OREGANO

Stood behind the wind I contemplate my options
And my options don’t look so good
Above colours flying; behind sky’s dying
And this used to be a lovely neighbourhood
She said: I’ve been around the block so often that they have a rota for me
Sure I get the recognition, but I get the infamy
I’m a running joke and I don’t know where I’m running to

She said: surely there’s a story for each line in my history
But the meanings don’t mean so much
Before I close my eyes and set those red rims on sobriety
I just don’t give a – until it’s too late
Take it from the top once more I missed it as it was going down
Conscience and memory eloped; they’re still out of town
I’m a running joke and the punch line’s running out of steam

Oh Oh - Another Saturday night spent
Drowning – In a sea of coloured lights, who’s
Frowning – Only Little Miss Consequence

Oh Oh – Another Saturday night
Oregano – For a well seasoned lie
Ooh – Little Miss Consequence

And in the cracked glass he exhales and fogs my judgement
Guess I’m a slow learner from mistakes
And like pookie snails we’re weaving trails of mixed emotion
Keeping our hearts pounding ‘til they break

Oh Oh - Another Saturday night spent
Drowning – In a sea of coloured lights, who’s
Frowning – Only Little Miss Consequence

Oh Oh – Another Saturday night
Oregano – For a well seasoned lie
Ooh – Little Miss Consequence



NOBODY

Sometimes you might
take things out on yourself
So in the middle of the night
take me down off my shelf
When you’re feeling alone
And the world is unkind
And you’re on your own
I might just change your mind

When nobody is there for you
And nobody giving you love
When each hateful word they say seems true
And there’s no guidance from above
And Nobody loves you
That much is true
But if you let me I can be
Your beloved Nobody

Sometimes you talk before
Thinking of me
But there aren’t boundaries of chalk
At least that you can see
When you have no pride
And the world is unfair
And you’re dead inside
I will always be there

When nobody is there for you
And nobody giving you love
When each hateful word they say seems true
And there’s no guidance from above
And Nobody loves you
That much is true
But if you let me I can be
Your beloved Nobody


SIXTEEN

You're fine and content and things in between
But you find you're ripped apart
by a Bebo top sixteen
And you're tore up from the floor up cos your love
interests
Aren't as interested as the name
suggests

Lalalalalalalalalala
Lalalalalalalalalala - and you stop
Because
that's the song he likes to sing when he's not listening

Lalalalalalala
Block it out
Lalalalalalalalala Push it down
Lalalalalalalalalalalala I don't
want to think about it

You think your emotions are under control
But that's
just a turn of phrase not a viable goal
They'll kick you when you're down and
make you hurt
You're jealous and you're angry and you don't know which is
worse

Lalalalalalala Block it out
Lalalalalalalalala Push it
down
Lalalalalalalalalalalala I don't want to think about it

And the
magazines say:
"That is all there is and that is all I want, that is all there
is, that is all I want,"
But you're lying to yourself and you'll realise when
you can't sleep,
Sleeping's what your bed is for

Lalalalalalala Block it
out
Lalalalalalalalala Push it down
Lalalalalalalalalalalala I don't want to
think about it

And I'm done singing 'bout it

Interviewer: Shannon
Other SoundChicks: Grace M, Emma C, Anna C.

NPI:
Katherine = Lead Vocals
Claire = Keyboard/Guitar/Vocals
Chris = Drums
Jack = Bass
Seán = Guitar


Question one: How did ye come up with the name No Punk Intended?

Katherine & Claire: Ehhmm… It was during Transition Year at some point. It took us like all of TY because we didn’t know what we wanted to call it. We came up with all these crazy names like Pretty in Punk…
Katherine: Then one day we were going into Dunne’s Stores in Donegal and I was like No Punk Intended!
Claire: I was like yeeeeeahhhh that’s okay, for now, until we come with something better!
Both: And we never did!


Question two: How did you get into music?

Chris:I was bought bongo drums as a kid, and they were very nice, so I continued my quest in hitting things to produce a satisfactory thump.
Katherine: My mother used to sit me on the floor so I could listen to The Archers’ theme tune… Nah, my dad made me listen to The Doors when I was a small child and I didn’t listen to music then for about six years. When I came back to it I really liked The Doors and got into music through Linkin Park. Then I moved here and joined (local youth group) APA and we did drum lessons and guitar lessons and I met these guys!
Claire: I suppose I would have been crawling around a piano when I was about two – my mother’s a music teacher – so, that’s how!
Seán: Unlike Claire, there is no history of musical talent in my family, I’m the only one! I saw a band play at my first really local gig – a band called Wargarden http://www.bebo.com/wargarden - when I was about thirteen and I thought ‘Hey, I can do that’. At the time I was all into Nirvana and all that and I pretty much said I wanna be Kurt Cobain!
Jack: Right, my parents got me to take drums, then I did double bass and my friend Elliot got a guitar so I was like ‘Ah sure I’ll pick up a bass and we can start a band!’ (Jack and Chris’ other band are called Indium (www.bebo.com/indiumband)


Question three: What are yer influences as a group?

Katherine: Oh, collectively? We aren’t really influenced by one in particular.
Chris: We all have individual influences.
Katherine: Yeah, like they (the lads) bring grunge into the influences and we (herself and Claire) bring crazy kind of pop/rock indie stuff!


Question four: How long does it take you to write a full song and are ye all involved in the process?

Everyone: No!!!
Chris: Yeah we won’t answer the other part of the question like!
Katherine: What usually happens is…
Claire: Katherine writes lyrics…
Katherine: And I’m like Claire! Listen to this!
Claire: And she’s like ‘lalala’.
Katherine: And then Claire’s like ‘Well maybe we should do it THIS way…’ And then we do it that way and it sounds better. Then Christian is there, because Christian’s always there, so we jam with him. After that we’re like ‘Jack, can we go to your house?’ because Jack has a big house, and we can practice there. Then we invite Seán over…
Seán: I just turn up and learn the song!


Question five: What’s yer favourite song to play live?

Chris: NOT Lovecats!
Katherine & Seán: It was so much fun though!!
Seán: My favourite to play is probably ‘Nobody’ because I get to go mad!
Jack: I like ‘Boy Meets Girl…’
Seán: I have to sit on a STOOL for that.
Chris: I have good craic with every song…
Everyone: ‘Sixteen’. Yeah ‘Sixteen’... (someone hums the pian-y bit) We’re all happy with it.
Interviewer: Really? I would’ve thought ye’d say ‘Oregano’.
Everyone: Oregano!
Katherine: Well that’s really new, we’d never played it electrically before that (our Blastbeat gig).
Seán: We never even practiced it together!
Jack: We never practiced it together, we did separately.
Interviewer: Ye did very well considering!
Chris: Thank you!



Question six: If you could have writt

Just a quick thank you to everyone who showed up today (10th of january) for the competition. I have to say kudos on the can can and the singing in oregano TRES COOOL. Also this is my (Jack-Bassists) first blog as a band member (YAY) so hopefully there willl be more to come. Again much thanks to Grace and all the girls who helped out (sean's mobile number will soon be up to obtain:-p) and to all our faithful fans......and to everyone who just showed up for the crack.....we love you all
from Jacksie A La Grandmasterslap