What are you listening to right now? v2.0

[tufty79]

SpookyFrank, i am very, *very* scared that i might know you irl

 

[tufty79]

 

[tufty79]

 

[tufty79]

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

 

[tufty79]

 

[tufty79]

i want a drunken night in with this beardy fantastic man.

 

[tufty79]

i have a huge braincrush on tim savyfav

 

[yardbird]

a bit of fiddle

 

[tufty79]

my middle namesake

 

[tufty79]

my middle namesake

his bio *sort of* explains why:

1980-83.
Goes to live in France to paint, first to Arles for 6 months, then a small village west of Nimes. There he discovers the songs of Belgian singer/songwriter Jacques Brel. His initial interest from songs heard on the radio is compounded when he sees Brel on TV singing 'Amsterdam' in October 1981, the third anniversary of his death. Inspired by the great man he determines to 'have a go' himself.

On his return to England he is taught to sing by his mother, herself trained at the Royal Academy of Music, and begins working on his first songs. Changes his name to Jeays after his maternal great-great-grandfather 'Grandpa Jeays', a man who had twelve daughters, thus ensuring the name died out.

this song does it better though.




If one day you see him there
All misty eyes and greying hair
If your children stop and stare
To see him in that state
When he can no longer speak his name
Nor ever sing a song again
Nor take the credit or the blame
For all those past mistakes
Say
If you had known him way back then
Before the rot of age set in
When he rolled his eyes and revelled in
The errors of his ways
If you had known that man I knew
And not this wreck in front of you
I might have introduced you to
A younger Mr Jeays

When all aflame with youthful zest
He raised his eyes and raised his fist
And shouted God does not exist
Controversial Mr Jeays
When he stood up with a passion for
An end to violence and war
And said tax the rich and feed the poor
Oh bravo Mr Jeays

Oh if you had known him way back then
Before the rot of age set in
When he rolled his eyes and revelled in
The errors of his ways
If you had known that man I knew
And not this wreck in front of you
I might have introduced you to
The rebel Mr Jeays

When he took it all upon himself
To try and gain enormous wealth
Singing songs all about himself
Tragic Mr Jeays
When on Beachy Head above the rocks
His true love he gave unorthodox
His last Rolo in a jewellery box
Romantic Mr Jeays
Oh if you had known him way back then
Before the rot of age set in
When he rolled his eyes and revelled in
The errors of his ways
If you had known that man I knew
And not this wreck in front of you
I might have introduced you to
The dreamer Mr Jeays

And while others worked their lives away
He sat in the park all day
Dreaming poetic things to say
Conscientious Mr Jeays
Sitting there with his cocker spaniel
That he decided to call Daniel
With his pen and pad and his rhyming manual
Talented Mr Jeays

Oh if you had known him way back then
Before the rot of age set in
When he rolled his eyes and revelled in
The errors of his ways
If you had known that man I knew
And not this wreck in front of you
I might have introduced you to
The work-shy Mr Jeays

So if one day you see him there
All misty eyes and greying hair
If your children stop and stare
To see him in that state
When he can no longer speak his name
Nor ever sing a song again
Nor take the credit or the blame
For all those past mistakes
Say

If you had known him way back then
Before the rot of age set in
When he rolled his eyes and revelled in
The errors of his ways
If you had known that man I knew
And not this wreck in front of you
I might have introduced you to
A younger Mr Jeays


/jc3 moment

 

[tufty79]

he is also responsible for my guitar being called geoff.

 

[Sprocket.]

 

[SpookyFrank]

SpookyFrank, i am very, *very* scared that i might know you irl

Don't be scared, I'm actually very nice. And I'm pretty sure I don't know you, I don't really know anyone.

 

[SpookyFrank]

One of my favourite tunes atm.

 

[tufty79]

LOUD

 

[tufty79]

 

[Treacle Toes]

 

[tufty79]

fucking nice one rutita that was on the pre-show mixtape thing that was playing at the manchester gig just before this lot came out on stage when they toured to launch this album. thank you, you've just got me switched on to a fighting music playlist

 

[tufty79]

'we don't bleed when we don't fight'

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Listening to the Orb. Quite good for a boring train journey, and to drown out the noise of kids in the carriage.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Been gardening, shopping, plotting, calling and enjoying my day off...Am here now.

 

[dilute micro]

 

[Treacle Toes]

 

[ska invita]

 

[yardbird]

 

[danny la rouge]

Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk:

Spoiler

Sonny's 82, and has recently had to pull out of this year’s EFG London Jazz Festival due to illness. He's been experiencing ongoing respiratory problems. Get well soon, Sonny!

 

[tufty79]

 

[danny la rouge]

Spoiler: Friday 13th

 

[tufty79]