Uglifruit Presents (2009)
12 tracks by uglifruit
Uglifruit: Presents.
12 poppy cuts written/recorded for RPM Challenge 09.
Like all nice presents, these are to be shared and enjoyed.
Say 'Hello' over at www.butterflypolite.com/uglifruit
Hope you enjoy.
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Uglifruit
a.k.a. Andy Jenkinson
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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)
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Track: 01 - My Prayer
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
Track: 06 - What's Round Here (A Mystery)
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07 - Lullaby
06 – Lullaby. Written and recorded 14th Feb.
A song for the sleeping.
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Track: 07 - Lullaby
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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)
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Track: 08 - Feeling Confuzzzed
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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)
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Track: 10 - Strictly Rehearsed
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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.
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Please Take #1 (2010)
12 tracks by 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)
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Track: 01 Kubler-Ross
Artist: Uglifruit
Album: Please Take #1
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
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Track: 02 Mansong
Artist: Uglifruit
Album: Please Take #1
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)
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Track: 03 Chanson
Artist: Uglifruit
Album: Please Take #1
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)
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Track: 04 The Trial Of Johnny Temperate (Part 1)
Artist: Uglifruit
Album: Please Take #1
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)
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Track: 05 The Trial Of Johnny Temperate (Part 2)
Artist: Uglifruit
Album: Please Take #1
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)
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Track: 06 The Trial Of Johnny Temperate (Part 3)
Artist: Uglifruit
Album: Please Take #1
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)
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Track: 07 Happy Families Fade
Artist: Uglifruit
Album: Please Take #1
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)
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Track: 08 Cold Hands (Warm Heart)
Artist: Uglifruit
Album: Please Take #1
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)
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Track: 09 Watch Song
Artist: Uglifruit
Album: Please Take #1
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)
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Track: 10 Changing For The Better
Artist: Uglifruit
Album: Please Take #1
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)
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Track: 11 Note Values
Artist: Uglifruit
Album: Please Take #1
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)
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Track: 12 ... (dot dot dot)
Artist: Uglifruit
Album: Please Take #1
A Fist Full Of Jenkinsongs (2011)
11 tracks by uglifruit
Written and recorded Feb 2011, during RPM challenge.
All songs (c) 2011 A. Jenkinson
www.butterflypolite.com/uglifruit
32:52
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)
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Track: Perfect
Artist: Andy Jenkinson
Album: A Fist Full Of Jenkinsongs
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)
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Track: Stuff And Nonsense (A Fairy Tale)
Artist: Andy Jenkinson
Album: A Fist Full Of Jenkinsongs
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)
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Track: Over You Baby, And Moving On
Artist: Andy Jenkinson
Album: A Fist Full Of Jenkinsongs
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)
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Track: Lessons We Learned
Artist: Andy Jenkinson
Album: A Fist Full Of Jenkinsongs
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)
Track: Burn-Up
Artist: Andy Jenkinson
Album: A Fist Full Of Jenkinsongs
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)
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Track: She Dreams Of Simple Things
Artist: Andy Jenkinson
Album: A Fist Full Of Jenkinsongs
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)
Track: What's Wrong With This Picture
Artist: Andy Jenkinson
Album: A Fist Full Of Jenkinsongs
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)
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Track: Mistress Calamity and Mister Kaleidoscope
Artist: Andy Jenkinson
Album: A Fist Full Of Jenkinsongs
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)
Track: Blue
Artist: Andy Jenkinson
Album: A Fist Full Of Jenkinsongs
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)
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Track: Kissing Goodbye
Artist: Andy Jenkinson
Album: A Fist Full Of Jenkinsongs
Accoutrements and Ephemera (2012)
2 tracks by uglifruit
A collection of otherwise unreleased/unreleasable Uglifruit works. Expect variable quality and inconsistency.
5:30
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)
Track: Seven
Artist: Uglifruit
Album: Sounds of the Weak 70
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)
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Track: This Song Is Anonymous (We Do Not Know Its Name)
Artist: ButterflyPolite
Album: My First Sing-Along Dictionary


