🎵 John Swan (Swanee) Surprises Jonesy!

We surprise Jonesy with Swanee!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
And Amanda jam Nations an exciting moment, Brendan. I mean,
we've been reliving your garage bandais is when you're a
drummer with a band called Bad Element. There were three
of you. We've spoken to your guitarist and singer Omo.
We're getting T shirts made.

Speaker 2 (00:18):
T shirts are getting made.

Speaker 1 (00:20):
T shirts are being made. It's all happening, and I
have organized a very special surprise.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
I posted a picture of Tacks on my social media.
Did you I did the artwork on that guitar?

Speaker 1 (00:30):
See you were all? You were all Tip no Iceberg.
Is that how it goes? It's all the artwork, It's
all the T shirts. Where's the music?

Speaker 2 (00:38):
Forget about that. It's Tip is what it's all. Everyone
loves Tip.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
Well, the man who you say saw your potential very
early on. Do you know what I'm talking about? He's
here right now, mystery caller. Please say hello and see
if Jonesy can guess who you are. Hi, it's John's
It's Swanny. Hello, Swanny, how are you?

Speaker 3 (01:03):
Oh my god, I'm great.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
Swanny. Jonesy has gone on and on about the day
that there he was. What was the recording studio?

Speaker 2 (01:13):
Where were you take five Studios studios.

Speaker 1 (01:17):
Yeah, Take five, that's it. And he and his so
called bandmates throughout the bag an a smake and you
worked walked out. And do you remember the day, Johnny Swanny,
do you remember the day? Because it's in it's it's
everything to Jonesy. Was it anything to you?

Speaker 3 (01:35):
Yeah? Well it was one of the turning points of
my musical career. I don't mean that you.

Speaker 1 (01:52):
Well, look, let's tip paint the picture because they were
at Take five Studios. Here were these three idiots, a
bad element. You were at the top of your game.
Let's let's relive who you are. Amazing hits a banger, fanger,
not that's not the only banger, the alumn to Fista.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
I was watching the film clips to this the other day,
John It's so good looking out the window was rain
falling there and there's this girl walking through the streets.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
A temporary hard to cover big songs.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
Amanda loves dirty, So of course I do. What about
the party boys? You haven't put the party boys in there.

Speaker 3 (02:35):
They are We've worshiped as.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
The table of the party boys.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
So Swanny, there you were, this is who you were.
We're just talking and there was bad element.

Speaker 3 (02:51):
But what are you supposed to say every night? You know?
Twing point? Because I was a lifting dollar. That was
it was so much fun get in there because you
never knew who was rehearsing in there. That was a
good thing, you know, And I got I had to
make up my business to sort of pop my head
and say hello to everybody, you know, and yeah, not bad,

(03:15):
not bad.

Speaker 1 (03:17):
You never know who you're going to get. And sadly
one day it was a bad element.

Speaker 3 (03:20):
Do you know what year it was?

Speaker 2 (03:22):
It was eighty would have been eighty eight, eight eighty eight.

Speaker 3 (03:26):
I was going to say, because I thought you were
rehearsal for the bad company, for the one bad company.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
To company, We're not bad company. Screw to them now, Swanny.
In case you don't remember, in case you haven't heard bad,
this is just a short montage of what the magic
sounded like.

Speaker 4 (03:52):
You you know, it's brilliant, it's got y.

Speaker 3 (04:13):
I'll give it five, do your whole favor, five out
of one hundred.

Speaker 2 (04:19):
Another beat, another band?

Speaker 3 (04:20):
What do you?

Speaker 2 (04:21):
What are you doing? Where can we go and see Swey?
Right now? I want to go and see you play
because I'm.

Speaker 3 (04:25):
Just I'm just working on a finish my new album.
I've got an album called Believe Ye. It's a double
on vinyl. I've got lots of guests, my young brother
Allan I do do It, and my young brother Jimmy
and Allen and I do a d mahl Mahelia's on there,
Ken Burrick, sure Can Diesel, then Gleason, Colin Hey, Jack Jones,

(04:47):
Wendy Matthews, Russell Morris, Ian Moss, Meliona Schneider, and I've
got Rick Springfield lod guitar and really you.

Speaker 1 (04:56):
Know who's Missy Brendan Jones from Bad Allan.

Speaker 3 (05:00):
No, but I'm saving that for the life part because
we're going to do an extended version of that song.
It would just make it perfect, you know, like become
the Supreme Pizza as.

Speaker 1 (05:13):
The Supreme Pizza.

Speaker 2 (05:15):
Well swany, this has been a great surprise, Mane. It's
so nice to have and thank you. Thank you for
giving us the T shirt idea because you're naming of
the Bad Element when you're standing there and so what's
the name of the outfit boys? And we said Bad
Element and you said, was it like someone on your
stove that doesn't work? Now there's a T shirt made

(05:36):
because of that.

Speaker 3 (05:38):
That's so lovely. Thank you. And we're going back up
with an Empire touring, so you'll have to come along.
Remember when you're hosted it one night.

Speaker 2 (05:49):
That's right, the pure Gold Life.

Speaker 3 (05:51):
It was so much fun. You've got to go. Next time.
You will be dragged up on the stage.

Speaker 2 (05:58):
There.

Speaker 1 (05:58):
I'll be there. I'll play the drum on better than him.

Speaker 2 (06:00):
She'd be perfect for lady what's your name?

Speaker 1 (06:02):
You could do what you want. You guys, we love you.

Speaker 2 (06:07):
Thank you so much, mony, thank you, sir.