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The Sunset Show

from Not Quite Naked by Jemmy Joe

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This song was my most obvious attempt to re-create the music I loved twenty years ago. Velvet Underground influenced, feminist rock n roll. I was reflecting on the idea of the alpha male and how often the attempt to create a female hero equivalent just put traditional male attributes to some sex object. The unimpressed but impressive women I know are more complex and very different from each other. They can be “bad ass”, sure, but they can also just want a home, be problematic or they can be meek and uncompetitive until it counts. Brian again stepped in to help with this tune, playing both the acoustic guitar while my wrist was broken and creating that lead riff material that makes me swoon.

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You know a little place
Say we oughta go
To watch the sun set
Yeah, watch the show

A concrete beach
With no one around
Just jump that fence
And we'll watch the sun go down

Grab some ciders
And I'm ready to leave
Don't need to ask me twice
Or tug on my sleeve

Who's got a bald head
And thinks that sounds fun?
You're looking at em

Ooooh-wheee
Ooooh-wheee
Gonna have
Have a time
Ooooh-wheee

We spend all day
Making each other laugh
You say you're the weirdest person
At every job you had

But everything you
Makes sense to me
You're always direct
Subtly

The most obvious person
I've ever known
Just watch your eye brows
To see where the wind blows

Do I wanna join you
And watch the sunset show?
My heart over flows

Ooooh-wheee
Ooooh-wheee
Gonna have
Have a time
Ooooh-wheee

Ooooh-wheee
Ooooh-wheee
Gonna have
Have a time
Ooooh-wheee

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from Not Quite Naked, released July 22, 2022

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Jemmy Joe Olympia, Washington

Jemmy Joe is a twin. An unreliable narrator. An acquired taste. Mixing traditional folk, jazz harmonic taste and a sardonic optimism, Jemmy Joe has been making music for no one his entire, god damn adult life. Though he has very little to show for it, it is the train he is on and will not be jumping off any time soon. ... more

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