Funky Grandma

from Funky Grandma by The Offtopics

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7" vinyl release of "Funky Grandma" the second release in the "Back on the Zine" series.

A side: Funky Grandma
B side: Plans

Polash Larsen: Guitars, Lead vocals
Mark Bretherton: Keyboards, Backing vocals
Linc Yow Yeh: Drums, Backing Vocals
Tim Webb: Bass, Percussion
Omid Shayan: Saxophones
Howard Norsetter: Trumpet

Mixed and engineered by Nick Hererra at The Grove Studios, Coburg
Mastered by Joe Carra of Crystal Mastering, Thornbury
Cover art by Jess Parker of Squishface Comics, Brunswick
Pressed by Zenith Records, East Brunswick

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Ah the mysterious alchemy of song-writing... The song doesn't really have much to do with either of my actual grandmothers. I never knew my mother's mother and my father's mother, though terrific in many ways - not the least being that she's still with us at the age of 102 - is not particularly funky in any of the word's senses. Even at 102 years old she smells fine. The original working title of the song was "Somebody funked my grandma...". It's amusing in a juvenile sort of way to play with the similarity of "funked" with something else. Of course, if we're looking to answer the question of "who" then the most likely culprit was probably my grandfather. Moving on and having achieved the transformation of the noun "funk" into a transitive verb the song looks at the similarly transformative power of funk itself. It examines funk's mutable power over a grandma, a postman, an op-shop and even an Indian mystic in the form of a sadhu. It's a fairly deliberate reference to the scholarly work of Dr Noel Fielding "And then Bootsy Collins had the funk..." At this point the mystery of who has been doing the funking begins to hurtle towards the inevitable drawing room conclusion. A clue is dropped in the bridge when the narrator asserts that his funk is somehow internally self-generating. Finally the mystery of "who brought the funk to the party" is solved at the song's conclusion.

Look - its a funny song for dancing to. What do you want me to say? It's the A side because it's upbeat and the production turned out really nice. The B side "Plans" has more of a real story - but who wants to hear about the B side these days???

lyrics

FUNKY GRANDMA

VERSE 1
Bm7 A7 D7 F9 E9
Somebody funked my grandma
Bm7 A7 E9 ( f - e - d - a )
She’s got a platform zimmer frame.
Bm7 A7 D7 F9 E9
Somebody funked my grandma.
Bm7 A7 E9 ( f - e - d - a )
Her boiled fruitcake just ain’t the same.
Bm7 A7 D7 F9 E9
Somebody funked my grandma.
Bm7 A7 E9 ( f - e - d - a )
She’s wearing a raspberry beret.
Bm7 A7 D7 F9 E9
Somebody funked my grandma.
Bm7 A7 E9 ( f - e - d - a )
Might be cocaine in her crème brulee.

CHORUS
D9 a b
Who brought the funk to the party?
D9 E9
Does everybody get a slice?
D9 a b
Who brought the funk to this party?
( f e d f e d a b
Mm-mm! This funk sure is nice!

VERSE 2

Somebody funked the postman
Big lapels on his high vis vest.
Somebody funked the postman.
His moped’s the best.
Somebody funked the sadhu
He dances funk style just for fun.
Somebody funked the sadhu
Even his lingam is on the one. Now listen.

BRIDGE
G F#m Bm D
I don’t need a little dose ‘cos my body makes it inside.
G F#m Bm D
All this funk is welling up. Get ready for the ride.
G F#m Bm D
They couldn’t kill this party even if they tried.
G F#m7 E9
Whoever said it’s bad for you I can tell you that they lied.

INSTRUMENTAL OVER VERSE

VERSE 4
Somebody funked the op-shop
Little old ladies getting down
Somebody funked the op-shop
Funky grandma goes in to town
Somebody funked the op-shop
They got LPs by the JBs
Somebody funked the op-shop
They don’t serve cake – they got rice and peas.

CHORUS
Who brought the funk to the party?
Does everybody get a slice?
Who brought the funk to this party?
The funk gives a kick of spice.
Who brought the funk to the party?

I brought the funk to the party now I’m takin’ it. Goodbye.

credits

from Funky Grandma, released February 20, 2018
Polash Larsen: Guitars, Lead vocals
Mark Bretherton: Keyboards, Backing vocals
Linc Yow Yeh: Drums, Backing Vocals
Tim Webb: Bass, Percussion
Omid Shayan: Saxophones
Howard Norsetter: Trumpet

Mixed and engineered by Nick Hererra at The Grove Studios, Coburg
Mastered by Joe Carra of Crystal Mastering, Thornbury
Cover art by Jess Parker of Squishface Comics, Brunswick
Pressed by Zenith Records, East Brunswick

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The Offtopics Melbourne, Australia

From Bourbon Street in New Orleans to Memphis and Jamaica via the bars of Brunswick, The Offtopics deliver infectious songs that will make you tap your feet and bring a smile to your face. Fronted by funk dynamo Polash Larsen, these are some of Melbourne’s most talented musicians working their basses off to show you a good time. ... more