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All Them Trimmings - Part 1
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Back in the olden days, brothers Giles and Steve took inspiration and knowledge from a sacred text. That text was the (now out of print) book “Rock Talk” by Julian Colbeck. Within its hallowed pages were the lyrics to a song with no title, a song they could only imagine.
Until now.
In this episode the Domino boys listen to a selection of newly recorded versions of that very song! Will they they push it too far? Or throw it all away?
Or could they discover new levels of poignancy and truth in the lyrics, with the help of their talented friends?
[Verse]
Searching for time that just is not there.
Does it always have to take this long?
You said don’t push it too far, just let it fade away.
But I felt I had to do something before we threw it all away.
[Chorus]
Just a dash of creativity that's all it needed.
Creativity
with all of them trimmings that come with love.
[Verse]
So take heed,
before you jump that gun
settle your conscience.
Can't you see what I see?
Girl, are you blind
to the ways of the lovin' man?
You need. . .
[Repeat Chorus]
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Transcript
Escape Through Music
00:00:00
Speaker
Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got. Taking a break from all your worries sure would help a lot. Wouldn't you like to get away? Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name and they're always glad you came. You want to be where you can see our troubles are all the same.
00:00:30
Speaker
You want to be where everybody knows your name. Hello? Hello?
00:00:58
Speaker
Anybody there? Yes, I'm still here. Oh, good. Excellent. Hi. Thank you for
A Unique Episode Format
00:01:05
Speaker
joining us. Thank you. Thank you for joining us for another episode of this our Johnny Domino podcast, where myself and my brother Giles, bro, bro, bro. Listen to songs that we recorded in the past and talk about them. This episode is slightly different because we are not doing that.
00:01:27
Speaker
We're doing something different, aren't we? We're doing something different. It's nice to be back. It's been a while. We've had a little bit of a gap.
Steve's Relocation Adventure
00:01:35
Speaker
We have. And that's because Steve's been moving house. I've been relocating. Did it go all right? Did it go all right? It is still going okay. That was good. You know what it is, you just live out of boxes and suitcases for a while. But, importantly, the stereo is set up.
00:01:56
Speaker
That's good. That's the main thing. That's what's important. Well, I enjoyed the break actually. It was nice to have a rest from listening to music and trying to formulate coherent thoughts. Excellent. I think I'm having trouble with that today. But I think we'll warm up eventually.
Listener-Created Songs
00:02:15
Speaker
Yeah, this episode we are going to be listening to songs that have been sent in by people. Yes. Which they've made up in response to our challenge. The challenge being to write songs.
00:02:32
Speaker
round the lyrics that were included in the book Rock Talk written by Julian Colbeck. As we mentioned previously, Rock Talk by Julian Colbeck is a book that I was bought I think by Jim and throughout the years it has given us a great deal of entertainment, mostly in the page of lyrics written by a band called Out to Lunch.
00:02:57
Speaker
Out to lunch. Dale and John T. Who were there making their songs up in their bedroom. Yeah.
00:03:07
Speaker
And they were trying to make it. They were talking to record companies, weren't they? And we learned everything we know from them, really. From that book, definitely, yes. It's a 44-page hardback pamphlet, basically. It's not a biting expose of the rock business. But those lyrics have been very, very entertaining. The lyrics made us laugh. And the lyrics are very weird. They're really strange.
00:03:36
Speaker
The weirdness of the lyrics has come through even more. Now we've got some different versions of the song that people have recorded. They're extremely weird lyrics, it turns out. And it's been really interesting hearing how different people have interpreted them.
Quality of Listener Submissions
00:03:55
Speaker
Yeah, every submission that we've had has been completely different, which I think is really interesting. The thing that worries me sometimes is that quite a few of the submissions, the music is too good for the words.
00:04:11
Speaker
you know, people have used up some really, really good music on some fairly chunky lyrics. I don't know. I think this is some quite, some quite talented people out there, you know, and you know, and anyway, I'm not, I don't want to suck ass too much, but yeah, they're pretty talented. And actually I was thinking today, we need to also discuss
00:04:36
Speaker
further ideas for engagement opportunities because this one's working quite well. Yeah. Right. So we need to also discuss, Steve, what what we might do next, you know, other further challenges. What else can we get people to write songs for?
00:04:52
Speaker
That is a very good question. Can we just say that this challenge is not over? So if anybody's listening thinking they've missed their chance, you haven't.
Release Plans for Listener Songs
00:05:02
Speaker
This is the first of a couple of episodes that we'll be doing looking at the submissions that we've had. And if anybody's got any burning desires to get on board, we would be more than happy to receive your specimen.
00:05:17
Speaker
Your sample. Your sample, yes. We'll process your sample. Now wash your hands. But the plan is that eventually it will appear as a collection on Bandcamp. It can't really go anywhere else because we are using somebody else's
00:05:35
Speaker
lyrical content, but we might stick it up for free on Bandcamp. That's the plan at the moment, maybe on Artists Against Success. But as we've said, it's been really great to hear from people and to hear what they have done with these lyrics that don't really scan and are rhythmically and linguistically challenging. A bit weird. A bit weird.
00:06:01
Speaker
In another little bit of housekeeping, as we mentioned previously, the first volume of the Best of This Are Johnny Domino is available everywhere now.
Podcast Music Available on Streaming
00:06:13
Speaker
Streaming services is on Spotify, Apple Music, it's on Bandcamp, it is on 7digital, it's everywhere.
00:06:23
Speaker
It's on TikTok. So if any of you have young children who are doing TikTokers, let's get a TikTok dance going. Let's do it. Why not? Please press gang your children into making a TikTok reel of a dance to, I don't know. How music is killing. How music is killing, taping. I knew you were going to go for that one. That'll be good. Or maybe the last mod. Beautiful.
00:06:50
Speaker
a really moody dance. Are you ready to go into the first song? Yes. So the song...
00:06:59
Speaker
I haven't got a title in the book. No. And I don't know. I think the title has evolved into All Them Trimmings. All of Them Trimmings. Because that's all of Them Trimmings? I think the lyrics, All of Them Trimmings that come with love. OK. OK.
Discussing 'All Them Trimmings'
00:07:19
Speaker
That's a terrible title, man. OK. I just want to call it All Them Trimmings. All Them Trimmings.
00:07:26
Speaker
Let's call it All Them Trimmings. All Them Trimmings, first version by Will. I think it sounds a bit like Kurt Weil crossed with Ian Curtis. Interesting. Will is my friend and he also plays with me in the band Frankie Machine and he's recording his songs under his name, Wilbraham.
00:08:02
Speaker
It sets you for time, but justice is not bad
00:08:34
Speaker
She doesn't always have to pretend it's gone Said don't push it too far, just let it fade away Well I felt that I had to do something Before we flew it all away She's the dash of the entity
00:09:04
Speaker
That's all I needed. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
00:09:42
Speaker
So take it with me, follow me, tell her that I care. Assess her little conscience. Don't you see why I see it better than you are? Take it when you don't want it back.
00:10:11
Speaker
Just to dash along with the ecstasy Whoa, that's all that we hear Whoa, all the ecstasy Whoa, all the, all the things that come with us
00:11:44
Speaker
It's been a while since I've listened to that because we'll send that in a long time ago. That's better than I remember it being.
Musical Adaptations Enhance Lyrics
00:11:51
Speaker
I mean, I thought it was great when I first heard it, but that's really, really good. Maybe you're in a better mood today. Well, that music is that music is way too good for those words. It's not. It's not. It's not. And I like the fact that he tried to make the lyrics fit better by adding a whoa.
00:12:11
Speaker
Oh man, I really like the... No, it's great. I really like the WOWO. I really like the WOWO. No, me too, me too, me too. And he added the WOWO. Because you've got to do something to make those words scan.
00:12:32
Speaker
As you'll find out when you list the other ones, no you don't. But I think with that it really works. I like the fact that Will did. Yeah. And you know he's made a pretty good job of that I think. That's a nice piece of work that.
00:12:51
Speaker
It's got a nice vibe to it. It's got, it reminded me of Chris Isaacs, some of the guitar playing actually. A little bit, yeah. But I can hear what you said, Kurt Weil crossed with Joy Division. I know what you're saying. Yeah, Kurt Weil with Ian Curtis singing. Yeah, it's good. And he's just like, he's kind of like took it in his own direction. And I think the lyrics
00:13:18
Speaker
sound kind of more meaningful on that one actually. Yes. He made me believe the lyrics. I was starting to think that, you know. Yeah. Maybe I should settle my conscience before I jump back on. Yeah. And I really do need just a little creativity. Yeah. I mean, are you blind to the ways of the loving man? Maybe you are.
00:13:46
Speaker
And they do. Anyway, I did. He sold the lyrics to me. I believed it. And it was a level of poignancy that was, you know, before then undiscovered. Yeah. So well done. Well, good start. You know, did a cracking job. I think that was for the first one. We started off with a good one there. We came out of the gun hot.
00:14:11
Speaker
Yes, he does. Will has children, right? He does. So I'm just trying to think about Will's creativity, you see, and his creativity. And he made that in a spare moment, right? Yeah. Spare moments in between fatherly and family duties. Yeah. And how do you think the parental effects your creativity? How do I?
00:14:39
Speaker
Yeah. How do you think it affects your creativity? It just makes it hard to find the time. I think a lot of the people who have submitted music, you know, we're all of a similar sort of age. We've all got kids. We've all got family responsibilities. We've all got work responsibilities. And the fact that people are using this as a way to engage with their creativity. Searching for time that just is not there. Wow.
00:15:09
Speaker
Does it always have to take this long? Wow, this song has more layers than I ever imagined. Yeah, you said don't push it too far.
00:15:20
Speaker
Just let it fade away. But I had to do something. Something before we left. Because you do feel like you have to do something, don't you? You do. I mean, otherwise it's going to fade away. No. I mean, you do feel like you sometimes seriously know you do feel like you've got to do something or you're going to go freaking mad.
00:15:40
Speaker
Yes. Right. Because you need to do something for yourself, right? Yeah. You need a bit of creativity. You need to get it out of your system because you can't just spend your entire life.
00:15:55
Speaker
doing the right thing for other people. Does that make sense? It does. Am I going too deep? A little bit. I mean, we're one song in and we're already kind of painting these lyrics as a great work of literature. But that song makes me feel that though. It's got layers. Do you know what I mean? The way that Will did it and thinking about Will and thinking about the way he
00:16:23
Speaker
portrayed those lyrics that did I got that feeling you know yeah that's what it said to me it was about that hmm you know heroic heroic I thought that was that was a heroic version yes the heroic father I'm sure he'll be loving all of this yes but hey that's that's track one I'm close to tears
00:16:50
Speaker
I'm not crying, but I am close to tears. You're close to tears. Close. You're not crying. I'm the crier. I cry on my own in the car. We're not in the car at the moment. Okay. Shall we go to the next one?
00:17:04
Speaker
Yeah, longtime listeners will remember the name of Leon, who was the first entrant into the eternal halls of the four-track gods with his recordings by Uncle Sham and the jazz-funk freestyle workout of Nice Trombone.
Leon’s Quick Songwriting
00:17:23
Speaker
Now, Leon got in touch and he sent a song under his recording name, erstwhile friend.
00:17:30
Speaker
I'm just going to read you his description. He said, I set myself a two-hour deadline to write and record the thing last night and I just about made it. Started with a loop using lap steel and pedalboard, added some synth bass. The vocal is the first and only take, which is why the timing is shit in parts, and then stuck on some atmospheric twiddly bits in the choruses. I usually overthink and labour my recordings, so I wanted to break free of that in the Johnny Domino spirit of things.
00:18:00
Speaker
Hmm. Definitely. And he says, PS, those lyrics are shit though, aren't they? So I think Leon struggled a little bit to fit the words in. Well, I have listened to this and there is an interesting, there's a telling point in this song that I want you to listen out for folks because, you know,
00:18:23
Speaker
We're going to know these lyrics very well by the end of these episodes. But at a point where Leon sings the line about girl you blind to the ways of living man, he says girl you are blind. It's a subtle twist.
00:18:45
Speaker
But I think it suits the mood of this song. It says, girl, you are blind, not are you blind. It's quite more declarative. Interesting. It is a subtle distinction. It's quite a subtle song. There's a high sound that comes in on the chorus, which lifts it a little bit. You got to get into the mood for this one.
00:19:16
Speaker
this is a fairly obvious reference that i think it sounds like but okay we'll talk about that at the end
00:19:57
Speaker
Until I fall, fall, fall
00:20:14
Speaker
you
00:21:09
Speaker
always home.
00:21:29
Speaker
With all
00:22:29
Speaker
always home
00:23:55
Speaker
Blimey, it's got cold in here. Girl, you are blind to the ways of loving man. It is interesting how much that changes it. Yeah, that was Leon's version. Yes.
Leon’s Radiohead Mood
00:24:09
Speaker
Liked it. What was the reference you thought?
00:24:12
Speaker
Well, it kind of made me think of videotape by radio ads. Okay. It's got that kind of bleakness to it. Yeah. I think that is like, for me, probably one of the most depressing radio ad songs actually. That's a long list. Yeah.
00:24:28
Speaker
I guess. I don't really like that Radiohead song very much, but I quite, I do like Leon's song. So it's not, it's not a massive reference, but it just, it's something about the vocals and stuff. What do you think? It made me think of Sparkle Horse. Yeah. A bit of Sparkle Horse, uh, crossed with, you know, the disintegration loops. Oh yeah. No, I don't know what you're on about. No idea. I said yes, but I don't know what you're talking about.
00:24:58
Speaker
The Disintegration Loops is a series of albums by an American composer whose name is William Basinski. And what he did, he had a load of tape loops and he wanted to digitize them. But he basically let them play for an extended period of time because the tapes were falling apart. So throughout the process of them playing back as tape loops, they start to disintegrate. Yeah.
00:25:27
Speaker
And then when he completed it, it coincided with the 9-11 attacks. He was in Brooklyn. So he saw all of that happening while he was working on the music. So it kind of got tied together. They're really great. But there's something similar to it. I was thinking it's a bit this mortal coil as well.
00:25:51
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. It made me... I don't know. Like I was saying, different versions make me kind of focus on different bits of the lyrics. What are all them trimmings that come with love? Because in that version, I was thinking that the trimmings are the things that get cut off you. Oh man. And they're not like the... They're not like the extra accoutrements that come with love.
00:26:21
Speaker
Pretty little non-essential flourishes. No, they're the trimmings, the bit that get cut away. It's the gristle. It's the gristle, the trimmings. All those bits of crap that come with love. Wow. Yeah. We're shedding the trimmings. We're shedding the trimmings.
00:26:43
Speaker
On that one, we're definitely shedding the trimmings. Good God. We're losing. You're losing parts of yourself on that one, aren't you? Yeah. With love. Because, you know, that's part of the bargain, innit, mate? Excellent. We're having fun, aren't we? I never knew this song had so much in it. I think what we need to do is we need to get funky.
00:27:08
Speaker
See, we need to get funky. We need to get funky in a kind of antipodean kind of way. Oh, do we? I think we do. I think I know where we're going with this.
Mark’s INXS Influence
00:27:19
Speaker
We're going with our dear friend, Mark Elston, ex of the Johnny Domino Experience and also of the Liberty Ship and Bulldozer Crash. And I'm sure there are other bands he's been in. He's a bit of a whore, to be honest. He's a bit of a whore, is that what you said? That's nice. Anyway, he did a version of All Them Trimmings and he was very much channeling
00:27:49
Speaker
and antipody in front pop sex God. Well, there's only one in there. Well, unless you're thinking of deleting of men at work, it's got to be it's got to be your man Hutchins. Yeah, definitely. This made me go back and listen to the song that is obviously ripping off. And at the beginning of I Need You Tonight by In XS, Michael Hutchinson's whispers
00:28:18
Speaker
I don't think it's panned. So it's in Eureka. He says, come over here. But now, mate, get out of here, mate. On this version, Elston whispers, you're right. Now then.
00:28:40
Speaker
Which, which is a nice little different take on it. It's like, it's like, that's, that's his chat line. You're all right now then. So are we all ready for that? It's John Shortworth. You're all right. Right. Come on then.
00:29:26
Speaker
Searching for time, the just is not there Does it always have to take this long? You said don't push it too far, just let it fade away But I had to say something before we threw it all
00:29:53
Speaker
Just a dash of creativity, that's all it needs Creativity with all of them trimmings Creativity, that's all it needs With all of them trimmings
00:30:20
Speaker
Before you drop that gun, settle your conscience Can't you see what I see? Girl, I invite you to the wings of a loving man I invite you to the wings of a loving man Just to dash your creativity That's all it means Creativity with all of the trimmings Creativity That's all it means
00:30:56
Speaker
Creativity, that's all it needs Creativity, we've all been treated
00:31:33
Speaker
There's some quite worrying noises at the end of that one. I feel like I had a bit too much of an insight into his personal life there. Oh God.
00:31:50
Speaker
But I did enjoy it. I did enjoy it. That was a good one. It was a good one. I like the emphasis on the word dash. It was just a dash of creativity. He emphasized the dash, right? No one else did that, I don't think. The treatments that come with love. Yeah. He's got a bit of dash, as in the Alston. He's got a dash there.
00:32:15
Speaker
Just a dash. A splash. A splash of light. Yeah, that's it. And yeah, yeah, it's good. You could definitely see where he was coming from with it, couldn't you really? It's a pity. We never saw any of that influence in his work with Johnny Domino or previously in his own solo work, really.
INXS's Bold Album Release
00:32:37
Speaker
it would have been nice to have a bit more of the kind of the in excess influence coming through. I didn't realise it was his bag so much, you know. I was not sure if it was. I mean, there were bits where it kind of some of it came across as a bit of a Franz Ferdinand type funky guitar bit, that sort of kind of thing. And, you know, it's a big orange juice fan as well. Yeah. So it's not a huge leap really from from that.
00:33:06
Speaker
But we were talking before we started recording about INXS because we knew we were going to be talking about that song. And you said, what can you say about INXS? What can you say? And we kind of struggled until I remembered the story of as a band, there was old school friends and they spent a lot of time recording an album that they were convinced was going to be the one that really broke them. And they presented it to their record label.
00:33:35
Speaker
and the record label offered them a million dollars to bin it and re-record it or come away with something completely different because they didn't hear any songs that were going to cross over. A million dollars? A million dollars. That's how much the record label hated it. They hated it.
00:33:57
Speaker
piddling little Australian band and they were trying to break into America and the record label said, just destroy it. We'll pay you that much for it. And the band stuck by their guns and they believed in that album.
00:34:12
Speaker
And that album was Kick, which was obviously the album that broke them. It was a massive global smash, wasn't it? Massive global smash. Made that money a lot of times over, I imagine. Yes. So credit to them really for sticking to their guns, you know. The cajonas, and that's how much record labels know about music. Yeah, exactly. And the other thing I just wanted to mention, we don't often mention other podcasts, but
00:34:38
Speaker
There is a great podcast that people should listen to called Disgraceland, if you've never listened to it before, which is a podcast which kind of details the more seedy and sordid aspects of rock and roll history. And it's very well produced. It's great. It's a very well-established podcast. You probably have heard it before. But there's a really good episode on INXS and Michael Hitchens, which
00:35:02
Speaker
is really well done, isn't it? Yeah, it's really nicely done.
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00:35:06
Speaker
And it makes his story quite moving. Yeah, not yet. The structure of it is really is really well done. Disgrace lines kind of branched out into doing things that aren't just about rock stars, they're doing things more about about actors and chefs. And you know,
00:35:24
Speaker
artists and things like that. But originally it was strictly all about rock stars. Sometimes tonally they can be a little bit icky. But as you say, the Michael audience one is particularly good. It's definitely worth listening to. Yeah. Cool. Well, thanks Mark. That was a good one. Nice to hear from you again. Absolutely. Always nice to hear from anyone, really.
00:35:51
Speaker
Really, really nice. We don't really want much. No, just, just get touch. Yeah. Right. Okay. Well, we're going for now. Okay. Well, the last one from this selection of trimmings, the last, the last one today is from Ian Turner.
Ian Turner’s 80s Pop Style
00:36:10
Speaker
Ian is recording under the name of motorcade one. Okay.
00:36:15
Speaker
But you will remember Ian because he was me. I will. I will. You will remember. You will remember. I'm talking to you. Me, not the listener. I don't like to assume that anyone's listening, but Ian was one half of Derby, indie pop legends, the Almanacs. Yeah, well, his name is Ian Almanac. That's how I know that. Well, he's not. That's not actually his name, unfortunately. Well, it is.
00:36:42
Speaker
Okay well you know in a similar way i was steve miller. Yes the best of steve miller the best i was the best of steve miller and he was. One sided flex the best of steve miller.
00:37:01
Speaker
Yeah, the best of Ian Almanac and he's done his own version of this. I don't want to be self aggrandizing, but I'm going to be. Ian sent us a really nice message. I'm not going to read it all, but what I really liked about it is it ties into what we were saying because
00:37:20
Speaker
he's enjoying the podcast and he said it's helped me to start getting creative again and thinking about ideas for songs that started with doing a version of what he calls out to lunch but is now all them trimmins and hasn't really stopped since.
00:37:38
Speaker
And I think that's really great, isn't it? Yeah, that's great news. Send us some more stuff when you do it, Ian. Yeah. That sounds great, man. And I've also asked him to kind of look into his archives because the Al Menax, they were like mid to late eighties, I think, when we started playing in Derby as the Millers, which was maybe early nineties then, early nineties. But yeah, he, they were definitely around and we used to see them play.
00:38:08
Speaker
Yeah. But it's nice that he's getting just a dash of creativity in his life. That's all he needed. Anyway, this is Ian's version, Motocaid Wharton's version of Out to Lunch slash All Them Trimmins. Let's go.
00:38:40
Speaker
I set you for time Just to start there Does it always have to take this wrong? You said, don't push it too far Just let it fade away But I thought I had to do something Before we threw it all away
00:39:09
Speaker
Just a dash of creativity That's all we needed Creativity, ripple and drizz
00:39:47
Speaker
So take me before you turn that gun. Settle your conscience. Can't you see what I see, girl? Are you blind to the ways of the loving man?
00:40:15
Speaker
Just a dash of creativity That's all it needed Creativity, ripple and drizzle
00:40:55
Speaker
So,
00:41:18
Speaker
Nice. I'm liking the atmosphere at the end of that. I love that organ bit at the end as well. That's great. It's really lovely. It's really lovely.
00:41:33
Speaker
I like the fact that you've got like a minor key verse and then it kind of lifts it by going to the major in the chorus and it's just a really nicely written song. Artfully done. Artfully done. Yes. Beautiful. I love that. Quality. Does it remind you anything? Did it bring anything to mind, that version? Any kind of references there? Possibly.
00:42:04
Speaker
Yeah, a particularly 80s style of kind of bedroom pop, like Lloyd Cole or Phelps or something like that. Yeah, kind of. And I really like that sort of thing anyway. It made me think of it's immaterial. Driving away from home. Driving away from home.
00:42:25
Speaker
It's kind of like a road type song. It's got a bit of momentum to it. And it made me think of that. I really like that song. A nice little song. Driving away from home. That's a cool song. He goes, I like that shop too. You can get anything there. So just get in and we'll go for a ride. Anyway, so that's good. We like that. Very much enjoyed that.
00:42:51
Speaker
I particularly like the focus on that come with love from there. See, everybody emphasises different bits. It's great. But when it goes, it sort of goes back into the minor as he sings that come with love. Yeah. So maybe those trimmings, you know, you get all the great stuff of love, but then you get lots of trimmings as well.
00:43:15
Speaker
You know, it goes to the minor a little bit. Yeah, yeah, it's wistful. It's wistful, but maybe it's not all, you know, rainbows and flowers. It's not. Sometimes you've got to have an argument about who's going to put the bin out. But every week, we have to argue about it every week. It seems that way. Yeah. It seems that way sometimes. Yeah, man, seriously. Yeah, so I was just thinking about it's immaterial.
00:43:45
Speaker
You see, I preferred the follow-up single, which didn't do anything. It was called Ed's Funky Diner. Ed's Funky... Yeah, yeah. Okay. I don't even remember that one. No, it was a good one. It was a pretty good one.
00:44:01
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I'll listen to it. Okay. But yeah, it's funky diner bite. It's immaterial. Good. Good. Yeah. Wow. So there you go. We've had four versions of all them trimmings. We've had some of all of them trimmings.
00:44:18
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Yeah, it's been very nice. I've enjoyed it. It's been good. There is no prize. It's just fun to do it, right? The prize is doing it. The prize is doing it. The prize is doing it. And I have been thinking about...
Future Song Challenge Themes
00:44:34
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further engagement opportunities. We need we need some more ideas for things that people can write songs about. Yes. Or different, you know, different themes, if you like. Yeah, like a topic or or something like that. Maybe. Yeah. You got any? You got any? No, no, I'm just saying we will think about it. I'm still I'm still stuck in the trimmings. I've got a few. Here we go. Oh, good. Go on. Hot tubs.
00:45:04
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Hot tubs. Yeah, but you were talking about how Elston's version, the kind of funky noises that he made at the end, made you feel like you were hearing too much information. What about hot tubs? Hot tub kids. That's the title. Hot tub kids. Oh, okay. What about if we set people the challenge to write songs, a song about different birds of the UK?
00:45:35
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Yeah. Look, I'll just let you get it out of your system. Come on. Come on. Let's have a look. You don't like that one. You don't like that one. But I don't mind any of them. OK. Maybe the listener can let us know which they like. What about this one, right? OK, this might be a bit high concept. Literal versions of theme songs from classic movies.
00:46:02
Speaker
Okay. So, for example, you know, you do a version of the theme tune from a movie, but then you make the lyrics literally describe what happens in the movie. Oh, now that I quite like. Yeah. Okay. So just remind me what the Star Wars tune goes like.
00:46:22
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That's it. Tatooine. Tatooine. Yeah. That's interesting.
00:46:47
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Yes. He met a space pirate and his furry friend. You've lost me now. What about songs about being over 50? That's too depressing, isn't it? Yes.
00:47:09
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Look, all of these songs, we basically took all of those songs and made them to be about being over 50. What songs? Yeah, all of them trimmings. We took all of those trimmings. They're all about, it's all about different aspects of being over 50, isn't it? Yeah, pretty much. So, you know, isn't there? What about songs about really boring consumer items? Okay.
00:47:37
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I don't know. I'll keep thinking that. I can tell you don't like any of those ideas. Save all these great ideas for later. OK, I'll try and come up with some more.
00:47:48
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But as we said earlier, this is the first volume of the submissions, the specimens, the samples that have been given to us of different people's work using a source material, the words by Dale and Jonty, for the song, Buy Out To Lunch, and we're calling it All Them Trimmins.
Gratitude for Listener Participation
00:48:12
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I'd like to say thank you to Will, Leon,
00:48:15
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Mark and Ian for submitting their work to us. We've really, really, really enjoyed listening to them. We did. Especially because all of them are so completely different. Yeah. And if you're inspired by this, the lyrics to the song are on the show notes. And if you want to have a go at recording one, you can record a version of the song and we'll include it in a future episode, definitely.
00:48:41
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Yeah, yeah, definitely. All submissions greatly received. The challenge is not over. I'm sure there are many more interpretations that are possible. But I think we might, on the next episode, go back to a more pure version of the podcast. Stick into its roots. We're not selling out, are we, Steve? Talking about us. Us, us, us. Yeah. We're going to go back to the stuff that the people didn't like, as usual. Yes.
00:49:09
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Thank you very much for listening to the podcast. Hold on a minute. Wait a second. Not finished yet. Okay. I've got, I've got another section. I've got a question for you. Question for you. Go on. Right. Okay. Well, just, you know, I just want to again, flag up the fact that the best of this, our Johnny Domino volume one is out and available on Spotify and other music streaming platforms.
00:49:33
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Yes. And the front cover is, well, I think it's a fairly intriguing image, but then I would, of a man on a horse. Or as we would say in Ilkeston, a mester on a bobbo. Yeah. And the question is, which one of us is the rider and which one of us is the horse,
Humorous Cover Art Debate
00:49:54
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Steve? Yes, that was the question that was put to me.
00:49:57
Speaker
Well, what do you think? I mean, I think the answer's fairly clear that I am the rider. And I am the horse. And you are the horse. But anyone else got any thoughts on that? Let us know. Absolutely. Let's throw it open to people. Throw it open to people. Oh, and the t-shirt. I'll show you on Instagram. Yes.
00:50:22
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If you want to buy one, you can get one. I'll send you the link. They're not very cheap though, but you can buy a t-shirt of the album cover. That'd be amazing. It's pretty cool. Yeah, I might get one. What colour are the t-shirts going to be? Whatever colour you want. I've got a white one. What was it Elston said at the start of this song?
00:50:47
Speaker
You're eight. He said something like, you're all right. You're all right. Now then. Steady. I'd love it if you go, steady, you're eight. Lovely. Thank you very much for listening to the podcast. Please subscribe and like wherever you're listening to right now.
00:51:15
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and go to the show notes, follow the links, connect with us on Instagram and Facebook, listen to our stuff on Spotify and other less controversial streaming services. And we'll talk to you again in a couple of weeks. We will. It's been fun. Look after yourselves and we'll see you soon. Steady on. Now then, you're out.
00:51:56
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