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Sadie Jemmett – “Up On The Heath” (video)

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Whilst sitting in a bar one night with a friend and writing a set list for a gig I was about to do, I wondered aloud what songs to play. “Why don’t you play all your happy songs?” he hilariously quipped. “Right!” I thought, “I’ll show him” and vowed to write a happy song. Up On The Heath was the result.
Sadie

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UP ON THE HEATH

Won’t you stand still with me
We’ll get out of this city
We’ll live our lives they’re meant to be
Breathe in the clean air

Oh, but you know my old car
It just wont get us very far
Just out of Hackney up to Gospel Oak is all im hoping for

So lets go up onto the Heath
Watch the city crawl beneath our feet
Try to beat these blues away

Oh, well won’t you come away
Cos the world looks good today
Lie on our backs and watch the world rush by
We’re high in a blue sky

And I’ll tell you what i know
Of the city down below
Of all the people here in London Town
Well im so glad i found you

Oh, let’s go up onto the Heath
Watch the city crawl beneath our feet
And try to beat these blues away
And pretend the world is perfect for today

When the lights begin to fade
We will slowly make our way
Through the ancient trees of Hampstead Heath
While the moon does creep
And the city sleeps

We’ll be up upon the Heath
Watching the city crawl beneath our feet
And we will beat these blues away, yeah
And we’ll know the world is perfect
And everything was worth it
Yes, we’ll know the world is perfect for today.

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Album version from THE BLACKSMITH’s GIRL features:

Sadie Jemmett — vocals & acoustic guitar
Ed Harcourt – piano, bass, guitarron, accordion, baritone guitar, percussion
Cass Browne – drums/percussion
Nick Etwell – trumpet
Sky Murphy – trombone
Gita Langley — violin
The Langley Sisters (Gita, Rosie & Edie) – backing vocals

Producer: Ed Harcourt
Engineer: Tom Loffman
Mixer: David Bianco
Mastering: Andy “Hippy” Baldwin
Recorded at Beethoven Street Studios, London
Mastered at Metropolis Studios, London


Music & lyrics by Sadie Jemmett
Copyright © 2010 Mamaz Music Publishing/PRS BMI All Rights Reserved


Sadie Jemmett – “Come Down” (live at The 12 Bar Club, video)

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COME DOWN

Out beyond ideas of wrong and right
Is a place where we can lie
I’ll hold your hand if you hold mine
We’ll shut our mouths so we can’t fight
And I couldn’t say that I believe in love affairs
The way I did when I was younger
But I’m not asking you for anything that you don’t want to give you understand

I’ve been trying to come down
‘Cos nothing feels the same
And I was hoping you might hold me
‘Til I get back up again

I’ve got so much to tell you
That the words get stuck inside my head
It makes me dizzy
I try to put them into songs I can sing
But I always think there’s something missing
And I couldn’t say that I believe in anything
The way I did when I was younger
But I don’t think that I can keep the fear and joy out of my voice each time I see you

I’ve been trying to come down
Cos’ nothing feels the same
And I was hoping you might hold me
‘Til I get back up again

Live at The 12 Bar Club, 13 June 2011


Music & lyrics by Sadie Jemmett
Copyright © 2010 Mamaz Music Publishing/PRS BMI All Rights Reserved


The Recession Sessions #8: Joan Baez – Silver Dagger (video)



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SILVER DAGGER by Joan Baez

Don’t sing love songs; you’ll wake my mother
She’s sleeping here, right by my side
And in her right hand, a silver dagger
She says that I can’t be your bride.

All men are false, says my mother
They’ll tell you wicked, lovin’ lies
The very next evening, they’ll court another
Leave you alone to pine and sigh.

My daddy is a handsome devil
He’s got a chain five miles long
And on every link a heart does dangle
Of another maid he’s loved and wronged.

Go court another tender maiden
And hope that she will be your wife
For I’ve been warned and I’ve decided
To sleep alone all of my life.

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Sadie Jemmett — vocals & acoustic guitar

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Silver Dagger is a late 19th century British then American Ballad, popularised in the 1960s by Joan Baez, upon whose beautiful arrangement this is based.

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Sadie Jemmett – “Take Me Out Tonight” (video)

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TAKE ME OUT TONIGHT

Baby please say something warm
Cos I feel invisible
Say you like the clothes I’m wearing
or notice that I changed my hair
Wont you take me dancing, take me bowling, take me drinking
Take me out tonight

I’m sorry for the things I said
I wasn’t thinking straight there’s a muddle in my head
How could i ever be enough for you
It’s so hard for me to trust

Let me take you dancing, take you bowling, take you drinking
Take you out tonight

So lets go paint this evening red
While there’s a hot sun beating down on Soho Square
We won’t talk about the future or past
Won’t imagine that this thing is gonna last

We’ll just go out dancing, we’ll go out bowling, we’ll go out drinking,
We’ll go out tonight
Yeah, we’ll go out tonight
Oh we’ll just go out dancing, we’ll go out bowling, we’ll go out drinking,
We’ll go out tonight
Take me out tonight
I’ll take you out tonight


Music & lyrics by Sadie Jemmett
Copyright © 2010 Mamaz Music Publishing/PRS BMI All Rights Reserved


Sadie Jemmett – “The Beautiful People” (live at The 12 Bar Club, video)

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THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

I saw you with her yesterday
She’s beautiful all smiles and waves
You were both looking so fine
Shoulda stopped and said hello but I
Couldn’t let this feeling grow
Envy likes to watch from the side
And I can’t remember feeling
This cut up about

Anything

What are you doing without me
In a life you made up
Now you’re one of the beautiful people
I can’t touch
I can’t touch

So I just watched you walking by
And I thought about the reasons why
You let me fall behind
And I try to make myself believe
That you never meant that much to me but
Every single word is a lie
And I cant remember wanting
Anybody quite like

I want you

What are you doing without me
In a life you made up
Now you’re one of the beautiful people
I can’t touch
I can’t touch

Live at The 12 Bar Club, 13 June 2011


Music & lyrics by Sadie Jemmett
Copyright © 2010 Mamaz Music Publishing/PRS BMI All Rights Reserved


Sadie Jemmett – “These Days” (video)

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THESE DAYS

These days are dragging by and there’s just too much rain
Too much rain for a summer in London Town
I keep myself busy painting the house
But I’m lonely and none of my friends are about

I thought of you today on the bus in the rain
I pictured you laughing again and again
If you knew how much I missed you you’d be back like a shot
Telling me oh, just be yourself

And I’ve got to stop kidding myself
That I don’t need anyone else to love me

Now everyone tells me you just did your best
But I don’t think your best was enough
I was so young when you left
I’m a woman now you know
A woman with a child trying to build up a life

You know its not easy with a kid on your own
It’s not easy to settle and build up a home

And I’ve got to stop kidding myself
That I don’t need anyone else to love me

These days are dragging by and there’s just too much rain
Too much rain for a summer in London Town
I thought of you today on the bus in the rain
I pictured you laughing again and again
I pictured you laughing again and again


Music & lyrics by Sadie Jemmett
Copyright © 2011 Mamaz Music Publishing/PRS BMI All Rights Reserved


29 Feb, The 12 Bar Club: The Campfire Collective presents The Fircones, Sadie Jemmett, Will Kevans, Phil Kay & more

THE CAMPFIRE COLLECTIVE
at
THE 12 BAR CLUB
presents
THE FIRCONES
Sadie Jemmett
Will Kevans
and Special Guests

Compered by the incomparable Phil Kay
Doors at 7pm
Live DJ until 2am: American Folk Rock


THE FIRCONES

The Fircones are a band made up of actors who met while on the National tour of Calendar Girls. On hearing the various instruments coming from separarte dressing rooms backsatge, they decided to put them all together and become a group. the name The Fircones (originally The Fircone Boy Band) comes from a line in Calendar Girls. Carl Prekopp-Guitar/Vocals, Gerard McDermott-Mandolin/vocals, Gary Lilburn-Bodran/Vocals, Brigit Forsyth-Cello, Emma Darlow-Violin


SADIE JEMMETT

Sadie Jemmett’s extraordinary songs reflect a remarkable life. Behind the entrancing, eloquence of her lyrics and the subtle acoustic beauty of her music lies a restlessly seeking spirit and a rich but frequently dark experience. Her peripatetic journey has followed a jagged course from a wildly bohemian childhood through being a teenage runaway, a backing singer in a reggae band and a touring actress to her role today as one of the most magical new singer-songwriters to excite our ears in many years. Somewhere along the way, she also found time to work with adults with learning difficulties, spend a year busking in Berlin, write the music for an award-winning play in Paris and to become a mother. Every one of these kaleidoscopic experiences has helped to shape her into a potent singer-songwriter who stands in the great lineage of the art from classic era Joni Mitchell and Neil Young to the likes of David Gray and Ryan Adams today, and yet who shines out as a profoundly unique voice.


WILL KEVANS

Will Kevans is a UK-based singer-songwriter and master of the catchy pop tune and lyric. His song, ‘Dialling Tone’, recently won Will an award in the prestigious ‘International Songwriting Competition’. It has also been featured on a compilation album released by Universal alongside artists such as James Morrison, the Goo Goo Dolls and Keane.


PHIL KAY

“One of the greatest comedic odysseys ever witnessed… ‘Hysterical’ in every sense of the word – Kay truly is a mesmerizing headf**k genius” ★★★★★ – Time Out


The 12 Bar Club

26 Denmark Street, London WC2H 8NN
Tel: 0207 240 2622
29th February 2011
http://www.12barclub.com


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Sadie Jemmett – Five Things That I Noticed As I Walked To Camden Square (video)

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Lou Reed apparently once said “give me a title and I’ll write you a song.”

Such was the begining of this song.

I came up with the title first, actually, originally walking to Soho Square, but discovered that I found many more interesting things to write about whilst walking through Camden Town.

Having worked at the market there and lived just off Camden Square in two rooms with my baby girl when I first moved to London, Camden Town holds a special place in my heart.

Everything is written from observation in the song apart from the meeting at the end, that is an amalgamation of many memories.

love, Sadie


Sadie Jemmett — vocals & acoustic guitar


“Five Things That I Noticed As I Walked To Camden Square” filmed live at Bumpkin Notting Hill, London, UK – 15 Sept 2011


Music & lyrics by Sadie Jemmett
Copyright © 2010 Mamaz Music Publishing/PRS BMI All Rights Reserved


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