I thought it wasn't half-bad
The DJ'ing went well. The kids binged while we cranked out the tunes. Took them a while to get into the swing of things but they did eventually and then it was closing time. Oh well.
In recent times I've found it difficult to get out of bed in the mornings. This means I spend an hour or more half-asleep listening to my clock-radio alarm. I wake half-knowing the news of the day and having subconsciously imbibed some radio-friendly tunes. One of these recently was
Rupert Holmes - Escape, commonly referred to as "
The Piña Colada Song". I'd always thought that song was by
Barry Manilow and was in the same vein as "
Copacabana". I thought the song was interesting with a repetitive driving bass line and fun lyrics.
Then, on Saturday, the day after the 21
st, we were in a pub owned by, once owned by or with some connection the the band
Snow Patrol, some or all of whom are from Thomastown where we were. The beer garden was full of lads from the night before getting their "cure". The bar maid was trying to make Piña Coladas but the milk was curdling and she was giving the failed results to the guys outside who were downing it in pints. It was then I realised I had to do a version of "
Escape".
So, on the bus home to Longford yesterday, Sunday, I worked for a couple of hours on a reworking on the song. I've done a few of these recently and it's not really fair to call them remixes as they are but rearrangements or reworkings. This is the quickest one I've done. I did a few more hours tidying up and mastering when I got home and here it is:
Cliph - Does Rupert Know.
Posted at 10:56 AM, Monday June 19, 2006
