DJJD Volume 34

Created By:  Jonathan Dysart (DJJD)

Original Creation Year:  2013
Year of Re-master:  2016

Song Listing

Side A

1.    The Yeah Yeah Song:  The Flaming Lips 

2.    Goofing Off:  Sparks

3.    Bliss:  Muse

4.    Don't Be Light:  Air

5.    Free Four:  Pink Floyd

Side B

6.    Heroes and Villains:  The Beach Boys

7.    This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us:  Sparks

8.    The Slider:  T. Rex

9.    For the Summer:  Ray LaMontagne
10. Home from Home:  Stealers Wheel [original version does not exist]

Side C

11. Randy Scouse Git:  The Monkees

12. Oh! You Pretty Things:  David Bowie
13. Ride a White Swan:  T. Rex

14. Far Far Away:  Slade
15. So Long Dad:  Harry Nilsson

Side D

16. Nothing Rhymed:  Gilbert O'Sullivan

17. Rajah Khan:  Renaissance

18. For Every Man:  Roger Hodgson [original version does not exist]
19. West Coast:  Coconut Records

Origin of the Album

          Two years have passed since I created a new album - the longest gap since the creation of DJJD Volume 1 and DJJD Volume 2.  Things have calmed down a bit - however.  Work at my second computer consulting firm is beginning to become just as stressful and painful as it was in my first computer consulting firm, where most of my albums were influenced by.  A time to vent in a creative sense was needed.  Instead of making a "work sucks" album, I went into a more artsy direction - trying to expand my experience of album creating passed the typical classical rock / alternative rock genre.  It's this same approach I took with the future DJJD Volume 36 and what I deemed the direction the band Radiohead did after their famous album OK Computer.

         It started with a handful of tracks I saved up from purchases of Amazon and ripps from YouTube.  Those include "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" by The Flaming Lips, "Bliss" by Muse, "Heroes and Villians" by The Beach Boys, and "Rajah Kahn" by Renaissance.  What really took off this album was the discovery of the cult / alternative band Sparks, coming from my research on glam rock for DJJD Volume 26.  Now I am a fan of their work, which will be used a lot in future albums.  Even my younger neice loves their song "Goofing Off".
            

Concept and Theme of the Album

         Just like DJJD Volume 33, the album has no distinct concept or idea.  It has been artfully integrated - no obvious concept or meaning.  Just art itself! 
     

Concept and the Album Cover

           The front album cover is taken from an artist rendition of Franz Kafka's "Metamorphosis".  Here is some cliff notes on this great short novel.  Here is another thug notes.  The back album cover is another great surreal picture.  Once again, art itself!