Oh my Darling Ketamine

Nice re-make of an old tune Archie. I used to play it on my harmonica and the only response I got was that my old hound started howling as I played. Needless to say I gave up playing shortly thereafter...

Regards,

Jacques

That's a shame, Jacques. You could have kept it up and we could have been a great double-act. My singing inspires a similar response to your harmonica-playing.

This one is a sequel to "Oh my Darling Borderline"...

lol...If I accompanied you on the harmonica we could call ourselves the Norwich Brain-transplant...

Though the subject matter makes me slightly uneasy, it's well written, full of skillful wordplay; striking psychedelic imagery and humour.

Reminds me a bit of The Stranglers 'Golden Brown', comparing a drug to a woman but I suppose also the fact that it incorporates elements of a love poem and spiritual journey gives it that added depth.

Also brought to mind Bob Dylans lyrics like 'Hey, Mister Tambourine man' and I could imagine it being
performed by a Sixties rock group like The Byrds or The Velvet Underground.

Thanks, WW, appreciated.

Yeah, I can imagine Procol Harum or someone like that doing it. Not that Ketamine was around in the Sixties, of course.

I'm trying to think of a band around nowadays who might do it, but I can't. Then again, I can't think of many bands around nowadays at all.

Am I getting old, or is music today shite?

That old puzzler...

Just had a listen to Norwich Face Transplant on SoundCloud.

Just genius. Do you write all the lyrics? British surreal humour but with hip-hop beats (I might be wrong about that because my knowlege of music is very outdated). You should be snapped up by a record company immediately. You're like the Ian Dury of Rap (if that's the right term), I think.

Very impressive.

Thanks muchly, that's very nice of you to say so.

Some of the tracks are facetious, while some are more serious. 'Grenwegian Blues' for example is very serious. I suppose elements of it could be called hip-hop-ish, although I prefer to use the term "electronic folk".

Yes, I write all the lyrics and my mate Jamie composes the music. Ian Dury is a major influence of mine, as is Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine. Those are the two acts I would most like to be compared to.

I agree, I should definitely be snapped up by a record company immediately, but I don't think I will. It's hard work, that is. But I'm doing my best. And there's still time. I'm still a few years younger than Ian Dury was when he broke through, and I ain't giving up...

PS. Mugs abuse drugs...

I don't abuse them. I'm very nice to them.

That's nice, but be warned, they might not treat you as well in return...