Lemsip Overdose
Thanks to my current state of coldfulness I have recently been consuming plenty of the fine lemony beverage that is lemsip. This reminded me, naturally, of a song from a Guitarist magazine Readers Jives CD, from about 10 years ago.
On searching I couldn’t find a single google hit (only an american band of the same name), and just a solitary listener on last.fm (presumably a band member). So, in the interests of posterity I have ripped Lemsip Overdose by the mighty Dead Man’s Pants to mp3.
dude. Why did you do that? Also I heard lemsip contains addictive chemical elements, these can cause harm to an unborn foetus. So if you’re pregnant or breastfeeding, watch it.
Awooga deadmans pants, hows it hanging
Hahahaha, I still have that CD. Did you know that Dead Man’s Pants is Jim Davies, guitarist in Pitchshifter (RIP) and live guitarist with the Prodigy?
Brilliant, I didn’t know that at all!
I’m actually listening to that very CD and track right now; It was released by Guitarist Magazine on 7th june 1997 and the CD was titled “Reader’s Jives” (a play on the eponymous Readers Wives ‘Jazz’ Mags).
Anyhow the reason I got to this forum was that I am currently uploading the CD to my PC and having long ago mislaid the CD cover and acompanying magazine was hoping to find out the names of the artitss and the tracks by googling the lyrics. Sadly got no further than the first (Hound Dog – unknown Elvis Presley cover) and last (Lemsip Overdose by Dead Man’s Pants) tracks. Can anyone help out with the info – I have given the following temporary titles, based on the refrain or pre-eminent audible lyrics, to the running order:
01. Hound Dog – unknown artists (composer: Elvis Presley)
02. These Four Walls – unknown artists (composer: style is akin to Elvis Presley)
03. God Save You And Me – unknown artist (progressive rock style akin to Asia)
04. Baby You’re Getting On/Every Day Another Lie – unknown artists (style akin to Stiff Little Fingers)
05. You Won’t Change My Mind – unknown artists (style akin to Saxon/USA radio rock)
06. Dead Bird lying On The Ground – unkown artist (style akin to a punkified Louden Wainwright III)
07. Run, Run, Run (Till I Break Away)- unknown artists (style akin to indie rock)
08. (We’re Gonna) Raise A Hullabaloo – unknown artists (akin to UK band The Winchesters or Molly Hatchet)
09. Gangster’s Holiday – unknown artists (style akin to indie rock/new wave/punk)
10. Sunday Papers – unknown artists (style akin to The Kinks/The Beatles/Oasis)
11. Runaway – unknown artists (style akin to softened Deep Purple circa Ronnie James Dio era)
12. Lemsip Overdose – Dead Man’s Pants (post new wave/punk)
Many thaks music lovers
John
(aka The Necomancer)
Reader jives
Please if you have the “dead bird lying on the ground” mp3, i would forever thankful if you could e-mail it to me.
pur – leeeeaaasssseee
alverno@hotmail.com
I still have the cd case, helpfully in this case
Track – Artist
Houndog – Anton Browne
She Loves You – deep
Who Cares? – Mark Smallman Band
Move On – The Night Porters
To Lose A Love – User Friendly
Dead Bird – Turboville
Run, Run, Run – Martin Davis
Hullabaloo – The Sporting Life
Gangster’s Holiday – Kashmire
Sunday Papers – Eye To Eye
Runaway – Phoenix Rising
Lemsip Overdose – Dead Man’s Pants
Reader jives
Please if you have the “dead bird lying on the ground” mp3, i would forever thankful if you could e-mail it to me.
pur – leeeeaaasssseee
alverno@hotmail.com
Please please please can you email me a copy of dead bird? My friend owns it but won’t rip it for me!
search for turboville dead bird on youtube, it’s been put up this year, put as always, you gotta turn the volume right up