God!
00:29:55
Speaker
Absolutely. Did one of your friends send this in or did you just find it and decide you were going to stick it on? I'll tell you the story. sir right Back in Leeds in the 1990s, on the fine art course at Leeds Metropolitan University, there were two bands. One band that I was in called Sunnyland Smiles, Lowercase S. And then there was a, I think there were a more fun band called Lacadaisic. And that was
00:30:27
Speaker
what this band was basically. I always knew this band was lackadaisic, but on the site that I found this music on, they're called Millennium Sound Cruiser. So they must have changed their name. I think they had a you know fluctuating name. Anyway, Stan, my friend from university, was the main guy who wrote the songs and the song and stuff.
00:30:48
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And he's a very creative fellow. There's loads of his stuff on his website, which is called Bow Blue Creative.
The 90s Music Scene in Leeds
00:30:59
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So go and check it out. But he's uploaded loads of music. And this is, I'm slightly cheating because it's not exactly a four track recording. I think it's eight track, but I think the gods are going to be okay with it. Okay.
00:31:11
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ah because, you know, it was like, it's done on tape and it's pretty cool. And this is the band Lacadaisic with a song called Born Again.
00:31:54
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Christian and our guy are Christian. So I see the wire with the bone again teeth, bone again claws, and the bone again jaws.
00:32:11
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And they couldn't stop me, I live to this day. And you cannot stop me, not if I
00:32:22
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Who's your favorite saint? Who's your favorite saint? Saint Francis of a CEC.
00:32:37
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Born again I'm Christian. Born again I'm Christian. Born again I'm Christian. Born again I'm Christian.
00:33:14
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I knew that I won, lost my faith in love and the heaven above Now I've turned the saddle, you know it makes sense You got me a job in that record shop I travel the world with him on my back It's a heavy weight but I never look back at my handshake Smokers cough, I chew my breakfast and I stop my day And the cliche style, cigarette in the face Smile, then I rape on a pillage You never deserve pama, born again I say the list Born again I say the list Born again I say the list Born again I say the list
00:34:30
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Lost my faith in Satan, lost my faith in God. Now I'm an alien, I'm living on Mars. I've got all I need, I eat bananas all day. Smoke all I can, I have blackouts all day. I found a quiet place on the silent streets of Queen Victoria and the Buffalo Building. Got it together, oh what a thrill.
00:34:56
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We are watching, inside the world trip We are crouching with no inhibitions Suppression or depression, my impression is reserved And they observe, ha ha, but they can make it
00:35:43
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The sound of Jung leads from the 1990s. Yeah, that was good. I enjoyed listening to that again. Yeah. I don't think I ever saw them play. i Well, I never saw The Sun and the Smiles.
00:35:55
Speaker
Yeah, well, there was still there was a lot of music going on at the time, you know what I mean? And there's quite a few involved in doing stuff. And we all shared a similar taste in music and yeah recreational pursuits and stuff. And basically, it was quite a fun time. We we did some we we organized some pretty shambolic gigs. there was ah i mean i remember I remember some sort of weird cabaret that we organized, which was mad.
00:36:23
Speaker
And ah I never seem to remember it making any sense at all. And we did a rave as well, where we ended up getting ripped off by some minor wannabe gangsters. But good times. oh good times of time And that song, I always remember them playing that song, and I like that one.
00:36:41
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And I thought of it because I was thinking about ah last episode, we were talking about religious music, and that song's got a bit of a religious theme. yeah Because the you know, Stan goes through various religions. And Satanism. Satanism ends up not being anything, I think, at the end. I think it does the lesson for us all. But I enjoyed it very much.
00:37:04
Speaker
Am I writing thinking, but I'm sure there's a photo of him playing at a gig and the drummer has got paintings instead of Tom Tom? Yes, Dan who was the drummer, he used to be like a stand-up drummer. ken yeah And he was like he was also on the art course, so he was a bit like, he used to make you know play all kinds of weird stuff.
00:37:22
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But yeah, it's good. I liked it. I like the recording of it. yeah the The backing vocals are great. That's great. yeah really Really kind of like lift it. I think they're great. And yeah, I listen to that one for fun. And there's tons of stuff on the website and we might play some more in another episode, but I'm definitely gonna include that one into the eternal halls definitely. cause lovely And I appreciate Stan getting in touch but he is terrible at replying to my messages so I haven't got any more information from him but maybe he'll get back to me. Fabulous. Now the last song we're going to listen to today is a Johnny Domino song.
Nostalgia with 'Wake Up and Smell the Cat Food'
00:38:01
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This are Johnny Domino and it's a song from our first properly released collection of songs called Rabbit Themes and it's a song called Wake Up and Smell the Cat Food. Yes. It's not as arsy as Friday Night is in the alternative and I think it's all the better for it. Yeah it's a bit more of a softer side. Good one to end the podcast on I think.
00:38:32
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The dreams are still thick in my head Cause my legs are moving hard My morning eyes are blurry Cause they water in the sun It sinks too small for my head So I shave around my face The coffee helps it dawn on me I woke up at your place
00:39:23
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The clouds are moving fast All your neighbors chart my movement So I sit and think about the past I spend my time just making plans I have good plans here in my hands You ripped them all to pieces And you blew away the sand
00:40:38
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My dreams are still thick in my head as my legs are moving on My morning eyes are blurry as they water in the sun It sinks too small for my head so I shave around my face
00:41:43
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Hopefully. I listened to that for the first time in years, about a week or so ago. no It's just a nice thing. Very simple. I think there's a bit of a sour chord, which I think I stole from Weezer. And I think I was definitely in my, I like Stephen Malcomus guitar playing phase. So there's a lot of Malcomus in that guitar bit. Yeah. You know, and a very, very simple song. I like it.
00:42:15
Speaker
Yeah, it's good. I enjoyed it. It was nice. And I actually forgot that Jim sang on it as well. Until I listened to it about a week or so ago. Sometimes it's nice to just...
00:42:28
Speaker
I don't know, it was good that we recorded some songs that were a bit more straightforward, I think. Yeah. Well, I mean, it was from the heart, you know what I mean? It was written at a time when I was writing biographically about meeting somebody. And it's that moment of right realising that things have changed, you know, the course of your life has changed when you've met someone. Yeah. And that is what it's about. Yeah. And and also, I quite like the wake up and smell the cat food thing. It's like, you know,
00:42:56
Speaker
wake up and smell the coffee it's like realization in it you know yeah that's it you know we had like quite a pro sound on the vocals with that reverb it was wasn't it yeah it was all right it was good i'd said it sounds like ringo star but yeah i don't know when did he say that when he first heard it
00:43:17
Speaker
He's a wonderful man. I'm not saying in any way that he hasn't been supportive because he's driven us to various random places around the country over the years. He did do, back in the olden days. But he really didn't want to hear our stuff because I guess he heard it in the house.
00:43:32
Speaker
There you go. Wake up and smell the cat food. So I think that one is probably going to go on the best of because every episode we try and choose at least one of our songs to go on an imaginary conceptual best of Johnny Domino. Which is not really conceptual anymore. because We've already released the first volume and I think we're getting near to having enough songs for a second volume. It's happening, so with a possibly I think I'm going to preempt the fact that you're probably not going to want to include Friday night is on to in the alternative night. It's just a waste of it's a waste of zeros and ones. Yeah, and I think you probably want to put that one on because we both quite enjoyed it, didn't we?
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So ah that one's probably going to go on the best of when it eventually is released. Yes, I need to have a look at how many songs we've got. yeah yeah I think we'll get in there.
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There is exciting news that we are going to have something else out to listen to fairly soon, hopefully as well. yes because a few well A few episodes ago, we had a series of episodes called All Them Trimmings based on some lyrics that we found in an old
Future Plans and Listener Gratitude
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book. The lyrics took us on a journey.
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Lots of people recorded some songs based on the lyrics, and we're going to put them together into a compilation. So yeah that's going to be good. Yes. And that's going to come out soon, hopefully. So stay tuned. Yep, yep, yep. That's all coming into place. It's all coming together now. I've seen the cover artwork. It's beautiful. There you go. Thank you very much ah for listening to This Our Johnny Domino. If you're enjoying the podcast, please. And I am. And I am. I am enjoying it. But I'm just going to pause you there for a moment. Oh, good. Quick question. yeah what What's your favourite band? I was thinking about Will's song. Favourite band with animals in?
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favourite band with animals? Well, I like Animal Collective. I like Panda Bear. I like Grizzly Bear. I mean, there's a lot of bears. Who else do I like? Pomekani and the Frog Chorus? They're all They're all good. Do you know what the best band with the animals is? Well, I know you're going to tell me. What, the animals? That's a bit basic. No, no, no. I've been listening to the animals, the song, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood.
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You know that one? Remember that one? so Yeah, obviously. Yeah, right. Yeah. The Animals from Newcastle upon Tyne. And I've listened to the song. It's a great song. And it's a good version, actually. But when you listen to that version of the song, it is a song sung by a man who is passing the blame onto other people or another person for them not understanding him, basically. If you listen to the lyrics, right, it's like he's talking about, you know,
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Baby, can you understand me now? Sometimes I get a little mad. Don't you know, no one alive can always be an angel when things go wrong. I seem to go bad. You know, he's ah he's he's apologizing, but he's in a way he sounds very proud of the fact that he's a bit of a dick.
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Yeah baby sometimes I'm so carefree with joy that's hard to hide. Yeah it's other times it seems like all I ever to have is worry and that you're bound to see my other side.
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Yeah. You know, it's one of those songs when you listen to the lyrics a bit, you sort of think, this is wrong. This is not a nice guy. He's not a nice guy. This is not a nice guy, right? Yeah, yeah. Particularly when it's sung by Eric Burden. He's got a great voice, obviously, but he's doing that kind of blues thing. And it just makes you think this is a guy who's going to like slap you down, right? It's a bit getting harder. It is. But then, you know the song was not written by the animals, right? No.
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It was written for Nina Simone. And her version came out a year before the animals. And that version is completely different. You really need to listen to them both, but listen to the animals first and then listen to the Nina Simone one, right? Because the difference is you believe her It's exactly the same lyrics, but you believe her and you want to believe her and you feel her pain, right? Yeah. She's basically admitting that she's a faulty human being. She's admitting that she kind of makes mistakes and she does things wrong and sometimes she's going to hurt you. You don't get that from the animals. You don't get that from the animals. And I mentioned Trump and Harris in the last episode, right? Yeah. and the whole American politics thing. and I've been thinking on it, and I was thinking on it a lot, and I was thinking it on it while I was listening to these versions of this song. ah You know what? Trump is like the animals version. yeah right He's a cartoon bad man who will slap you down in a fit of anger and tell you that it's your fault. Paris is like Nina Simone version. She's a woman that you want to believe in. She's admitting her faults. She's human.
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And you really, really want to believe that she's being honest. So if you want to insight into American politics, listen to those those two songs. Those two versions of that song. Yeah. Because that's how that's how I see it.
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The ironic thing is there's that a saying about taking, selling coals to Newcastle and the animals are from Newcastle and they were basically trying to sell soul to America, sell it back to them in the way that... And they did, didn't they? Yes, they did. They were very successful. But the Nina Simone version is the one. Is astoundingly good. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So that is the song that I would tell you to go and listen to now after you finish this podcast.
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