I won’t sing - I won’t dance
I won’t shake my poncy ass
Just to beg for you’re approval
Sorry Simon
I won’t fall - For your ploy
For your sick and twisted joy
I know I’m not your idol
Sorry Simon
And the birds - That I know
They all dig my rock and roll show
They don’t give a toss about you
Sorry Simon
Joey spins - In his grave
Johnny’s Rotten but he’d say
He won’t take your Filthy Lucre
Sorry Simon
I will rock - But I won’t roll
For your sick and twisted show
And I’ll never be your idol
Sorry Simon
With the kids - Back at home
Singing Ready Steady Go
We weren’t singing it to you
Sorry Simon
And you’ll never be our idol – Sorry Simon
You will never be our idol – Sorry Simon
Copyright 2008 Gravelsauce Music.
A Fifth Of Nowhere
A fifth of nowhere - A fifth of nowhere
A fifth of nowhere
14 hours since I left my baby
And I got me a fifth of nowhere
Screaming down life’s endless highway
Head back, bottoms up, haven’t got a care
Righteous on a Friday night
Kicking up a fuss
Age-old songs tell age-old stories (and)
Each new curse strikes deeper than the first
14 days since I left my baby
And I got me a fifth of nowhere
Just another lifeless by-way
Head straight, seat up, trying not to care
Mindless on a Saturday
Thinking makes it worse
Age-old songs tell age-old stories (and)
Each new curse strikes deeper than the first
A fifth of nowhere - A fifth of nowhere
14 months since I left my baby
You’d think I ought to be somewhere
Spun my wheels, kicked up some dust
Head down, lights out, haven’t got a prayer
Some hits make you stronger
Some hits can’t be nursed
Age-old songs tell age-old stories (and)
Each new curse strikes deeper than the first
I don’t know what I’ve become
I don’t know where I belong
14 months and 14 days
Since I got me a fifth of nowhere
Still I think about it
If I could just kick it in reverse
Age-old songs tell age-old stories (and)
Each new curse strikes deeper than the first
Each new curse strikes deeper than the first
Each new curse strikes deeper than the first
A fifth of nowhere - A fifth of nowhere
Copyright 2008 Gravelsauce Music.
The Cause
The dawn of another day
History will have its say
Blame from another way
Got us in these straights today
Fighting over king and country
Hoping to return
Essence of that pioneering
Burning in the cause
Of a troubled land
Get up now and make a stand
Change for the common man
Forge another way again
Take the reins and agitate
Those who’d leave us up to fate
For all the souls who’ve gone before us
Fighting for the
Get on up now
Fight for your country
Get on up now
Fight for the cause
Get on up now
Fight for your country
Get on up now
Fight for the cause
Get on up now
Fight for your country
Get on up now
Fight for the cause
The cause will change the way
History will have its say
The dawn of another day
We are…
Fighting for the cause
In a troubled land
Get up now and make a stand
For change is a come in’ man
We are…
Fighting for the cause
In a troubled land
Get up now and make a stand
For change is a come in’ man
We are fighting for the cause
Copyright 2008 Gravelsauce Music.
Snocker Snog & Shag
Monday comes and I’m at the job
Forty hours with some bleeding yobs
Suppose that’s better than being on the dole
Put away some quid for the weekend run
Grab my girl gonna have some fun
Let’s get out and have a shout
We’ll get snockered snog and shag
Snocker, Snog and Shag
Snocker, Snog and Shag
I’ll go with you for a pint or two
We’ll get snockered snog and shag
I might have to stand for treason
But every bloke he has his reason
The only bird I want to fly is you
All my mates they look around
Never finding what I found
Let’s go run and have some fun
We’ll get snockered snog and shag
Snocker, Snog and Shag
Snocker, Snog and Shag
I’ll go with you for a pint or two
We’ll get snockered snog and shag
I’ve got a whammy bar
You’ve got a fuzz box
Let’s spend the night
Making Jimi Hendrix blush!
Snocker, Snog and Shag
Snocker, Snog and Shag
I’ll go with you for a pint or two
We’ll get snockered snog and shag
Snocker, Snog and Shag
Snocker, Snog and Shag
I’ll go with you for a pint or two
We’ll get snockered snog and shag
I’ll go with you for a pint or two…….
We’ll get snockered snog and shag
Copyright 2008 Gravelsauce Music.
Penelope Jane
She lives on this world - Instead of in it
She floats through your mind - Like a spirit
Penelope Jane – She’s gonna change
Your point of view
Penelope Jane - It’s such a shame
But it works for you
The dreams in her eyes are disconnected
Imagining makes her unaffected
Penelope Jane - If I dropped your name
Would you find a clue?
Penelope Jane - If it’s all the same
I’ll take the truth
Look into her mind
See no ordinary times
Dancing through her day
Playing to amaze
She makes you feel like living
Disaffected, no respect
For anything mundane
She’ll look at you & say
It’s really all the same
She makes you feel like
Makes you feel like
Penelope Jane – She’s gonna change
Your point of view
Penelope Jane - It’s such a shame
But it works for you
Penelope Jane - If it’s all the same
I’ll take the truth
(C) 2009 Gravelsauce Music.
Radio Caroline
Take a look at who’s beside you
Never trust the ones that guide when
Everyone is looking after you
On the streets and through the air
Marching orders from millionaires
Tell me this is a nation under God
Just Listen Baby
They try to squeeze
Every time you try to breathe
Radio Radio Radio Caroline
Radio Radio Radio Caroline
I Always Listen For Your Heartbeat In The Sky
Shouted out with a breath of freedom
Clash of sounds to unite the kingdom
Spreading over waves and through the air
Tommy Vance and Robbie Dale
Manned the oars and set the sails
And kept the dial open to the world
Radio Radio Radio Caroline
Radio Radio Radio Caroline
I Always Listen For Your Heartbeat In The Sky
Copyright 2005 Gravelsauce Music.
Sod It Up
Sod it up – little darling
You’ve made a right fine mess of yourself
Sod it up – little darling
And lay it on everybody else
We gave you heart beats
We gave you seasons
We gave you reasons
To believe
Looking at your belly
Shaking on the telly
Begging us to love you
You gave us all a rise
Sod it up – little angel
You’ve made a right fine mess of it all
Sod it up – little angel
And watch your ratings soar
Driving super highway
Racing it with speed dear
Nobody could touch you
Did you fly so high you couldn’t see?
How you
Sod it up - Sod it up
Sod it up - Sod it up
Air your dirty laundry
Right out on the line dear
Hanging up your knickers
For all the world to see
Paparazzi princess
Rehab revolution
Taking us the distance
We can never get enough
Even when you
Sod it up
Sod it up
Copyright 2007 Gravelsauce Music.
Speaking the Truth to Power
The negative of wrong is right
The negative of dark is light
The negative of freedom is control
The negative of you is rock and roll
Gonna shout you down
With my loaded guitar gun
there's hope in everybody
let it reign in the house of love
I'm Speaking the truth to power
Speaking the truth to power
Taking blood and toil
To ring your cash cow bell
You sold your soul
To make the rules
Think we'll follow you to hell
Speaking the truth to power
Speaking the truth to power
Gonna lay you down
To set with the rising sun
The future is unwritten
Our voice will rise as one
speaking the truth to power
Speaking the truth to power
Speaking the truth to power
Speaking the truth to power
Copyright 2007 Gravelsauce Music.
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Jonny Dongel's Details
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Single
Body type:
6' 0"
Zodiac Sign:
Leo
Smoke / Drink:
No / Yes
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Before there was Punk Rock there was Pub Rock. The singularly British
rebellion to the mainstream corporate AOR and progressive rock blight coming out
of London and California in the mid-to-late 1970’s. As a child of ‘hipster’
parents in Bristol England, Jonny Dongel got his first taste of this new,
exciting music.
The bands in this scene were poised to produce some of the biggest stars in
the first and second waves of British Punk Rock. The 101er’s gave us Joe
Strummer. Riff Raff produced Billy Bragg. Kilburn and the High Roads were Ian
Dury’s first group. Some of the artists, such as Elvis Costello, Sniff and the
Tears, Wreckless Eric, Squeeze and Dr Feelgood went on to distinguished
careers in their own right.
The times were explosive yet fleeting. As Pub became Punk became New Wave the
energy and excitement of this era was lost to history. Until Now….. Jonny
Dongel has reached back in time, while staying firmly in the present and created
an album of melodic anthems that pay homage to the spirit of his youth.
"A Fifth of Nowhere" is a collection of eleven original
compositions featuring huge guitar riffs, playful lyrics and sing along melodies
like those heard in pubs across Britain for generations. A celebration of
working class pride and spirit.
Nearly every song on this album, has that boozed up, chanting, singalong factor. The last tracks that I can remember sharing this same quality were Oasis’ “Don’t Look Back in Anger” and “Wonderwall”. “Snocker Snog and Shag” alludes to many a favourite past time and really sets up the album very nicely. The title track “A Fifth of Nowhere” gives more of the same. “The Cause” with it’s high octane guitar and drums, takes a slightly different turn. With it’s slightly harder edge, it’s more rock than punk, but it still has that hallmark sound.
"JD has a knack of penning tunes that dad rockers like
Weller and his ilk never came close to. Jonny is quite possibly a virtual pop
phenomenon. Ostensibly an ex-pat from Bristol exiled in NY it really makes no
difference. This Dongel fella has made an album that’ll have you grinning and
turning up the car (or home) cd to tilt."
After listening through the entire album, my favorite song would have to be “Sorry Simon,” the fourth track on the album. Not only was it the first song that gave me a taste of what Jonny Dongel was all about, it has an awesome guitar opening. Plus, with lyrics like “I won’t fall for your ploy, for your sick and twisted joy, I know I’m not your idol, Sorry Simon,” it’s a catchy song that forces you to sing along.
Jonny Dongel's myspace page features a couple of attitude fuelled punky anthems full of spiky guitars, infectious vocals and the kind of drums that make you want to jump around like a loon.
This is kind of an old school Rock..n Roll Punk Pop for my ears. It..s really so powerful, amazing production and good mix. GREAT ONE! Fighting for the cause - with amazing music! Wow!!!
The song starts with a fantastic sounding, simple, catchy, perfectly toned (any more adjectives?) guitar lick. Add in a driving drum line played on a solidly produced and very tight sounding kit and you have the makings of a hit pop rock song. Whats missing? A catchy vocal composition that enables the listener to sing along the very first time he/she listens to it. Oh wait, that's the next addition to this little gem! Sorry Simon: an alliterative two word deal breaker which I'm assuming is the title of the track. I was humming the melody and signing "sorry, Simon" as soon as the song ended. A+ fellas, you've delivered a 2 1/2 min. ditty that will burrow into its listeners memory as soon as it's heard, whether they like it or not. And I did. So there.
Jonny Dongel was born in Bristol England in 1973 to an English mother and Irish father. He lived in Bristol until his late teens. After ‘Sodding Up’ his “A” levels and any chance at a proper future he moved to London where he spent a decade as a working class hero in nearly every pub and restaurant on the west end. He also bought a guitar and started writing about his experiences chasing “birds” and exploring the old hangouts of the idols of his youth. The Clash, Sex Pistols and Pogues were never far from his mind. These songs were sadly only heard by his closest mates and a few neighbors in his thin walled flat.
In 2001 Jonny made a big move to New York City. The reason for this move isn’t entirely clear other than he was overheard one night saying that it sounded like a smashing place when Shane McGowan sang about it. Once in New York he landed a gig as the guitar player for the Brooklyn based band “Crashed Ashes”. This lasted a few years until he parted company with the band because “That wanker of a singer wouldn’t play any of my stuff”.
After this ill-fated attempt at rock stardom Jonny went back to his room and started writing again. The results are now coming to fruition with the newly released album “A Fifth of Nowhere”. Enjoy the songs previewed on this site.
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Hi Jonny Dongel, Heaven & Earth is on hiatus now as Stuart Smith and Richie Onori have joined forces with bassist Steve Priest to reform "Sweet". For those of you unfamiliar with the band, Sweet originally formed in the early 70s and went on to sell over 40,000,000 albums with 11 International Top Ten Hits such as "Ballroom Blitz", "Little Willy", "Love is Like Oxygen", "Fox on the Run", "Teenage Rampage", "Action", "Blockbuster", "Hellraiser" and many others. This reincarnation of the band reformed last year, playing their first show in June, and went on to play festivals throughout Canada and the States and had played to over 300,000 people before the year was out. During this tour last year they recorded a live CD available on Amazon entitled "Sweet, Live in America" which has received rave reviews - pick up a copy and please Add Sweet As Your Friend On Myspace! http://www.myspace.com/thesweetband Also, check out our friend Red Hot Chili Pepper Chad Smith's new band, Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats and their iTunes Top 10 Funk/Jazz debut release, "Meet the Meatbats"! http://www.myspace.com/bombasticmeatbats
Ian Dury Biography 2010 on Facebook - become a fan and watch the space for news, pictures and interview snippets! Go To: www.facebook.com/pages/Ian-Dury-Biography-2010/136475666766
Saturday 10/3 @ 7:00 pm - "Megalith Ska Splash" featuring: HUB CITY STOMPERS (NJ), VOID UNION (MA), CHANNEL ONE (TX), THE STRESS (RI), THE HARD TIMES (NYC) - @ The Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11211. $15 - All Ages to enter / 21 to drink
Your a genius, my friends, your songs saved my summer from giving up with work, and maybe life. I'm broke, had a stroke the other week, that's why I still didn't order your new record, and still didn't send you a lot of records . I apologize.
This Wednesday August 12th we'll be playing a record label showcase at Arlene's Grocery in NYC. Tickets are only $8 and we go on at 9:30pm. We hope you can make it out. Thanks for your support!
We just recently finished our EP and are so proud, all the hard work payed off! If you have a few minutes please give it a listen and tell us what you think :)
"Exciting, Striding and assured. It has an energy reminiscant of everything that was good about the Klaxons debut album.." - BBC Radio Bristol.
"The overall sound echoes that of Bloc Party but with greater conviction and sophistication. Go see them live if you can." - iTunes review.
It's also available to buy through our website and itunes if you really do like it.
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