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Song For Mr Boom Song For Mr Boom
Song about sometimes losing a bit of the wonder and hope we have when we're young. The words 'Mr Boom' are used with the kind permission from Andy Munro.
Caledonia Dreamin' Caledonia Dreamin'
Folksy psychodelilah, Wullie Pullar on electric guitars and keys, Kelvin's acoustic guitar, Samantha and Marilyn giving it their all, Wonkfloosh at the controls. Even some stringy synth on the choruses. Whats happened here?
Baltimore Baltimore
Elements of R Newman's song combined with a strict 39 Dangerous Street rewrite combine to produce a thing of beauty.
Wrong Turn Wrong Turn
The cold wind of misery, confusion and lack of direction in life combines with regular everyday existential angst to develop a theme which is like having amnesia and deja vu at the same time.
Ye Only Live Twice Ye Only Live Twice
Lovely Tune, recorded live at rehearsal in Captain W's cowshed studio back in Dec 2004.
Who'll Remember Us? Who'll Remember Us?
Smithsy vibe and drop changes featuring Abba - esque 'SOS' stylee guitar solo. Yum
Loch Maree (new version) Loch Maree (new version)
Thundering exploration of Scottish history. VisitScotland.com go home to England. Class war, tourism, leaving home, lost hope, bad weather, wrong decisions... its all here. Meanwhile in the depths of a deep dark Scottish loch...
The Great North Road The Great North Road
Straight outta Brampton... like a boat out of Hull.
The Twa Corbies The Twa Corbies
An ancient scottish song. Two crows discuss their next meal, a dead knight lying beyond a wall.
Gonna Shoot Thatcher Gonna Shoot Thatcher
Go on...stimulate the grey matter...put a bullet in her head!
Three Craws Three Craws
Recorded live at a rehearsal about ten years ago. An old playground rhyme from Scotland. Recent sub-textual examinations show it to be of profound depth and relevance to Life, Death and all points in between.
A Leaf Out Of Your Book A Leaf Out Of Your Book
Gorgeous melody. Seasons pass and change. Years wash through us like the waves' surge through the sand.
Autumn Leaves Autumn Leaves
Jazzy acoustic feel, melancholic turn of autumn and the unavoidable conclusion that the beauty that was summer has passed and things are dying.
North Road Instrumental North Road Instrumental
Live studio recording of backing track for The Great North Road. Lovely.
Where's The Semtex Kenneth? Where's The Semtex Kenneth?
Ranting spite and the politics of Scottish dischord. Acid Avant Rockabilly from Perth's finest, produced by Captain W.
Mother Earth (Live In Blairgowrie) Mother Earth (Live In Blairgowrie)
Beautiful song by Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks and used with their express consent. They wrote " We like the version very much...we very much like the spirit of it... and he's got a great exotic accent for us Californians."
Map Of The World Map Of The World
An old song recorded live at the last reheasrsal with Kelvin at Captain W's cowshed studio.
Airborne Tsunami (Instrumental Mix) Airborne Tsunami (Instrumental Mix)
Never happy with the vocal on this, we thought we'd stick the tune out. Groovy peice of tune on its own...please feel free to sing over it and let us hear the results. It cant be worse than William's version...
