WAS SURE I HAD POSTED THIS BEFORE.....

But I can't find it via a quick search of the old stuff.

mp3 : Bernard & Edwyn - Message for Jojo

Bernard Butler and Edwyn Collins had worked together previous to the release of this single. Back in 1995, they co-wrote some material which made it onto b-sides of Edwyn singles and there was the fact that Bernard liked to use Edwyn's studios for much of his production work. They also appeared together on a few music shows but all I can find was them covering an old Python Lee Jackson number (which originally featured Rod Stewart on lead vocal):-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG4M1qAQDv4

Message for Jojo is a single released in 2001. It didn't get anywhere near the charts....not sure how many folk in addition to myself bought it (the sticker on the front of the CD case tells me I paid £2.99 from the long-closed Tower Records). It's a pleasant enough single without being ground-breaking.....the lead vocal is taken by Bernard when it undoubtedly would have been better handled by Edwyn. But believe me, it is a song that gets better with repeated listens.....and the chorus does become quite infectious after a while.

There were two other tracks on the CD single:-

mp3 : Bernard & Edwyn - Can't Do That (The Hoover)
mp3 : Bernard & Edwyn - Clean

The former is a very bizarre but immensely likeable five and a bit minutes. There's a hint of the sort of dance music played by Air about it. I reckon if it was played to you for the first time with no hint who was involved, you would have gotten long odds on guessing it was a collaboration between the former guitarist in Suede and the former frontman of Orange Juice.

The latter is a bit disappointing after what has gone before. It's a bit of a nondescript ballad if truth be told.....but you may have a different viewpoint. Again, I feel it might have benefited from Edwyn taking lead vocal.......

So there you have it....something a wee bit different from 10 years ago to hopefully brighten up your Monday morning.