The Longest Johns | Between the songs : Lockdown music relay
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- Well we've had about a month unable to get together in one room. But, un-deafeated by this minor obstacle, our deep inner desires to be 80's pop sensations have finally shone through. Come have a look at our songwriters answer to pass the parcel in this months edition of 'Between the songs'
This song is available to download on Bandcamp! All proceeds go to Feeding Britain, a food bank charity, to help others in this crazy time.
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I think "Lockdown My Heart" would be an equally cheesy title for this cheesy awesome song.
More cheese is more good
Cheese and Joy from Behind the Mask till Before the Mast
Please please PLEASE do this again, this was so fun to watch and hear
Haha, many thanks! I think we just might have to
@@thelongestjohns please do so this is the best XD
Not the song we thought it was going to be but the song we all needed to hear
It's definitely something! Glad you liked it!
Is it a problem I unironically like this song? Like, I really like this song. It reminds me of Nebraska by New Eden.
Haha, nothing wrong with that at all! Got to embrace the cheese sometimes
same bro
Fountains of John's hit song would be "Stacey's Pond". A song about a boy who's friend Stacey really want's him, but all he wants is to sail a boat on the pond in her yard.
Haha, I can hear it already
@@thelongestjohns Time to make it then, wouldn't you say? ;) Not gonna lie, I'd be here for that
Alternate title: Watch Andy's Beard Grow In Real Time!
Also an idea for the cheesy pop album: "Sailing into your heart"
Ooooooh, I'm feeling it
Andy's got a beard now. He can officially sing shanties
That bikehorn has been Robbie's best purchase in years i'd say.
It's iconic to be sure! There's no escaping it
With all respect and love for you guys, what a great piece of work! I felt like adding the lyrics, please continue with supplying the world with a smile in these times!
14:06
Three, Two, One, Click!
Intro (wonderful mix of sounds)
Verse 1
It’s a cold December evening
My friends are feeling far apart (silent laughter)
I’ve bolted all the doors and windows,
Quarantined my aching heart (whispered in awe: so much emotion!)
But let’s all stand together
And stare into the magic box
Utopia seems far away but
We will write some stupid songs!
(very catchy) Chorus
Don’t go outside (yes!), the world’s locked down
Cheer up, stay in, we’ll sing around (more laughter)
Though there are miles and masks between
Our music won’t be quarantined!
Don’t go outside, there’s nothing there,
Let's watch a stream and grow out our hair
We miss the shows and miss our friends,
See you all when lockdown ends!
Instrumental intermezzo (culminating with the ecstatic Belgian Horn)
Verse 2
The days are getting shorter,
It looks like there’s no end in sight (mumbled remarks of praise, likely on the Horn)
I can’t remember how it feels
to take a step outside
(with electronic sampled dubs:)
But let’s turn up the heating (laughter and coughs)
And pop the kettle on
Raise a glass to all the good times
That are still to come!
(very catchy) Chorus
Don’t go outside, the world’s locked down
Cheer up, stay in, we’ll sing around
Though there are miles and masks between
Our music won’t be quarantined! (extra vocals added!)
Don’t go outside, there’s nothing there,
Let's watch a stream, grow out our hair
We miss the shows and miss our friends,
See you all when lockdown ends!
Bridge (romantic with tender guitar)
And we know, (lighters!) there’s gonna be a better time to come
And we know, (yeah!) that love will always be there! (laughter)
We were born to be wild; too long we’ve been exiled, (more restrained laughter)
When there’s zero cases, we'll hire drinking places, some tight indoor spaces, We long for your faces!
(very catchy) Chorus
Don’t go outside, the world’s locked down (all laughing out loud!)
Cheer up, stay in, we’ll sing around
Though there are miles and masks between
Our music won’t be quarantined!
Don’t go outside, there’s nothing there,
Let's watch a stream, grow out our hair
We miss the shows and miss our friends,
See you all when lockdown ends!
Outro (thoughtfully framed with claps, some of which recorded outdoors in an underpass)
Beautiful
I don’t think I stopped smiling through this entire video
That's amazing to hear! Makes it all worthwhile :)
This is just great and you can really tell if a band is good if when they're intentionally making an abomination and it's good. The hats are off and will remain off
Hooray, thank you so much!
This is amazing, I have grinned like an idiot under my mask while being on the train during the whole video.
That's fantastic! Glad it brought a smile to you
@@thelongestjohns Oh it definitely did, you just made my day a lot better! :D
The longest hearts
Hooray!
@@thelongestjohns and up she rises?
From Sea Shanties to Pop Music... sounds like that will be the title of y'alls biography.
Oh gosh... is this what we've become?
For story's sake we'll say they made Shanties part of Pop.
The nail polish, the instruments, the creativity... You guys are the best!
Thank you gentlemen! I enjoyed that.
It's amazingly exciting to watch. Please do it again!
I learned that the real Longest Johns was the friends we made along the way!
I love this video. It's just so chill, great song at the end too
Andy, like your Hoist Thingy anchor.
Definitely a success. Love it.
Fantastic.
The musical creativity I've seen pouring out of the world's quarantine restlessness is nothing short of magnificent. Well done, boys.
This is amazing, please do more!
Almost two years later I can't help but come back and smile all over my face watching this - Amazing, humorous and wholesome all the way!
the fact that you guys made, by the same method as the monkeys and typewriters experiment, an 80's pop song makes me so happy
Absolutely marvelous.
Many many thanks!
Wow. That worked way better than I expected seeing the process. Andy, I loved the insight into your lyric writing process: "I like utopia, I want to put it in". Thanks for that cheer, it definitely is a spirit lifter. Looking forward to the next version of you guys doing this again. Cheesy pop project name: Long Street Boys
Quality stuff. Cheesy goodness. 100/10
The Longest Johns always deliver!
Name suggestion:
The synth-iest Johns
Pure gold lads!!!
I came for the silliness and stayed for the genuinely good music and the incredibly warm vibe.
It's also relevant again, as the global covid map warms up again.
We need more of this in the weeks and months to come.
Wishing you all the love from across the pond :)
Ive been sailing the South China Sea for the past three months. The weather has been kicking the shite out us. Your music has been a staple of our sails. Thank you guys for giving us vision for the shore.
Now this is the silliness we needed! Strangely brilliant and catchy, there's an all-round call for more of this from us 😂
Fantastic! I feel like we have to at this rate!
Just watched the video again and bought the track from Bandcamp. Thanks for the great song and the amazing video LUL it's gonna be the song I keep looping in the next few days
It's impossible to get it out of your head, take it from me!
getting this AND kulupu jan tenpo in such a short period of time is truly a gift
Hooray! Early presents
the middle of the venn diagram of both has got to be small but it feels good to be in it 😎
First time actually catching a premier In a while hyped
You made it! Hope you liked it
@@thelongestjohns loved it❤️
This sounds like a lot of FUN :)
The Creator has spoken
Oh it was!
this is great, I'm subscribed now.
You're all mad and I love it!!!
Why are all your songs so beautiful? Even such projects to inspire creativity
Really glad you think so! Much love!
Why doesn't this have more views and likes? This is GOLD.
Perhaps it's because the finished song is now out separately on you tube & has had more views than the making of it.
We need another one of these relays!
Krassmuss number 1 I think! Lookout Jonathan Coulton and John Roderick, you've got some serious competition here. That sea shanty trick was a brilliant deception. Bloody mahvluss!
Haha, many thanks!
This is Amazing!
This made me incedibly happy. :D So much fun to watch!
Thank you!!! It's been such a laugh to make, glad you enjoyed it :)
Haha this sounds amazing! I love a view into the creation
This is amazing
Turned out so much better in the end then what i imagined in the beginning of the video. Thanks for putting a smile on my face.
I'm not sure which pop song this reminds me of specifically but it reminds me of all of them. Excellent job lads, you've done it!
Many thanks! Glad you liked it
God this is a MASTERPIECE, it brightened my day!
That's great to hear!! Thank you :)
@@thelongestjohns It is i who should thank you sirs! Keep being awesome lads and breathtaking musicians!!
Great video, well done folks
Y'all are freaking amazing! LOL Thank you for the joy.
This was really entertaining to watch the creative process. Thanks!
I was expecting to like the song before I watched the video. After I watched it I'm. Surprised I like the song
LOVE ITTTTTT
This is so daft... And yet I absolutely love it to bits
Not your typical style, but freakin fantastic anyway! You guys are magic (I may have cried a little at the song). Please do this again! 💜
you guys are absolutely marvelous. thanks for the fun. hugs from distance.
Many many blessings to you! :)
Not what we expected, but something we NEEDED
Also you guys have been helping me through lockdown more than you know, even though you don’t know me. I’m literally across the sea.
Really glad to hear we've helped you in any way. Many blessings to you!
Cheers and bravo!
Hooray! Thank you very much
You could make an album in 80s synth style and call it “The Flared Johns”. But in all seriousness ive listened to this song close to 50 times today! Super catchy! Thank you for cheering up lockdown
Wee woo. Epicc!!! Enjoying it from my kitchen floor
Sounds like the perfect place to enjoy it!
@@thelongestjohns it was. :) got a mug Muffin whilst I was there too
I wasn't expecting something so good from such a jury rigged experiment I wish it was soundtrack that plays at the grocery store where I work
You guys are all such INCREDIBLE musicians! Putting together what was supposed to be a stupid song, really brought out a new side of the group. Thank you for cheering us all up during this crazy time.
More than adequate!
Phenomenal job lads! I look forward to the christmas stream. Until then!
Thank you! See you there!
A-MA-ZING ! ! !
The Magic Box Utopia!
It's a wonderful place
I laughed through the whole thing and I'm still chuckling to myself a bit thinking abouty it this is probably about the only pop song I like and it's great
That's amazing! Glad it brought much merriment!
This is very heart-warming and uplifting
This was such a delight to watch. Made my day!!!
Omgoodness this is amazing!!
Hahaha...you need to do a song that has ALL the stereotypical shanty elements in - drinking, a whale, a dead lover, pawned clothing, a storm, the captain, anchors...
That's most of our repertoire already isn't it?
Dont forget a whatsit and a thing
And the stringy-planky!
@@thelongestjohns As far as I know you've only got up to three of those in one song so far...as a demanding fan, I demand more! Also, you all have to learn Cornish and attempt to sing it with a Scottish accent so that you can sound "more southern" *and* less posh whilst calling yourself Scotsmen - you see, I have studied what other demanding fans want, too.*
*watched the 'mean comments' video
Are you thinking of the sea shanty equivalent of the Bo Burnham Country Song?
I feel like there are two parts in this band: There's team JD&Andy, the musicians, and there's team Robbie&Dave, the keyboard crazies 🤔🤣👍 Well done anyways!!
Happy new year to you all! 🥳🍾🎉
That's great just made my day really did
This is a Eurovision winner if ever there was one!!!
Poppin' Johns! (it's like Popping Jays, but you know, with more 'pop'~)
Sounds good
Hooray!
You guys are wonderful. Keep it going!
Thank you so much! We shall
@@thelongestjohns No, thank you for being such great musical artists.
Love it!
Thank you!!
Let's try that again...love it!
From Ireland
can't tell if crying because laughing or laughing because crying. the cheesy pop and eighties brass hits differently after so long indoors. what a glorious bop.
This is amazing. Like, I really really like this song and this needs to go viral (pun intended).
Top punning! And many many thanks :)
Omg you guys play so many instruments! The talent! I really hope you guys do this again. Maybe a fun pass it on challenge when you need to have a theme or a time limit or need to use a specific weird sound like a ship horn in the song or something would be fun!
1.The song is a jam especially when you watch the video aswell it shows that you guys had fun making this
2. A suggestion - I would love to see you guys take 2 genres of music that are considered a total opposite and try to find and make something that has a sort of middle ground : )
Ooooh, that sounds like an interesting challenge. Not entirely sure how it would work though
Great video’! You guys are legends!
Thanks Jack! :D
good song
Glad you liked it
The best partsof this video is watching the guys laugh at themselves 🤣
Can't stop smiling at the end, love it, something really postive in these bleak times :)
I came for something rebellious but got cheddar.
Delicious cheddar
I love this song so much, I was already singing along! I hope you guys put this on Spotify, I want more people to hear it!
How is this just as absurd and cringey as I imagined but still so amazing and honestly heartfelt? I can't tell if the tears are from crying or laughing :'D
This absolutely made my day! You all look like you had so much fun! BRILLIANT and hilarious!!!
Yay! Thank you so much :)
You lads are like the musical version of Corridor.
I swear, if this song isn't the UK's song in Eurovision 2021...
What a great idea :)
Absolutely Brilliant 👍👍
Love the 1966 Batman-themed transitions. Thanks guys!
That was flipping beautiful guys
Ha, thank you so much :)
Fantastic song! Cheesy Pop Album Name: Songs you didn't know you wanted. :)
I was having a bad morning, but this put the smile back on my face. Please do another one someday.
That's wonderful to hear! Really does make it feel worthwhile when we know it's made people happy :)
I just wanna say, I love you guys for doing this! :D Only came across your channel late this year, but I'm already neck-deep in your music