RIYL: Wet Leg, Baxter Drury, Patti Smith
We end today’s musical experience with some lighthearted fare. This does not mean the songwriting is of a lesser quality. Quite the contrary, what Londoner Gemma Rogers achieves on “My Idea of Fun” is nothing short of genius. How many songwriters do you know can turn life-altering events into one outrageously amusing song? Not many, eh? Well, Rogers is one such artist, so prepare to smile and maybe even laugh.
This four-plus minute track is a musical circus. It’s a mix of clowns on parade, acrobats doing stunts 30 meters (or 100 feet) above the ground, and jugglers tossing everything and anything in the air. And Rogers is the ringleader. As the bass bounces, the accordion buzzes, and a flurry of all sorts of instruments burst, Rogers nonchalantly and quickly delivers lines about her life coming apart. Her relationship has ended, her bank account is precariously thin, her brother is prying into her affairs, her dog has ticks, and the bass player of a different band wants to get into her pants. At the end of the day, however, all Rogers wants is “a half bottle of rum / That’s my idea of fun”.
Rogers’ debut album, No Place Like Home, is out now on Tiny Global Productions. Purchase it on Bandcamp or stream and order it at these links.
