uglifruit

01 - My Prayer

01 – My Prayer. Written and recorded 16th Feb.

Paying homage to ‘Our Prayer’, the opening of SMiLE – the Beach Boy’s album that never was. An extended version of this song appears on ‘28 seconds... (more)

02 - Falling Down

02 – Falling Down Again. Written 17th/18th Feb.  Recorded 17th/18th/19th Feb.

A slightly schizophrenic pop song, with a vocal section that also betrays me wanting to be a Beach Boy. Worryingly... (more)

03 - Meteorites

03 – Meteorites. Written 2nd/3rd Feb. Recorded 3rd Feb.

Inspired by the film ‘Stardust’ where our hero meets a (literal) fallen star. The painful low vocals were particularly fun, and their emotional... (more)

04 - Machiavellian Ways

04 – Machiavellian Ways. Written 5th Feb. Recorded 5th/9th Feb.

Mark Morriss has written some really witty triple rhymes in a slightly country fashion, and I wanted to try it too. Although... (more)

05 - Officer's Mess (March)

05 – Officer’s Mess (March). Written and recorded 2nd Feb.

This is as close to beat-boxing as I am able to do. I can only apologise for the smutty pun.

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06 - What's Round Here (A Mystery)

07 – What’s ‘Round Here? (A Mystery). Written and recorded 22nd Feb.

A mystery.

Info and lyrics at www.butterflypolite.com/uglifruit

07 - Lullaby

06 – Lullaby. Written and recorded 14th Feb.

A song for the sleeping.

Info and lyrics at www.butterflypolite.com/uglifruit

08 - Feeling Confuzzzed

08 – Feeling Confuzzzed. Written 19th/20th Feb. Recorded 20th Feb.

Come on Wembley, let’s see those hands in the air. As poppy as they come, including plenty of la la las to sing along... (more)

09 - Carry On Crying

09 – Carry On Crying. Written and recorded on 12th/17th Feb.

A 5/4 romp starring Sid James and Hattie Jacques. Godley and Creme will direct the video.

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10 - Strictly Rehearsed

10 – Strictly Rehearsed. Written 13th Feb. Recorded 13th/14th Feb.

More upbeat shenanigans, this time attacking someone’s who’s off the cuff remarks are pre-prepared (and written as... (more)

11 - Eventually (Pop Song)

11 – Eventually (Pop Song). Written and recorded 1st Feb.

A joyous celebration of the lie ‘Ladies First’. Honestly - this is pure filth, start to finish. Cover your ears.

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12 - Goodbye From The Okay Chorale

12 – Goodbye From The Okay Chorale. Written and recorded 22nd Feb.

‘Til next time.

Info and lyrics at www.butterflypolite.com/uglifruit

01 Kubler-Ross

A song about the five stages of grieving, as devised by the (late) Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. Unfortunately knowing these stages does not help you get over them.

You've been managing expectations... (more)

02 Mansong

A song for/about Charles Manson.

If you think you've found an answer
Inside a 45
You need another needle and indeed you needed Beatles to realise
Speaking on the record (more)

03 Chanson

En Francais.

English lyric:

I don't know why there is not another girl for me here
Or near here,
But over there are plenty of girls for him
What a shame - what a shame... (more)

04 The Trial Of Johnny Temperate (Part 1)

Part 1 - Hotel & Backstory.

Hotel.

In which Johnny tries to betray Angela, whose suspicions are raised when Jenny calls.

Backstory.

In which... (more)

05 The Trial Of Johnny Temperate (Part 2)

Part 2 - Courtroom and Sentencing.

Courtroom.

In which Angela cross examines the accused and his accomplice.

Sentencing.

In which Judgement is passed... (more)

06 The Trial Of Johnny Temperate (Part 3)

Part 3 - Appeal and Backstory (reprise)

Appeal.

In which Johnny puts his side of the story.

Backstory (reprise)

In which Julia re-appears and more... (more)

07 Happy Families Fade

Written for the "My First Sing-A-Long Dictionary" RPM 2010 project.

See myfirstdictionary.blogspot.com/

Daddy's away
Posted abroad
Sending home pay
All he can... (more)

08 Cold Hands (Warm Heart)

A nasty little story wrapped in a very short country song.

When I took your tiny hand it struck me cold
And I though cool hands warm hands warm heart is what I've been
But... (more)

09 Watch Song

Standing, waiting, shivering, waiting, hoping, waiting, crying - all the while being cruelly mocked by the passage of time, and my analogue watch. It was not a very nice night.

Peter Fedofsky plays... (more)

10 Changing For The Better

Self-consciously pet-soundsy guitar solo, a teen angsty lyric and an cappella ending and. Who say's I listen to too much Beach-Boys?

Why don't we walk away while we still have the... (more)

11 Note Values

A silly song questioning the value of using songs to get a message across. Just say 'sorry' - don't write me an opera about it.

Incidentally the note choices in this song really did hurt me... (more)

12 ... (dot dot dot)

At the 23rd hour we consider whether we've made the right decisions.

Written and recorded less the 48 hours before the end of the RPM challenge deadline. I wonder why.

Is this our 23rd... (more)

Released Backgrounds

01 Released Backgrounds.

Ooh, Ahh.

Perfect

02 Perfect

See that girl over there brush her hair beside her bedroom mirror

For all the world she doesn’t show of know the glow within her

She shines inside

She powders down... (more)

Stuff And Nonsense (A Fairy Tale)

03 Stuff And Nonsense (A Fairy Tale)

Hey m’lady what do you see?

I’m down on one knee

Am I brave enough?

I’d fight knights lately with you as my shield... (more)

Over You Baby, And Moving On

04 Over you baby, And Moving On.

You never said you loved me

When tomorrow came

You never said you’d let me see you again

And If I knew then what I knew now... (more)

Lessons We Learned

05 Lessons We Learned

You told me you were there to learn

But we ought to have taught one another instead of fought I thought

I told you I’d nothing to prove

But summer... (more)

Burn-Up

06 Burn -Up

Burn up baby!

We’re never gonna dance like we wanted to dance

We’re never gonna own that holiday home in France

We’re never gonna swing like Sinatra can(more)

She Dreams Of Simple Things

07 She dreams Of Simple Things

In her own room

She’s her own girl

Magazine posters plastered into place

In her headphones

She’s a pop star(more)

What's Wrong With This Picture

08 What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Here we are again

Exchanging fluids

And Exchanging made up numbers

Temporarily tattooed on the backs of our hands... (more)

Mistress Calamity and Mister Kaleidoscope

09 Mistress Calamity and Mister Kaleidoscope

Kisses with mistress Calamity

Lips taste like sips of tea

Pour me .. she makes me sweet internally(more)

Blue

10 Blue

Eyes of blue and sunny skies peeping through

Shepherds delights tonight it’s only right do you realize?

Eyes of blue

Are what I’m likely to see in you

And I... (more)

Kissing Goodbye

11 Kissing Goodbye

Kissing Goodbye

Now that we’ve reached the end of our first holiday night

Waving goodbye

Down at the beach and ended our kiss of life

Nothing... (more)

Seven

soundoftheweak is a website weekly challenge for recording and had issued the challenge… “make a recording as the most obscure band (or musician) in the world”

This piece was my submission to this challenge... (more)

This Song Is Anonymous (We Do Not Know Its Name)

Written/recorded June 17th/18th 2010

Andy Jenkinson: played, wrote and sang
Sarah Marshall: sang
Richard Smith: three lines of lyric

myfirstdictionary... (more)