Makke - Lazy Jones
87%
Since It's Binary, Baby! has gone off the radar for a while, I decided to release the remixes here on RKO. I will release one track per month in track order from the album. I decided to remaster the tracks. Not sure if they're better sounding or just different sounding, but they've been remastered from my original Renoise mixdowns.
I had listened to Apoptygma Berzerk's Harmonizer a lot around the time this remix was conceived. I’m clearly mimicking Stephan Groth’s sometimes deadpan vocal delivery to otherwise exciting and melodic dance music. I like that contrast.
I also remember opinions being divided regarding this remix. Some people think it's the best track of the album, some think it's rubbish. Personally I think it's one of the best Lazy Jones remixes around. But you're welcome to disagree. 😊
Lyrics
Jones was quite a lazy man
Of game designers he was a fan
Was happy as long as he got payed
And spent his day in the arcade
But sometimes he felt all trapped inside
A boarded up house with no way out
With someone watching, no way to hide
Not in control of his whereabouts
And his friends they used to say
You've got to break loose of that some day
The joystick is running your life
Stuck in a rut, an endless strife
But Jones wouldn't hear
Cuz in his head he heard the cheer
Of people singing
Jones he is our man
He can join my clan
He's got the high score
Who can ask for more?
Jones he is the best
Better than the rest
He's got all the scores
That are higher than yours
His mother used to ask her son
What out of all of this he'd won
And every time he used to say
You wouldn't understand anyway
And she would shake her head
Saying: Why don't you get a girl instead?
The joystick is running your life
Stuck in a rut, an endless strife
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