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Bigdave
RobinBlamires
IainJohnston
There’s nowhere else I can think of putting this…
There’s a well-known Scottish crime novellist called Stuart MacBride, who writes whats called “Tartan Noir” – extremely “robust”, dark crime thrillers, based in real Scottish places, laced with some of the most witty and sharp black humour that bursts through in even the “grittiest” parts of his novels.
I’ve been reading one of his series based in the Scottish city of Aberdeen, which I know quite well, as does the author. He uses lots of “local colour” in these books for authenticity, including mentioning the local radio stations such as Northsound 1 and 2, etc.
Northsound often used JAM.
JAM lyrics and melodies stick in the listeners mind – after all, thats the idea of a “jingle”.
(….”whats he waffling about? get ON with it….” they all said….)
So when I reached page 272, the 2nd page of Chapter 34, where certain …er…characters have to sing a …um…”public service” jingle for a video (please, don’t even ask…).., I nearly fell off my chair laughing because the “metre” of the “lyrics” immediately jumped out as being very clearly “influenced” by the front half of probably No1 favourite with Collectors everywhere – JAM Best Show Cut #15.
I cannot possibly re-produce the said lyrics here, nor the context of the chapter – I think KenR would even have blanched at the thought of using such material on “Lunatic Fringe”.
But I think Mr Barras would have rumbled this one too, and had a good laugh at the “customization” of one of Jon Wolfert’s all-time classics. After all, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery – or maybe just “the jingle got into the guy’s head”
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