Taken from "The Double Image" LP out 09/05/21. 

On(c)e After Dark

This Boy That Girl (Skip McDonald Mix)

The Jazz Butcher – Time

My hair’s all wrong. My time ain’t long.
Fishy go to heaven, get along, get along.

I’m having too much fun to get anything done.
Leave me be. I’m not hurting anyone.
I took a long weekend in the psychedelic shack
And when you cross that bridge you ain’t never coming back.
I‘ve got scars and stripes and burns,
I‘ve got the law of diminishing returns.
I‘ve got a one-way ticket to a pit of Council lime
I’ve barely got a minute till I’m in it
But for you I’ve got time.
A little bit of time.

Luminous. Leguminous. Salubrious. Lugubrious.

Time’s running out. The money’s running out.
You don’t need me to tell you what it’s all about.
Time’s running out. The money’s running out.
Oh, baby!

A small boy who just watched his cousin being shot
Is being pushed down a mine coz we’ve got to have the lithium.
Forced labour, privatised jails.
Yeah – and all that that entails.
Tik tok. Never mind. You’re gonna live forever.
Yeah – in a razor wire dormitory,
Working on the long shift, doing what you’re told to,
Doing what you’re told to, 
Doing what we used to call time.
(It’s murder.)

Respectable. Bespectacled. Electable. Detestable.

Time’s running out. The money’s running out.
You don’t need me to tell you what it’s all about.
Time’s running out. The money’s running out.
Oh, baby!

I’ve overdone the underside and now I am undone.
There’s no one here to see, though, cos I don’t see anyone.
And if I hadn’t told you that, you never would have known,
Unless I told you secretly when we were all alone.
Things are running slow. Things are running low.
You can have one more but then we gotta go.
One more before the bottle. One more before the mast.
One more shot for Davy Jones, better make it fast.

Time’s running out. The money’s running out.
You don’t need me to tell you what it’s all about.
Time’s running out. The money’s running out.
Oh, baby!

The Jazz Butcher – Time

Insight

Written by Dennis De Young.  Originally recorded by Styx (1977).  Our recording/mix:  early to mid November 2016.  

I think we're both not-so secretly Styx fans.   'Kilroy Was Here' was (for better or worse) the first album I waited in line to buy at the National Record Mart when it was first released in 1983.  Before and/or after that, I bought all of their albums at NRM or via my Columbia House Record Club membership.  (Seriously, I have from 'Styx I' to 'Caught in the Act - Live' on vinyl.)   Always loved 'The Grand Illusion' album.  Bombastic, prog-lite, pop, and rock.  

(Soapbox Alert:  Dennis DeYoung was and is the heart and soul of Styx; his songs helped to define their sound.  Without him in the lineup, it's no longer the same band...  So, here's to you Dennis.) 

Anyway, this song has it all:  plaintive beginning; big, catchy chorus; goofy prog middle/solo.  Easy to learn and fun to record.  Sing along in your car.

Songs Other People Wrote

Come Sail Away (Styx cover)

"Anyone's Guess" by Australian Cultural Terrorists (A.C.T.)  Written by Heaton/Hsu.  Originally released on SOME UNFAMILIAR OPTIMISM (May, 1987).

Some Unfamiliar Optimism (1987)

Anyone's Guess (Australian Cultural Terrorists)

Some Kinds Of Light

All About Nothing

All About Nothing - Shriekback - 191204

Cover of song originally recorded by Japan.  Written by David Sylvian.  Basic recording actually began in 2016, but we never felt satisfied with the results and left it be.  This January - February 2020 recording saves very little from that prior version, as we re-recorded almost all the parts, re-arranged tracks, and gave it a different mix altogether.  There's also a video for the song found here:  https://youtu.be/SnsMW1mlFa8

Ghosts (Japan cover)

Vini Reilly in-conversation with Dave Haslam at Manchester Town Hall on Sunday, March 3rd 2013, an event for CALM, a charity that reaches out to suicidal young men. This is an honest, and - especially from about 15/20 minutes in - a harrowing account of Vini's own problems with depression. He was determined to tell his story, uninterrupted, and discussed and agreed some of the content with Dave Haslam prior to taking the stage (and the interview is uploaded here with Vini's permission). The finale to the night was a performance of a song (one never recorded or released); his first public performance for nearly two years. But as Vini says "it's not about me". Please be aware this is not an easy listen; anyone who wants to know more, or has concerns about issues of suicide and depression please check out; www.thecalmzone.net/ where there's help available and also an opportunity to donate to help them with their work..

Vini Reilly Town Hall interview for CALM

Blogurt's ground-breaking and tub-sticking tribute to William Howard Taft.

W.H.T.

Est. 2012.  We make music.  This page mostly contains cover songs that we have recorded.  

All of our original music can be streamed/downloaded via Bandcamp  (https://canary1.bandcamp.com) and Apple Music.  And that Spotify thing.  

A bunch of videos on YouTube, too, if you like artsy clips cobbled together from old, silent movies.  

We also seem to cover a lot of David Bowie songs.  Because everyone loves Bowie.  :)

Come Sail Away (Styx cover)

Canary (band)

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