by Mrs Badcrumble on Sat Jul 12, 2003 5:40 pm
I'm an up and coming singer songwriter of some ability. I have jammed with Bowie, Smoked with the good Mr. Jagger and shared a joke with kindly Mr Lennon. I consider Joni Mitchell one of my closest friends. Sometimes Bob Dylan asks if he can play one of my songs.
I once sued Roger Waters for plagarism. I taught Pete Waterman eveything he knows and he still pays me for it. I return the cheques.
On an off day I amuse myself wondering how Thom Yorke would have coped without my seminal 'Creep' and the later 'Paranoid Android' which I wrote when asleep and were stolen from me.
I wonder how the good ship Coldplay would have sailed without my cast off 'Yellow'. Or whether they would have ended up in Trouble.
James Brown records my screams, Michael Jackson my yelps. David Gilmour rips off my guitar solos and Vinnie Coilata asks me for druming tips. Sometimes me and Herbie settle into a little Hammond to pass the time.
I swap records with DJ Shadow out of sympathy. Screamin' Pele Andersen learned his stage antics when he was my roadie.
I have fought smoked, toked, snorted and cavorted, rocked, rolled, jazzed and bluesed. I have moshed, been sloshed and snoozed. I have met industry types and attempted the Schmooze.
So yes, maybe I will email you, Kelly, 'cos I bet you're a really well connected industry type who'll kick start my flagging career.