The Good, The Bad and The Lazy is a Lazy Fifty still growing, the songs are bluesier and heavier, and invoke philosophical and possibly moral questions, the music is there and in your face.
Wonderful production and brilliant engineering from Greg Haver and Scott Seabright bring to life what Lazy Fifty do live, great songs you need to sing along with, that have you bringing out your best air guitar.
Adrian wrote the songs, sang lead and backing vocals, played lead, rhythm and bass guitar. As well as producing the music, Greg Haver provided the drumming and percussion, bringing a huge sound with the help of his vintage Lydwig kit and Zildjian ‘crash of doom’ cymbal.
About the songs
Sitting In The Shadows is a song that wakes you up. The intros feel is a hybrid of Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden, that should tell you a lot about what to expect from the rest of the song.
The lyrics are about releasing your ego and doing what you want to do without worrying about what others think. “Makes no sense to asinine, they’re walking blind” is a reference to the fact that so many of us care too much what “they” think, but who are “they” and are “they” thinking at all.
Thoughtful lyrics, melodic guitar phrases and memorable choruses combine to create a rock anthem that by the second chorus you’re singing along. This song is pure rock. So kick back, blow up that air guitar and let loose. Sitting In The Shadows is telling you to own it.
“Sitting In The Shadows channels NWOBHM bands (even they acknowledge the Lizzy/Maiden influence) and blending it into their early seventies classic rock sound for a catchy little rock and roller.”
Loud Enough! Magazine
Devil On His Day Off is a tale of friendship between Jesus and the Devil, introducing the concept that their public personas of good versus evil are maintained to appease the human need for a hero and a villain.
On their day off Jesus and the Devil throw off their monikers, play music, hang out together and get up to all kinds of mischief. The Devil is a good bugger and is sick of being cast as the bad guy.
Devil On His Day off showcases epic guitar harmonies, enhanced with catchy lyrics and smooth vocals to deliver a modern rock anthem with a classic feel.
Skeleton Crew was inspired by a recurring nightmare, and aided by a fascination with 1960s classic cult movie ‘Jason and the Argonauts’, Skeleton Crew tells the desperate story of those damned to eternal anguish.
Not originally written as a ghost story, the song came about from the term skeleton crew, which songwriter Adrian Athy thought was “a good way of describing the musicians of Lazy Fifty”.
“With our revolving line up of players, most of them skilled on more than one instrument, you never know what you’re going to see when Lazy Fifty plays live, or who will be playing which instrument. Sometimes we’re a four piece, sometimes three”.
The lyrics and video were aided by the ‘hydra teeth’ scene in Jason and the Argonauts. In Adrian’s opinion, “the best special effects ever in the history of cinema”.
The song starts with a one minute slide guitar dominated intro, which evokes a sense of melancholy before kicking on to the song proper, a high energy rock anthem with lyrics that tell the tale of the doomed, trapped forever in a chaotic and frenzied hell on the high waters.
One Last Time has a sombre feel lyrically but, as with all Lazy Fifty songs, the melody still pushes you along musically and the foot starts tapping as you listen to the lyrics.
A love story of sorts about a soldier, which could be of any generation of the last millenia, and a narrative diary possibly, it concludes “As I lay I close my eyes. I see your face smiling one last time”.
This song is an acknowledgment to the generations that thought it was going to be fun but it wasn’t.
Lost is musically and lyrically raw, a traditional blues ballad. Adrian wrote ‘Lost’ at a sad time in his life. It’s a heartfelt song that anyone can listen to and relate to their own sorrow. The song wrote itself, the lyrics and the music came naturally.
Adrian grew up with this style of blues music, Rory Gallagher, Johnny Winter and Roy Buchanan, are all a big influence.
Since recording the song the Lazy Fifty team have lost close friends, so the song feels more poignant than ever.
Lazy Fifty usually play stonking blues rock, this is the first time they’ve released an acoustic blues number. ‘Lost’ is modern blues, with a kiwi feel.
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