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Nizlopi and the JCB Song

  • Posted on: September 26, 2005
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{title}I've got to credit Andrew for pointing me in the direction of this one. The JCB Song by Nizlopi is a stunning song.

Maybe it's the mood I'm in, or maybe it's the weather, but this song got to me. I had such a stupid smile on my face when listening to it and with lyrics like:

We're holding up the by-pass,
Me and my dad having a top laugh.
I'm sitting on the toolbox and I'm so glad I'm not in school....
I'm Luke, I'm five and my dad's Bruce Lee and he drives me round in his JCB...

Genius.

Such simple lyrics about simple childhood things brought to life by a staggeringly beautiful animation by those clever chaps at Monkeehub. Kind of reminds me of Counting Crows / Radiohead / G Love and Special Sauce (the early stuff mind), with the lyrics of, errrr, Mike Skinner.

Anyway, I've bought the album, and judging by the reviews, it promises to be right up my street.

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mark, this song just made my day.  all i could think about while i was listening was how bad i wanted to drive to my son’s school and grab him out of class and just go driving for the rest of the day.  just me and him…

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John Peele
Mon 26th Sep 2005
at 10:57 pm

Isn’t just great? I had a look on the band’s site and they’ve got some clips you can listen to - they all sound excellent.

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Mark Boulton
Tue 27th Sep 2005
at 1:48 am

Really enjoyed that, thanks! Beautiful animation too - must have took forever…

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Steve Williams
Tue 27th Sep 2005
at 2:16 am

This is brilliant. I saw Luke preform in London on a trip 3 1/2 years ago in a small pub .. somewhere. Went to catch my friend Oli’s show and this crazy guy with an upright bass, rapping and singing blew everyone away.

Great to see they’re still up to good things.

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Craig
Tue 27th Sep 2005
at 1:34 pm

Very nice mate, possibly the best site I’ve ever come across.

Check this one out too (it rocks!)
http://www.guitarshredshow.com

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Graham Sanders
Tue 27th Sep 2005
at 4:53 pm

Graham - awesome - simply awesome.

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Steve Williams
Wed 28th Sep 2005
at 4:04 am

Have you seen monkeyhub’s video for radiohead’s creep?  It was an uncommissioned video he just did for fun, but it’s incredibly well done.  Check it out:
http://www.lowmorale.co.uk/creep/

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Alex
Wed 28th Sep 2005
at 6:04 am

Love it too - had it linked up for a while now. Just makes me want to be a small person with a small person’s imagination. Aaah…

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Colly
Wed 28th Sep 2005
at 8:59 pm

Yal are pretty awesome and all my buddies love your tunes also. So ill get your music going here in the States to spread the beautiful sounds!-zander

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Zander
Fri 14th Oct 2005
at 8:58 pm

i love nizlopi especialy the JCB Song its such a lovely song, i listern 2 it 4 hours everyday i just cant help it its a well catchy song lol.

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Taz
Sun 1st Jan 2006
at 5:13 pm

to me this song fills me with hope for the future. the same hope that you had when you where a child and all you need do to find answers was to turn to your parents. it also makes my heart go out to all those poor children whose parents abuse them. May life guide them to a brighter future.

alex

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alex griffin
Sun 8th Jan 2006
at 11:42 am

DAT song is fuckin booming

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thomas hillman
Fri 27th Jan 2006
at 3:53 am

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