I saw this advert on the bus the other day:
I’m censoring that bit because I want you to guess what the tagline was. Give this some real thought. What’s the message of this ad? What’s the payoff of this idea?
My first thought was something with food, but I’ve played this game with a few people, and someone else suggested a dating website – it’d say something like ‘whatever you’ve got a taste for, you’ll find it at cheesylovewebsite.com’ or whatever. That makes a lot more sense than what I thought. It certainly makes more sense than the actual advert.
But no, ladies and gentlemen.
Boys and girls.
The advert in full reads:
Stupid.
A few mornings ago I was writing a new song. Not content to write yet another ‘love is hard’ song (Tom’s getting sick of producing them), I opened my phone to look for ideas, and the first thing I found was this ad – the condom ad. I’d saved it because I thought it was funny. So I ended up writing a song about a male praying mantis that wants to get with a female praying mantis but is scared she might kill him. It’s called Pray For Me :D
I also wrote a song this morning called Across The Sea, which isn’t a LOST reference, I’m not starting a new band (well, not about LOST); it’s about a guy who wants to be with a girl, but is too scared to put in any of the work to make it happen, and as a result loses sight of what it is he wants in the first place.
With those two songs, and the aforementioned “I’m Sorry”, you guys may have another new album before this year is even finished xD
(DON’T get excited about that, cos that might be entirely untrue.)
Thanks to everyone who’s pre-ordered a copy of my new CD so far, it’s much appreciated =D You guys are amazing, and I always value it so much when people make the effort to get the physical instead of just waiting for iTunes. I recorded a take of the title track with Tom yesterday, just him on piano and me singing, so that’ll go up on the day the album officially comes out on iTunes and is available for streaming on here :) I firmly believe in the try-before-you-buy deal, as well as the people-who-can’t-afford-it-should-be-allowed-to-hear-it deal, so June 28th will be very cool when I finally get to hear what you think of all the songs.
Just as a reminder; the new CD is $12, CD + 117% Complete is $17, and the album’s Harry Moon shirt is $18. All prices are listed in dollars because the CDs ship from America, but the currency will be converted to whatever you’re comfortable with, we will ship anywhere in the world, and you can place an order here :D
Final things:
1) I recorded a podcast with Scotch and Coffee, their fourth episode, which you can listen to here
2) I did an interview for The Questionnaire, which you can read here
3) Facebook like buttons on this blog! Share with your friends and whatever it is you people do.
Ooh and BIG MUSICAL NEWS ON MONDAY. In the comments, I want to read your thoughts on what you think the big musical news could be, as well as what you’d like it to be. This is nothing more than a personal indulgence on my part :p (No, I haven’t been signed. I wouldn’t keep that from you :D)
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