A ska styled number this time!
For those who follow the Hobo - Coventry music site - this was one of the last songs I wrote before leaving Coventry
in 1980. Two Tone was raging in the city and many of the other Cov bands followed through with their own brand of Ska. Ya couldn't stand still at a gig - ya had to dance.
Tony (Mojo) Morgan and I met up at the
Dog and Trumpet (Coventry's Cavern ) late 1979 and back at his pad he told me about a new band he was forming
EMF. His idea was to blend ska and blues (perhaps ska with blues bass lines and sax). He hadn't honed the line up then and asked if I could come up with a couple of songs. I did two -
Saturday Night (written in the Dog And Trumpet) which had a 12 bar verse and ska chorus and this one
With Someone Nice Like you. I'm not sure I ever played them to Him as very soon Tony (Mojo as he's now known) brought in two girl singers who had their own material. I became a big fan of EMF and was often called upon to get everyone dancing (something I still do at the Writers Cafe as some will know!) and also Hot Snacks were another fave band at the time. This was written around that time - early 1980. The recording was me on acoustic guitar on a cassette plaeyer so the sound quality wasn't great - just a draft really. I've added a bit of reverb and delay to enhance it a little but couldn't get rid of a few buzzes - still it gives an idea. (Have added a photo of the EMF at the Dog and Trumpet in Coventry and an audio of their final sound - the single
Anti Bellum (it's a gudun!) written by the two girl singers.
With Someone Nice Like You
by Trev Teasdel
I torture myself, with pent up fears
I brood a lot
I brew tea for one
I ask myself “how come”
How come I just can’t face the pots
I tie myself right up in knots
Chorus
And I long to spend my time
And I long to spend my time
Yes I long to spend my time
With someone nice like you.
I smashed a cup washing up
I burnt the toast
I missed the post
And I ask myself “Whyfore”
Whyfore I haven’t fixed the drafty door
I’m frozen right through to the core
Chorus
And I long to spend my time
And I long to spend my time
Yes I long to spend my time
With someone nice like you.
Oh the nights are cold
Oh the nights are long
All I do, it comes out wrong
I wash my clothes but still they pong
How come I just can’t get it right?
Sadness got me in his long-range sights
To chorus..
Bridge
When I see a lover by your side
I turn my love lights low
Take my part in a melancholy show
Oh I just don’t know
Don’t know how to show I just don’t care
When my feeling set fire to my hair.
To Chorus.
By Trev Teasdel – 1980