Born Cool

Record Label: California Republic Records

Release Date: 1 January 2022

Producer: The Groovy Times

Length: 47:00

Studio: The Rabbit Hole, Los Angeles, California

Track listing

01. Sex, Drugs, Espionage 02. There's a New Cowgirl in Town 03. You'll Never Walk the Same Way Again 04. Sapphire Skies 05. Feeling of Snazz 06. In the Presence of Coolness 07. Lovely Milk

08. How to Start Fires 09. Fox Force Five 10. Samba do Revolução 11. Destination: Tomorrow 12. Funky Space Reporter 13. Hot Rods to Heaven 14. What Is Cool?

Credits

Produced by The Groovy Times

Mixed by Scott Free and Martin "We Have a Technical" George

Recording assistance by Leslie "Speaker On" Ryan and Tracey Stone

Recorded at the Rabbit Hole, Los Angeles, California, autumn–winter 2021

The Groovy Times are:

Stephen Big – drums, percussion, sampler, programming, handclaps on "Samba do Revolução"

Dale Nixon – bass, handclaps on "Samba do Revolução"

Harley McLaren – guitar, programming, handclaps on "Samba do Revolução"

Jo Stockton – guitar, sampler, programming, handclaps on "Samba do Revolução"

Sunny Coral – keyboards, sampler, programming, jaw harp on "There's a New Cowgirl in Town", handclaps on "Samba do Revolução"

And friends:

Simon Sales – flute on "Sex, Drugs, Espionage" and "Samba do Revolução", handclaps on "Samba do Revolução"

Karl Holland – vibraphone on "Sapphire Skies" and "Destination: Tomorrow", marimba on "Funky Space Reporter"

Kilometres Davies – trumpet on "Lovely Milk"

The Bicycle Horns – horn section on "How to Start Fires"

The Mellohorns – horn section on "Fox Force Five"

The Groovechestra – orchestration on "Destination: Tomorrow"

Perry Harpers – harp on "Destination: Tomorrow"

Céline Neon – words on "What Is Cool?"

Designs by the Atwater Village Artssociation

The Groovy Times would like to thank: Alex, Anamaria, Cristina, Roxana, Oana, Paul, Larisa, Maia, Yael, Adi, Ana, Diana, Delia, Cory, Vio, Mat, Ștefan, Alma & Ciprian, Mattia, Jordan, Victor, Sol, Andrew, Josh, Kate & Ally, Céline, Sarah, James, Pedro, Naomi, Maria, everyone at California Republic Records, Roger and Jessica Rabbit

Lyrics

You'll Never Walk the Same Way Again

By the end of this song

Sapphire Skies

Bonsoir, glamorous Gothamites...everyone who's everyone...star-studded dedication...new telescope...and here's the man of the hour himself...

Feeling of Snazz

So this is Johnny Farrell. I've heard a lot about you, Johnny Farrell

Sure, I'm decent

You drive me wild

In the Presence of Coolness

True virtuosos, like Picasso, da Vinci, Madonna, and of course, me!

Let's find a cool one

Keep it on the cool side

Alex, you're a genius!

I am? I mean... yes, I am!

How'm I a genius again?

Fox Force Five

There was a show about a team of female secret agents called Fox Force Five. Fox Force Five. Fox as in we're a bunch of foxy chicks. Force as in we're a force to be reckoned with. Five as in there's one, two, three, four, five of us. The blonde one, Somerset O'Neil, she was the leader. The Japanese fox, kung fu master. The black girl, demolitions expert. The French fox's specialty was sex. Character I played, Regan McCoy, she was the deadliest woman in the world with a knife.

Samba do Revolução

A Radio Renascença ocupada pelos trabalhadores ao serviço da classe operaria, dos camponeses e do povo trabalhador. As noticias- A Radio Renascença ocupada pelos trabalhadores ao serviço da classe operaria, dos camponeses e do povo trabalhador. Cuba, Relações Externas: a vitoria do Socialismo, o Comunismo e a libertação nacional dos povos, bem como a derrota do Imperialismo-indispensável que saibamos manter a ordem, por que os desordeiros são os fascistas-Camaradas, viva a República! (Viva!) Viva o Socialismo! (Viva!) Viva Portugal! (Viva!)

Destination: Tomorrow

Today international communism...and the produce went into a common storehouse...the final stage of communism as envisioned by Marx would be a utopia...the people would be banded together in associations...nothing to lose but their chains, they have a world to win... a rebirth in the city...frequently called the most cosmopolitan city in the Midwest...

Funky Space Reporter

...security office of the supreme international space authority that within the next 24 hours exact time to be given later first spaceship will blast off in the most fabulous voyage ever conceived by the human mind...today a young man on acid realised that all matter is energy condensed...that we are all one consciousness...life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves...here's Tom with the weather

A Message from the Groovy Times

none of us were ever cool in our lives
that's always something other people were
we recorded these songs to feel cool
to boost our self-esteem
to experience that 'life of the party' sensation
if you've ever felt like 'i'll never be cool'
or 'i have no idea how they do it' around charismatic people
or 'nobody could ever find me attractive'
we hope this will help you feel cool too
that it might get you through bad times
like a friend who calls you up and makes plans
because they saw you're in a bad way
and want to help you get out of it