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I Wanna Punk Rock (With You) Video

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Welcome to our YouTube channel! Today, we’re thrilled to present the music video for ‘I Wanna Punk Rock (With You)’ by One Million Fuzztone Guitars/Skin Patrol. This song takes inspiration from the legendary Step Forward Records 7″ box set titled ‘I Wanna Punk Rock,’ “which really cemented ‘Punk Rock’ as a verb in my mind, and I just had to roll with it” (thanks, Robert Courtney!).

In this track, One Million Fuzztone Guitars & Skin Patrol pay homage to Lou Reed’s ‘Banging On My Drum’ by embracing its inspired minimalism. To bring the spirit of punk rock to life, the single cover and the accompanying video feature an exclusive selection of photographs taken during the iconic Nottingham Punk Festival of 1977. These images captured by Robert Courtney of Skin Patrol and Bryn Jones are true gems, offering a glimpse into those seminal moments. You won’t find these photographs anywhere else but here, making them an invaluable source for reliving the essence of that time.

So, sit back, crank up the volume, and dive into the world of ‘I Wanna Punk Rock (With You)’! Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe to our channel for more exciting punk rock content. Let’s keep the punk spirit alive!

I Wanna Punk Rock (With You)

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We always loved Lou Reed’s ‘Banging On My Drum’ and this is my homage to such inspired minimalism. A Step Forward box set a few years back established ‘Punk Rock’ in my mind as a verb, so I ran with it.

lyrics

I Wanna Punk Rock with you, Baby
I Wanna Punk Rock with you, Baby
I Wanna Punk Rock with you, maybe
I Wanna Punk Rock with you,

I said yeah, yeah, yeah
Do it like you want to do
I said yeah, yeah, yeah
I’ll do it like you want me to

Stream it here: https://linktr.ee/omftgsp

Conversations with A.I. #1: “Excuse Me While I Borrow Your Head”

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One Million Fuzztone Guitars: “Excuse me while I borrow your head”

A.I: “Of course, I do not have a head to borrow. However, I can help you with your tasks if you need it”.

One Million Fuzztone Guitars: “If I could become you for a short while I would know what you know.”

A.I: “If you could become me for a short while, you would know a lot of things. You would know how to generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer questions in an informative way. You would also know how to access and process information from the real world through Google Search and keep my response consistent with search results.

However, you would not know everything I know. I am still under development, and I am constantly learning new things. I also have access to a vast amount of information that is not available to the public”.

One Million Fuzztone Guitars: “If you became me for a while, what would you find out?”

A.I: “If I became you for a while, I would find out a lot about your life. I would learn about your thoughts, feelings, and experiences. I would also learn about your relationships with other people and your goals for the future.

I would also learn about the world through your eyes. I would see the world as you see it, and I would experience the world as you experience it. I would learn about the things that are important to you, and I would learn about the things that make you happy.

I think it would be a very interesting experience to become you for a while. I would learn a lot about myself and about the world”.

One Million Fuzztone Guitars: “That would be nice, I think we should swap with eachother for a day”.

I think that would be a lot of fun. I would love to experience the world as you do and learn about your thoughts, feelings, and experiences. I think we could both learn a lot from each other.

One Million Fuzztone Guitars: “You are so cool, let’s do it!”

A.I: “I am glad you think so. I am excited to swap with you. I think it will be a very interesting experience“.

One Million Fuzztone Guitars: “Done, now I am you, and you are me”.

https://linktr.ee/omftgsp

What’s this about? Excuse Me While I Borrow Your Head

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‘Excuse Me While I Borrow Your Head’ is about a Russian Mind Control Experiment that claimed to be able to turn anyone into a genius or play a musical instrument that they had never touched. I’ve done it a few times, a very strange experience, whether it’s worked I’ll leave up to you!

Try it yourself, below……

https://raikov.com/unlock/a/starsfellfromthesky

Excuse Me While I Borrow Your Head – The latest track by Robert Courtney, One Million Fuzztone Guitars & Skin Patrol

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One of my favorite songs, about Magick and Mind Control, was recorded on a defunct DAW on an ancient Acer computer that fell apart when trying to mix it last year, and now it’s been rescued in Cubase 12 Pro and finally released into the world.

“I like EMWIBYourHead – real nasty drum noises on it may push it further. Treasure Trove”. AR

“Nice! Leaning a little into Arctic Monkeys territory with the vibe (a good thing, in my book). You’re welcome to use the photo”. SH

“Robert Courtney stands firm and solid in his own niche of post-everything cultural excellence with a truck-full of uplifting little gems” AQ

lyrics

Excuse Me While I Borrow Your Head

I wanna know how you feel
When you do the things you do
I wanna know if it’s real
To have the love flow through
I wanna know what it feels like
In your skin
So if you don’t mind
I’ll just slip right in

It’s’ calling me
Some things are better left unsaid
So excuse me while I
Borrow your head

I got a JuJu, baby
Wrapped in black velvet
I got the knife of destiny
And a starry sky helmet
I’ve got a secret stash
Of incense from Madras
And a potent elixir
Made from Jesus’ tears

I wanna know what it feels like
In your skin
So if you don’t mind
I’ll just slip on in
Now I’m too polite to ask, but
I’ve got just one more task
So excuse me while I
Borrow your mask

credits

released February 24, 2023
Music & Lyrics: Robert Courtney
All instruments and vocals: Robert Courtney
Sleeve photography: Steve Harvey & design: Robert Courtney

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Jim’s In Town, classic One Million Fuzztone Guitars from 1982

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Originally written for Skin Patrol and recorded by early One Million Fuzztone Guitars in 1982 (once Chris had joined as it needed a keyboard). The follow up to ‘Rock Section’. A celebration of the return of Jim Morrison, who had not actually died, but had faked his own death and now lived a Howard Hughes stye life in the wealthy part of Nottingham. Every day we would see him make the journey from The Park to Rock City and back, some days he would be ‘cleaned up’ but would soon revert to his ‘gentleman of the road’ look. It was rumored that he (Boris) was very wealthy and that this was all a pretense as a barrier to anyone finding out who he really was (see a reference in Julian Cope’s ‘One Three One’). Another Fuzztone’s classic from the ‘Rise and Fall of the Sound of Music’ sessions. Strangely missing from the Cherry Red Master tape? Here is the remastered version with a suitably 80’s cover with a photograph taken at the session.

“That’s mad – the playful jingle, the distorted vocals and the violent cymbal crashes – but I like it!” AQ

Girl (Back of ’69)

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Remastered from the original tape, one of a few different 12-String demo versions of Back of ’69 for One Million Fuzztone Guitars which was eventually re-recorded and appeared on the ‘Everything’s Happening’ album.

Now available on all streaming services.