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45. ‘Colin Zeal’
On 'Modern Life Is Rubbish'. Produced by Stephen
Street.
This was written in America about an imaginary little
man's workday life in England. Playing tapes of The Kinks' golden period
('65-71), Damon filtered a Ray Davies-like eye for acerbic detail ("he's
an affable man with a carotene tan") into this fidgely tune, which
borrows the vocal melody of Teardrop Explodes' 'Sleeping Gas'. Graham
thwarted from drenching the song in Sonic Youth guitar, was allowed to
play a Black & Decker drill quietly at the end. "The trick with Graham,"
says Damon, "is to give him the illusion that he's making a racket." The
gaps before each "...and then he..." were suggested by Street. And for
the one song only, Dave Rowntree tuned his tom toms to actual notes
rather than just to a generally good sound. Andy Partridge was keen on
this technique. "Never again," says Dave.
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