tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8499949614093219266.post1700352087998360720..comments2024-03-25T07:54:13.970+00:00Comments on Left and to the Back: Jigsaw - Mr. Job23 Daveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06341570374606412042noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8499949614093219266.post-56284064528396940102011-06-05T19:41:47.659+01:002011-06-05T19:41:47.659+01:00Aha! Well that definitely clears things up. Than...Aha! Well that definitely clears things up. Thanks for dropping by to explain the lyrics, Tony, which have confused me for an age now.23 Daveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06341570374606412042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8499949614093219266.post-79718036947237743002011-06-05T17:10:52.905+01:002011-06-05T17:10:52.905+01:00The song ‘Mr Job’ was written in response to a uni...The song ‘Mr Job’ was written in response to a uniformed 'Jobs worth' official who bugged me by barring my entry to a civic hall type venue in Bristol where The Alan Bown were due to play that evening. I arrived separately from the band by train in the afternoon and wanted to wait inside the venue until the evening. I ended up getting drenched by a rain shower due to the obstinate official. It was "more than his job was worth" to let me enter the venue earlier than the evening functions appointed hour. I, (together with Alan Bown singer Jess Roden, later prepared some (ineffectual) revenge for the jobs-worth by knocking up the song. The song took a somewhat different twist with Jess's lyrics which evolved in to an observation about an unfortunate man with an underdeveloped mental age who obsesses with making things from wood while his life passes him by. The song does not (as interpreted above) denigrate our final Mr Job or working tradesmen. I hope this helps. Best wishes, Tony Catchpole. Co-writer of Mr Job and Alan Bown guitaristTony at Osborne Mewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763119017951145621noreply@blogger.com