I was listening to the Peel sessions CD from 'The Practice Of Everyday Life', when the track 'Jazz' came on, it occurred to me that I didn't know who's voice it was that I was hearing on the track...anybody care to enlighten me??? 😎
Of holy days in Latin Rome
And all its precious sevens
You
You shunned
You the shunned are left alone
With eyes which won't respect you
The mirror pulls a sullen face
Whose solitude reflects you
Isolating torrid things forever
Cold and bitter
The vision calls you a mess
The ground bleats a titter
Am fam jazz
Quite difficult
Am fam jazz in fashions
I haven't got time to introduce myself
But all of this beat could be enough
Infinite
1, 2, 3, 4, jazz
Jazz
Jazz
Jazz
Old tin can man
Old tin can can-can, can
Some of that jazz
Some of that jazz
Painless beauty
Can can
Jazz
Out and weaselly
I never even give it a chance
Jazz
All your methods gave us nothing
All of your reason didn't arrive in time.
Jazz
Jazz
Old tin can man
Old can-can can-can, can, man
Jazz
1, 2, 3, 4 jazz
Jazz
Jazz
Old can-can can-can, can, man
Jazz
Jazz
Jazz
Jazz
Jazz
That is indeed Richard Jobson - unmistakeably so. He sounds like that when he is declaiming.
You
You the shunned
Beckon tales of summer warmth
Summer warmth and beauty
of jazz gone nights in Mexico
That collect in Spanish beauty
To Swedish health with golden hair
To Africa and diamonds
Of holy days in Latin Rome And all its precious sevens
You
You shunned
You the shunned are left alone
With eyes which won't respect you
The mirror pulls a sullen face Whose solitude reflects you Isolating torrid things forever Cold and bitter The vision calls you a mess The ground bleats a titter Am fam jazz Quite difficult Am fam jazz in fashions I haven't got time to introduce myself But all of this beat could be enough Infinite 1, 2, 3, 4, jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Old tin can man Old tin can can-can, can Some of that jazz Some of that jazz Painless beauty Can can Jazz Out and weaselly
I never even give it a chance Jazz All your methods gave us nothing All of your reason didn't arrive in time. Jazz Jazz Old tin can man Old can-can can-can, can, man Jazz 1, 2, 3, 4 jazz Jazz Jazz Old can-can can-can, can, man Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz
I thought it was Richard Jobson ?