Well I've fallen out of my ethereal, moon-chasing heights and landed in the 1940s Glaswegian slums. Woah. It's quite a way to travel.
Let me explain.
Let me explain.
Sarah' we recorded back in 2006 https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/someone-else-ep/id207075034
Now that song came about because our dear old Glaswegian nan used to sing us little songs and rhymes from her childhood. She was brought up in the Gorbals, a rather undesirable area of Glasgow to say the least. (And happily demolished in the 60s)
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| The Gorbals being demolished |
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| How I imagine my nan playing on the street |
Now we had such fun writing and creating this song that was have decided we simply can not have another release without including another of nan's old favourites. This time we're going to write 'Murder Murder Polis'. Check out this link for a lovely traditional rendition
Sadly there are very few words in this song so we're having to add a lot of lyrics. On the plus side, this has led to some rather fun moments researching Glaswegian slang. Here's some of my absolute favourites:
- Bahookie (bottom)
- Banjoed (getting punched)
- Bongoed (completely mad drunk)
- Blootered (drunk)
- Boggin (dirty)
- Cheeky Water (alcohol)
- Planted (buried)
- Grot (derogatory term for boy/girlfriend
- Midgie Raker (bin raider)
- Crabbit (grumpy)
Class x
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| The Glasgow Slums 1911 |
Anyway, so to cut a long story short (ish) that's why I'm mentally in Glasgow right now.
As part of my research, I also happened upon a fabulous Scottish band,
The John Langan Band in particular their song 'Demons' which has the vaguely 'unhinged' sound that I love. Amazing. Check it out https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/demons/id397250970?i=397251042
+thejohn langanband
And as for the video, we're thinking a location shot gritty contemporary dance type affair.
But persuading people to dance through the lesser desirable areas of Glasgow may be tricky.
I think I'll need time to ruminate on that.
Back up on the moon.
