Plans

from Funky Grandma by The Offtopics

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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
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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about

This song was originally written on the number 70 tram from Wattle Park, heading into Richmond to see Checkerboard Lounge play at The Great Britain Hotel. The pub cops a reference in the opening line "I'm going down the GB..."

The song extols the virtue of getting out and doing something while the protagonist simultaneously seems to be passively observing a seedy, going nowhere sort of world. Is that deep? Who knows? What we do know is that this song has some exquisite work by Howard and his Harmon mute.

lyrics

PLANS

Verse 1
Em9 Dm9
Going down the GB talking bullshit in the
Em9 Dm9
corner with the regulars
Em9 Dm9
That’s ok ‘cos that’s the way we’re gonna
Em9 Dm9
Get out all that tension from the week.

Chorus
Cmaj7 Dmaj7
And I’m hearing lots of plans
Fmaj7 Gmaj7
Baby but, uh, no real man’s
Fmaj7
Gonna sit back. Expect some pat on the back
Gmaj7 Bb Am7 – riff into next verse
For an idea without action

Verse 2
Plans in motion
A thought ain’t worth nothing
Unless you do something – for someone
Might be anyone
Might be me – could even be you.

Chorus

Verse 3
Concealed emotion.
Hey old laddie boy
Struggling to do most everything
Nestled up against the edge of coolness
Trying to avoid that nothingness
He’s displaying some signs of dependence

Chorus

Guitar solo over Am7 and conclude with solo over chorus.

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