Hot Song

AUDIO Our monthly song from new artists and bands. This month: Rescue Party HOT SONG

This month’s Hot Song is “California” by the British group Rescue Party. Band members Gerald and Gareth have been song-writing and producing together for around 4 years, building up a substantial and varied collection of songs. They work from their studio in the rural wilds of Shropshire, where they spend 3 or 4 days a week developing their music. Both Gerald and Gareth are classically trained (Royal Academy of Music and Leeds University respectively). Gerald studied piano, composition and violin/viola, and Gareth studied piano, clarinet and Advanced Music technology. Feel free to visit their website: www.rescueparty.net

“California”

by Rescue Party (British group - however, note how they use US English, and how they sing about the US)

We bought a re-conned Jeep in Bradley town, Took the highway south and travelled down, The time goes on and on, just like the 101 in California.

We watched the sun come up at Morro Bay, Fell in love with life, cos on that day, Was when we realised, the summer never dies in California.

Drive-in movies, rag-top cars, Wild imagination, Hollywood stars, Good time dreamers, Warner cartoons, 24/7 radio tunes, we had, the time, We had the time of our lives in California.

On Venice Boulevard in ‘69, Found a ‘Califone’ in the Five-and-Dime, And when the records on, you know that you belong in California.

Drive-in movies, rag-top cars, Wild imagination, Hollywood stars, Good time dreamers, Warner cartoons, 24/7 radio tunes, we had, the time, We had the time of our lives in California.

Late night parties, ocean view, Centrefold passion, and “Ingenue”, Dollar-Diners, bars and grills, Kiss-and-tell stories, in Beverly Hills, We had, the time, We had the time of our lives in California.

We’re gonna go out tonight, We’ll have the time of our lives. (Repeat to fade) G L O S S A R Y

the rural wilds of Shropshire exp the countryside in Shropshire (a county in England) classically trained adj people who are “classically trained” have been to music school a re-conned Jeep n a Jeep (type of military vehicle) that has been adapted so civilians can use it took the highway south exp this means: “drove on the motorway (the large road) in a southerly direction” time goes on and on exp this means: “time never ends” the 101 n this is a road in California to come up phr vb when the sun “comes up”, it appears in the morning cos abbr because a drive-in movie n a film on a large screen in the open air. You watch it from your car a rag-top car n a car with a roof that you can take off to enjoy the sun, etc wild imagination n if you have a “wild imagination”, you are very creative a good time dreamer n someone who thinks a lot and dreams 24/7 abbr this means: “open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week” we had the time of our lives exp this means: “we had a really good time”; “we really enjoyed ourselves” a five-and-dime n a shop that sells cheap goods. A “dime” is five cents on exp if a record is “on”, it is playing a centrefold n the photo of an attractive and nude man or woman that is on the centre pages of a magazine a dollar-diner n a cheap restaurant where you can eat for a dollar, more or less a grill n a type of restaurant that serves meat, etc kiss-and-tell stories n stories about who has kissed (or more) who gonna abbr going to

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