Monday, October 14, 2013

Jerry Fish – This Party’s Over, I'm Goin' Home!

     OK, we thought our post of the day was the one below this (regarding George Ezra). But we're waiting patiently (somewhat) at the Austin airport after two days of festival fun and a third day of impromptu rainout maneuvering (drive to Dallas to catch the Cowboys win over the Washington Redskins), and our personal setlist included “Celebrate” by Jerry Fish. The song was perfect for the situation and our mood – “This party’s over, I’m going home!”
     “Celebrate” has an enthusiasm and a rock guitar that combine to grab the listener’s attention and, if you appreciate the genre of the song, the attention isn't released until the last note is played. There is an energy build that keeps the song from becoming stale.

     Jerry Fish is based in Ireland. According to his website:
     "Jerry Fish is a carny soul, one who has spent much of his life on the road, a shape-shifter, showman, shaman, producer, songwriter, performer, entrepreneur, supper club crooner from Lynchville. Whether operating as The Mudbug Club’s ringmaster, a rock peacock (An Emotional Fish), or patron of poets and spoken word performers (Michael Madsen, The Revelator Orchestra), he has always favoured innovation over orthodoxy."

     “Celebrate” by Jerry Fish

     Below are the lyrics to "Celebrate."
She insists that she's a lunatic closer to the bone
She hardly ever visits upstairs would rather telephone
Well I guess beauty does what beauty does best.
It's beautiful.
She says that's the trouble with reality it's taken
far too seriously, do hope God is good to me
and Santa Claus to the children.
Celebrate. This party 's over, I'm going home.
Celebrate. This party's over, I'm going home.
His essential complications, are hung up on confused
It's a planet full of traffic lights and traffic light
abuse, but that's no stranger than strange, or any
other stranger.
He claims its dangerous to be innocent as your
the victim everytime, histories of insanity
intruding on the sane.
Celebrate. This party's over, I'm going home.
Celebrate. This party's over, I'm going home.
Are histories of insanity intruding on the sane
and even if your problem is the problem.
Do we have to play those games ?
When a heartache is enough for anyone to shoulder
see that's the trouble with reality
it's taken far too seriously, do hope God
is good to me and Santa Claus to the children
Celebrate. This party's over, I'm going home.
Celebrate. This party's over, I'm going home.
Celebrate. This party's over, I'm going ... home

     Other songs we enjoy by Jerry Fish feature horns.
     “The Beautiful Untrue” by Jerry Fish

     “Barefoot $ Free” by Jerry Fish

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