Mr Clean
AKA Teddy Wong
About 10 years ago a friend and me decided to start a band and make some noise. We wrote about 5 songs in an evening and this one of them. We actually had a band for a couple of months, had a bit of fun in a rehearsal room but then that was that and nothing ever happened. I found an old demo of this on a cassette the other day and it stuck in my brain, so I decided I'd do a quick recording of it for nothing but fun, memory and to send the song my old band mates and make them laugh. It's a bit of a pathetic song!
Anyway, I knocked this together in around 2 hrs. I never took anything seriously as I banged out the chords. Everything is one take. 4 guitar tracks, 3 vocals, 1 bass. I spent longer programming the drums into the squares on the midi editor and mixing the audio, than I did actually playing instruments.
You can't polish a turd but I tried, briefly.
OLD MIX
NEW DRUMS MIX
Just a bit of fun.
LYRICS
Anyway, I knocked this together in around 2 hrs. I never took anything seriously as I banged out the chords. Everything is one take. 4 guitar tracks, 3 vocals, 1 bass. I spent longer programming the drums into the squares on the midi editor and mixing the audio, than I did actually playing instruments.
You can't polish a turd but I tried, briefly.
OLD MIX
NEW DRUMS MIX
Just a bit of fun.
LYRICS
Making my way down to your place
Filling my head with crap
I was stopped by a big man wearing a hood, like he should
He said “give me all of your money, your sovereign ring and coat
I’ll happy slap you into next week boy”
Oh man the pond life sucks, down the old.....
Old London Road
Have you seen the lads down the old London Road
I said I don’t carry that much money
I cashed my giro last week
I’m down to my last 10 pence man and I need to phone my Mum
He said “Mummy’s boys got no money, Mummy’s boys gonna get slapped”
So I gave him a taste of my fist first and scarpered off on down, down the old.....
Old London Road
Have you seen the lads down the old London Road
It used to be nice round ‘ere, you used to leave your doors unlocked
It used to be a lovely place to live
But then I moved in and disgraced ya neighbourhood
Been upto no good, spare any change love?
It’s not much fun when you’re on the run and I should know that
‘Cuz the yobs round ‘ere don’t give a f**k if they get an ASBO
Hanging around down the precinct, sharing cans of piss
15 Chavs and their BLING BLING BLING
Go tearing up on down, down the old.....
Old London Road
Have you seen the lads down the old London Road (x4)
Tearing up and down, tearing up and down
Tearing up and down the old London Road
Have you seen the lads down the old London Road (x3)
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