I love bird watching. I’m a rank amateur, don’t get me wrong. It had always been my intention to get my older sister Nell to play sax for this. Originally I recorded just her playing her take on Charlie Parker’s Ornithology and then tried to make a beat with that but I couldn’t get it to work. I then found a “practice-a-long” style Youtube video, sampled that and got her to play over it which worked much better. Bread isn’t great for birds nutritionally.
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I've been trying to learn which bird I heard was singing
And you might think that that's not cool but who cares
Bird watching's in my family, my Grandad I never knew
Used to watch and paint them I've got some that he drew
My Dad birdwatched to connect with him when he passed
And when I was a kid, do you think I gave a crap?
But then he passed and I see what the fuss is about
Massive thing in the sky is a buzzard no doubt
Red kite: forked tail, hangs in the air
Anything big that aren't them two it's probably rare
I obsess over swifts, they land before summer
Each year they come over they're decreasing in number
Welled up more than once watching them scream at each other
Zipping overhead collecting their fly supper
I'm a sucker for a nuthatch, a sucker for a robin
Love hearing a tawny owl, don't see them very often
Ange got the bird seed filled to the brim
Got them anti-squirrel feeders cos those guys were going in
And get great spotted woodpeckers
When they attacked our bird box full of blue tits it upset us
Suppose, that's how nature goes, innit
Once we had a sparrowhawk eating a pigeon
I scared it off by accident, trying to get a picture
Pigeon wasn't quite dead so I had to kill it
Stamped on its head, at first didn't quite get it
Worst moments of my life, that'll make the edit
But good to know there's birds of prey doing their thing
Hate hearing stories of farmers persecuting them
So many species declining due to habitat disturbance
But British buy more bird food than anyone in Europe
So with a little bit more interest in avian life
We might undo some damage instead of paying the price
Get your RSPB membership and take it for hikes
Get some cheap binoculars, do summat you may even like
People act like it's friggin’ train spotting
But I genuinely believe hearing bird song is pain stopping
Just listening's superb, even in the ‘burbs
Rap and ornithology, I'm fine with being a nerd
They're on tour, getting bread, giving it to birds
I'm in my garden, with some bread, giving it to birds
They're on tour, getting bread, giving it to birds
I'm in my garden, with some bread, giving it to birds...
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from Support Bubble,
released June 3, 2023
Featuring Nell Jones on saxophone & DJ O.P.1 on cuts
Contains interpolation of “Ornithology” by Charlie Parker, first recorded in 1946 .
Love it!
Took a couple of plays but now it just slots right in with all the other Allergies tracks that I love so much!
Bought on vinyl and love the fact you get a download copy included!
What a silly question asking which is your favourite track!! jbarty
