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"Bogey Man" is a rock song by John Entwistle, of the British rock band The Who.

History

The song was originally written for The Who's 1978 album Who Are You by John Entwistle, but was rejected by the band for being too humorous. A demo was recorded by Entwistle and Keith Moon. The demo went largely forgotten, until John resorted to his old demos for material the soundtrack to the 1997 children's television programme- Van Pires, to help him meet a contract which agreed he would write and record 13 new songs and a theme tune in 3 months. When the band's drummer, Steve Luongo heard the demo, he recognised Keith Moon's drumming on the demo, and the band decided to record a new version of the song with Moon's original drum track. His appearance on the song was highly advertised as a selling point for the 2000 soundtrack, Music From Van Pires.

John's Notes

John Entwistle wrote these details of the song in the liner notes of Music From Van Pires in 2000.

Steve, Godfrey and Alan decided to play their own demo cassettes on my extremely load bar sound system. Fusion drum multi time signature stuff that sounded like a squirrel running up and down a piano; nightmare pop jingles from hell and a hundred guitars playing simultaneous solos.
My brain was turning to jelly so after several threats of retaliation I searched out some of my old demos with which to exact my revenge! These consisted of songs dating back to the seventies but to my disgust - everybody loved them!
The song that was to be my ultimate revenge was from the early seventies called "Bogeyman." It had been rejected by "The Who" as being far too humorous. As it reached the climax Steve and myself recognised the unmistakable drumming of Keith Moon. I had forgotten that he had returned a favor by playing on the demo. We decided that at least five of my demos should be worked on during the next sessions so while the rest were in NY I set about looking for the "master tapes."
During the twenty-two years I have owned the 50 room "Castle" that I call home I have often been told by psychic guests that there is a ghostly "Presence" on my third floor. I usually laugh and say "Oh really. It must be the owner of the ghostly Golden Retriever I have to keep chasing down the stairs." However, I have actually chased that damn "see through" dog several times down corridors with closed doors at each end. I have been told that the "presence" is a female; that she likes me; and that she doesn't like anyone who doesn't like me. I guess she likes me because of my love for the house (I seem to have lived there longer than the previous owners). I must admit I've talked to her now and then whenever one of the four motorised picture windows gets stuck in the open position. It gets pretty cold in the winter with a twenty-foot draft blowing up ya bedsheets. If asked nicely the "presence" would allow the motor to work for me.
So -- back to the "master tapes." I searched my tape storage room (on the third floor of course) for two and a half hours to no avail -- not a sign of "the masters." I figured they must have been lost on the move here from twenty-two years ago. I walked out of the room muttering to myself "Oh well -- that's it then (actually the words I used were a lot stronger" Suddenly -- there was a loud thud behind me. I turned back to the room; two heavy 24 track master tapes had fallen from the shelf onto the floor. My neck tingled as I read the front of the boxes "Bogey Man" and "Back on the Road" the two songs I needed. They had been wrongly labeled "The Who" on the spines of the boxes and I had passed them by.
I guess the "presence" really likes me -- she really likes me! Those two songs are now on this album -- we overdubbed the original masters, taking care not to change them too much.

JOHN ENTWISTLE

 

02 Darker Side Of Night

John Entwistle

 

By Dean Goodman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three months after The Who wrapped up a yearlong tour, singer Roger Daltrey is chomping at the bit to return to the road, saying on Friday he hopes the band will visit Japan and Australia next year.

The British rock veterans last played those countries in 2004. It marked their first Australian tour in 36 years, and first time ever in Japan.

"I think we'll do some shows next year," Daltrey told Reuters. "We just finished 13 months of touring all over the States and Europe, and are probably due to go back to Japan and Australia next year. So we'll see what happens there."

Daltrey, 63, and guitarist/songwriter Pete Townshend, 62, are the last two surviving members of the foursome. Drummer Keith Moon succumbed to an overdose of pills in 1978, and bass player John Entwistle to a cocaine-induced heart attack in 2002 on the eve of a North American tour.

The most recent trek coincided with the release of their first album in 25 years, "Endless Wire."

"We don't want to stop now," Daltrey said. "We don't want those long hiatuses that we used to have. We feel at this time of our lives it's too precious a thing to take liberties with time. When you're young, you've got that time. When you're old, you haven't. You should at least keep the ball rolling."

Daltrey said Townshend has been writing new material.

"I've always felt -- after Pete had written (the 1969 album) "Tommy" -- I always had a little thing inside me saying, 'He'll write his best work when he's an older man.' Pete has that kind of intellect."

In the meantime, The Who are preparing for the November 6 release of the two-disc DVD "Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who," a documentary about their rise, fall and current resurrection. Daltrey participated fully in the project, but has no desire to watch the finished product.

"There's no point in me seeing it, I lived it. I'll watch me, I won't see the film. I'll watch me in the film, and I find that very uncomfortable."

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Adele
Adele performing at the Luminaire in 2007.
Background information
Genre(s)	Soul, Indie
Website	Myspace

Adele (Adkins) is an English Soul/Jazz singer from South London. She is currently signed to independent music label XL Recordings. At the moment, Adele plays small gigs in venues all over Britain and has not yet released any singles or albums. She has become quite popular on MySpace where you can hear her songs such as Daydreamer, Best For Last, Hometown Glory and Crazy For You. She has already performed Daydreamer on Later With Jools Holland, alongside Paul McCartney and Bjork.

Adele's 'Hometown Glory' was played by Radio 1's Zane Lowe as his 'Hottest Record In The World' for the week starting 3 September 2007 and by Radio 1's Jo Whiley's on 6 September 2007, which then went on to become her 'Pet Sound'

"Hometown Glory", described as a "traffic stopper"...will be released on 22 October 2007 as a limited edition 7" vinyl on Jamie T's label Pacemaker Recordings, with B Side 'Best For Last', plans for general release are unavailable at present. January 2008 see's the release of 'Chasing Pavements' Adele's second single, which will be released on XL.

Adele is currently on her first UK Headlining Tour, starting in Southampton on 6 October and finishing in London on 20 October. Adele has previously toured with best friend Jack Penate, as well as Jamie T, Raul Midon, Devendra Banhart and Amos Lee since summer 2006.

Adele graduated from BRIT School in Croydon in May 2006

External links

• Adele at MySpace