A song about Mr. Cleese

LOOK OUT FOR JOHN CLEESE

Look out
 Look out for John Cleese 
Working on “The Week That Was”
 He wrote some jokes for David Frost 
There on the BBC, boy 
Minus the law diploma 
Revered by his dad  who tried to give the squeeze

  Look out 
Look out for John Cleese 
A thing I bet you didn't know  before the "Flying Circus" show
 His name was really Cheese (Yeah, that‘ s right)
 His family didn't like it
It didn't seem right to have a surname reflecting the acrid 
Reviews might be rabid with standards set so high 
So he spent a long time...  

Locked up in some room 
With Graham Chapman every day 
Avoiding any weak cliche 
Searching for the laugh to finally send us 'round the bend 
Doubling over with a ruptured spleen  

But after that it wasn't too long before our Johnny started getting restless 
He left the “Python” show  but stayed for “Life Of Brian” and
“The Holy Grail”

  Look out
Look out 
Look out for John Cleese! 
There had to be another way 
A charming place for you to stay
 Located in Torquay, boy 
Long lists of cheese aromas  were putting him in a coma 

Silly walking or an angry distress
He owns it whatever the roll 
So tell me he won't come to an end
 ‘Cause that would leave a Cleese shaped hole

So look out for John Cleese
Look out for John Cleese
Look out for John Cleese, please!
Look out for John Cleese
Boy!

Credits:
Peter Kearns : Vocals, Keyboards, Bass, Guitar, Programming
John Tabacco : Backup vocals, Percussion, Mix 

Look Out For John Cleese

John Tabacco is an American composer, singer songwriter, producer, recording engineer, multi instrumentalist and graphic artist. He has engineered /mixed and mastered music for hundreds of New York recording artists as well as projects released on BMG: The Kemelions, RCA: Faze, Rampage/Rhino: Rhett Forrester, Columbia: Rebbie Jackson, Rykodisc : Bob Marley, Columbia: Chris Jasper, Electra: Sonia Dada and Nickleodeon’s Are You Afraid Of The Dark? He is the CEO of It Iz What It Iz Music Publishing which currently holds over 750 songs in its catalog. He has been an associate producer for IndiMusic TV and hosts a bi-weekly radio program (CLAM RADIO) on college radio WUSB.fm since 1999. He is currently the head of A&R at Modern Voices Digital Distribution.

His musical background consists of extensive study of orchestration with noted 20th century composer John Lessard, harmony with the late electronic music maverick Bulent Arel, and composition with Stony Brook University professor Peter Winkler. He received his BA in Music from Stony Brook University in 1983. 

Like an unfolding musical diary / puzzle, Tabacco’s music and art are constantly being re-worked, juxtaposed and intertwined. His style is a melding of pop - jazz -rock - avant garde / aleatory, classical and comedy.  He has been recording his music non stop since 1979.

Of note: In 1989 the satirical, absurd house song "Go House Yourself" co-written by Tabacco, Pati and DiMauro reached position 39 on Billboard's dance chart. 

In 2014 Tabacco signed a record deal with Texas, indie label, Muffin Records. They released his CD “Unfulfilled Shopping Carts Syndrome” internationally.