Remember The Jolly Boys, the Jamaican mento combo last mentioned at RAMH at the foot of this post for their cover of Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab”? Here’s the “official” video for “The Passenger” (an Iggy Pop composition!), about which their YouTube channel says:
The video for “The Passenger” by The Jolly Boys, takes the form of a filmic documentaryesque journey with lead singer Albert Minott captured on The Jolly Boys tours earlier this year. It is particularly interesting that the 72 year old Jamaican had never been over the Atlantic in his life; his observations on life in a Europe that he had only ever seen in movies and on TV was an insight. We will be seeing the full documentary of this later in the year.
Amy Winehouse… Iggy Pop… You can’t say these guys exactly reach for the obvious, hmm?
Lyrics:
The Passenger
(by Iggy Pop; performance by The Jolly Boys)I am the passenger
I ride and I ride
I ride through the city’s backsides
I see the stars come out of the sky
Yeah they’re bright in a hollow sky
You know it looks so good tonightI am the passenger
I stay under glass
I look through my window so bright
I see the stars come out tonight
I see the bright and hollow sky
Over the city’s a rip in the sky
And everything looks good tonightLa la la la lalalala…
Get into the car
We’ll be the passenger
We’ll ride through the city tonight
We’ll See the city’s ripped backsides
We’ll see the bright and hollow sky
We’ll see the stars that shine so bright
And everything was made for you and me
All of it was made for you and meLa la la la lalalala…
He rides and he rides
He sees things from under glass
He looks through his window’s eye
He sees the things he knows are his
He sees the bright and hollow sky
He sees the city asleep at night
He sees the stars are out tonight
And all of it is yours and mine
And all of it is yours and mine
So let’s take a ride and ride and rideLa la la la lalalala…
La la la la lalalala..
