Following the album's release, the Screaming Jets went to the UK where they based themselves for over two years, touring there and throughout Europe with a variety of hard rock and heavy metal bands. During a series of shows with Ugly Kid Joe, Heaney was fired and replaced for the rest of the tour by one-time Judas Priest drummer Dave Holland.
The band's next album Tear of Thought, which featured Heaney's drumming, was initially slow to gain acceptance until a cover of Boys Next Door's "Shivers" saw the Screaming Jets back in the charts. Heaney was permanently replaced in the line-up by former BB Steal drummer Craig Rosevear and after a US tour with Def Leppard Lara was replaced by Melbourne musician Jimi "The Human" Hocking, who had previously fronted his own band, Jimi Human and Spectre 7, that released an album and two singles at the turn of the decade.
While the Screaming Jets remained only moderately successful overseas, in Australia they were one of the top-drawing live bands of the early-mid 1990s and perhaps the last remaining example of the pub rock acts that had ruled the country's live scene in the late 1970s - mid 1980s. While their single releases rarely scored high on the charts, they won significant airplay on rock radio and the band's tours were wildly successful. In 1995 the Screaming Jets' self-titled album made history when it became the first CD launched via live Webcast.
By the late 90s the Screaming Jets were touring less often and had not released an album of new material since 1996. Hocking had left in 1997 to be replaced by former Judge Mercy guitarist Izzy Osmanovich and after an extensive Australian tour in 2000, Rosevear left to be replaced by Col Hatchman. Although no longer the force they had once been, the Screaming Jets could still draw large crowds and in 2001 were selected to tour with Kiss and Alice Cooper; at the end of that year the band announced an extended break from all touring and recording, playing a final series of shows.
In December 2002, the Screaming Jets did another brief tour in support of a self-financed live album that had been recorded the previous year, but then did not play live again until mid-2004. Since then have continued to record and tour, though more sporadically than during the early 1990s and have also signed a record publishing deal with Universal Records.
C'Mon
The Screaming Jets Lyrics
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So tell me what does that mean? And why does it bore me?
Come on, let me show you how to do it.
I hear the radio and the songs they play, makin' my stomach turn.
I just want to hear some Rock 'N' Roll, I watch my radio burn.
Come on, let me show you how to do it.
Come on, let me show you how to do it.
I see the plastic people, leading plastic lives.
Follow your t.v., it is your guide. The family cries when the t.v. dies.
Come on, let me show you how to do it.
Come on, let me show you how to do it.
The Screaming Jets's song C'mon is a song that reflects on the superficiality of modern society, contrasting the value of television, music, and entertainment with the unfulfilling discontentment that these distractions bring. The first verse is about the singer's experience with watching television, as they can feel their life flashing before their eyes. The question "So tell me what does that mean?" suggests that the singer is trying to make sense of this experience and understand the implications of constantly watching their life pass them by. The line "And why does it bore me?" reveals that the singer is finding this experience tedious and unfulfilling.
The chorus, "Come on, let me show you how to do it," is a plea to the listener that the singer has figured out a way to escape this superficial existence and wants to show them the way. The second verse discusses the singer's frustration with the songs played on the radio, "I just want to hear some Rock 'N' Roll, I watch my radio burn." This shows an intense desire for something genuine and real in the midst of a world full of plastic imitations.
In the third verse, the singer points out the robotic way in which people live their lives, blindly following the television as their guide. This idea is emphasized through the line "Follow your t.v., it is your guide," suggesting that people have abandoned their own desires and have given the power of their lives over to something that cannot think or feel for them. The song ends with the repeated chorus of "Come on, let me show you how to do it," reminding listeners that there is a better way to live.
Line by Line Meaning
I watch my t.v. screen, life flashing before me.
As I watch television, I see a glimpse of my own life passing by.
So tell me what does that mean? And why does it bore me?
I question the significance of my life shown on TV and why it doesn't captivate me.
Come on, let me show you how to do it.
I urge others to follow me and escape the mundane.
I hear the radio and the songs they play, makin' my stomach turn.
The music on the radio disgusts me and makes me feel sick.
I just want to hear some Rock 'N' Roll, I watch my radio burn.
I crave real rock music and I am willing to destroy mainstream pop music to get it.
I see the plastic people, leading plastic lives.
I observe people living superficially and without substance.
Substitute child, disposable wife.
People are viewed as replaceable and disposable.
Follow your t.v., it is your guide. The family cries when the t.v. dies.
People rely on TV as a source of guidance, and when it stops working, it causes emotional distress for the family.
Come on, let me show you how to do it.
I persist in my plea to lead others to a more fulfilling way of living.
Come on, let me show you how to do it.
I continue to ask others to follow me and escape the dullness of their current lives.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: SPENCER ALBEE, DAVE GUTTER, TONY MC NABOE, JON ROODS, JASON WARD, RYAN ZOIDIS
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