John Jones Music

Broadcast ‘live’ on the World Wide Web (internet)! Recorded March 29, 2000 with Richard Martinez, Sean Halley and special guest Christoph Bull!

https://youtu.be/uhxS0gpNkBY?si=alNdsRL_vlbMADKv

@Facebook has been around longer than the most inventive years in Popular Music History, which might have been between “A Hard Day’s Night” by the Beatles in 1964 and “Owner of a Lonely Heart” by Yes in 1984!
Have we been wasting our lives on Social Media?

The Barbarella Pictures interviews with many of the musicians, producers, and engineers who worked in the studio with Duran Duran. @DuranDuran

The documentary was written, produced, filmed and edited by Carsten Windhorst and Gerard Hynes!

I’ll admit, this interview was my first foray out in public in nearly a year.

If I hadn’t found a parking meter on Sunset Boulevard I might have been a no-show.

Carsten and Gerard were brilliant and supportive! We are overdue a pint!

Enjoy!

Part 2 of the Barbarella Pictures interviews with some of the people who worked in the studio with Duran Duran. The documentary was written, produced, filmed and edited by Carsten Windhorst and Gerard Hynes.

Part 3 – An awesome album! Not my story. Good music!

Cheers!

After massive support from fans around the world, Duran Duran were inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame by Robert Downey Jr., on November 5 (Guy Fawkes night), 2022, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

We went to the show, and were truly blown away by everyone on stage, and the audience! Although it as a very long show there wasn’t a moment wasted between segments. An incredible stage set, and light show, with no need for a host.

Neither Andy Taylor or Warren Cuccurullo from Duran Duran were there, and sadly, Andy wrote his thank you’s in a letter, and told us he had terminal cancer. A bittersweet night.

My highlights were everything, but of course hearing Ordinary World was very special. Otherwise,

I can’t get those Eurythmic songs out of my head! Annie and Dave were awesome! Eminem, Judas Priest… They all were! Seriously one of the best concerts ever!

Apple Music links to albums released by john jones.

Solo Albums:
One Moment in Time
– 1st solo album released in 1998

black n white
– 2nd solo album released 2009

Demos:
These are the five albums of song demos that were released in 2016. The songs are mostly in chronological order from 1992 to 1995.

Songs of 1992, Vol. 1
– 9 songs written & recorded in 1992

Songs of 1992, Vol. 2
– 12 songs written & recorded by john jones in 1992

Songs of 1993, Vol. 1
– 10 songs written & recorded in 1993

Songs of 1993, Vol. 2
– 7 songs written & recorded in 1993

Songs of 1994-1995
– 7 songs written & recorded in 1994-95

The two assorted demo albums – Bits & Bobs, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 – were released in 2021. Demos from 1975 to 2002.

Bits & Bobs, Vol. 1
– 16 songs written & recorded between 1975-1987

Bits & Bobs, Vol 2
– 19 songs written & recorded between 1992-2002

More to come!

Assorted Singles by john jones:

State of Mind (1992) – from One Moment in Time 1998

Wrapped (1994) – from One Moment in Time 1998

F’ing Awesome (2002) – from black n white album 2009

Never (2002) – from black n white album 2009

Dear John (2000) – released 2011

Sarah (1992) – released 2013

Lost Without You (1993) – released 2013

Hitler Has Only Got One Ball (2009) – released 2013

Gotta Get Up (Harry Nilsson cover) (2010) – released 2015

Let The Bombs Fall (1992) – released 2015

More to come!

For many years I have been a fan and a student of the Beatles and all who sailed their ship. But, there was one person on the team I knew little about – Norman Smith, the musician, engineer, producer, recording artist and the 6th Beatle!

Norman recorded the Beatles from the very beginning through the Rubber Soul album. At the end of 1965 George Martin founded A.I.R. with his EMI producing partners and Norman was promoted to producer and took over the Parlophone label from George.

Norman signed Pink Floyd in 1967 and produced and engineered three of their first four albums, including Ummagumma, and then in 1971 went on to have a #1 hit in America as recording artist Hurricane Smith!

When I was in London a few years ago recording Joey Niceforo and the Steve Sidwell orchestra in Studio One at Abbey Road with Steve Price, I met Richard Hale, longtime engineer at E.M.I. Studios. I’ll save Richard’s story for another day, but suffice to say that he regaled me with tales of Norman Smith, and lent me a copy of Norman’s “auto biography” – John Lennon Called Me Normal.

Norman was in the glider division of the Royal Air Force in the last year of World War II. Fortunately for him he was never deployed and ended up spending a couple of years in a jazz band playing on the roof top of a hotel in Venice, Italy.

But, the best part for me is finally seeing the man himself, and he is fantastic, and definitely the missing link in all the stories of the greatest band of the 1960’s!

©2021 johnjonesmusic

This site has been mostly offline since 2019. I started posting news in 1995. This is my first News page from more than 25 years ago!
The old News Index

Once I switched to WordPress in 2010 my output slowly petered out.
This was my first post from January 2010.

Today I am going to head back to a “write your own” website that was always so much fun to play with!

I’ll be updating the Music Production and Singer Songwriter pages with all of the projects I have been working on and with news of friends that have helped us along the way!

Strangely, I’ve neglected to share my Soundcloud page – which is so much fun uploading song demos and other unreleased ditties. Songs are added and removed almost daily.

Another new place for me is over there on IGTV. This is a live version of Eleanor Rigby recorded summer 2020. Click the icon to turn the audio on.

John Jones Music Links to FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Spotify, Apple, Soundcloud…

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A song written and demoed in England in 1992 which appears on Songs of 1992, Vol. 2 by john jones

What are you going to do about tomorrow
When will it all ever change
We’re finding out about the victims
They’ve been down and out and we’re all insane

When I wish upon a star
Do I believe in all the lying games that come my way
And is it not my right to know (all our right to know)

What’s a Nation, when the Sun is in the clouds
What we’re facing
It’s only a dream
And I guess all the screams I can hear ‘never meant to be seen

Can you hide from what you see
Or you just a case of hard to get
What are you going to tell all the sisters
And the brothers of the heart

Did I miss a devolution (devolution)
Have we really lost our way again
And did we fall apart (fall apart)
It’s back into the sea again (back into the sea)

What’s a Nation, when the Sun is in the clouds
What we’re facing
It’s only a dream
And I guess all the screams I can hear ‘never meant to be seen

What’s a Nation? What’s a Nation?
What’s a Nation? What’s a Nation?

Give it back to me I wanna see all people free
(set me free, set me free from your games)
Why don’t you give it back to us and make us free from your curse
(set me free, set me free from your chains)

Solo

Who will it find the right solution (time is a danger)
Will it all be just in vein (will it all be just the same)
Will we walk among the ruins (will we walk among the ruins)
Will we lose it again (lose it all again)

What’s a Nation, when the Sun is in the clouds
What we’re facing
It’s only a dream
And I guess all the screams I can hear ‘never meant to be seen

(what’s a nation) When all we got are tears in our eyes
(what’s a nation) There won’t be no more time for goodbyes
(what’s a nation) There’s nothing left for you in the night
(what’s a nation) Set these people free from your chains
(what’s a nation) Oh let them get away from your games
What’s a Nation (what’s a nation)
What’s a Nation (what’s a nation)

Words & Music by John Idris Jones ©1992 johnjonesmusic