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??? 😎
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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 ?