| Ditzy Scene | |
| Cover: | Ditzy Scene Organ Cover.jpg |
| Alt: | An out-of-focus photo of flowers with the band's name and the song's title above |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Cardiacs |
| Album: | LSD |
| B-Side: |
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| Released: | 5 November 2007 |
| Recorded: | Autumn 2007 |
| Studio: | Apollo 8 (Chessington)[1] |
| Label: | |
| Composer: | Tim Smith |
| Lyricist: | Kavus Torabi |
| Chronology: | Cardiacs |
| Prev Title: | Signs |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Title: | Vermin Mangle |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
"Ditzy Scene" is a song by English rock band Cardiacs. It was planned as the opening track and lead single from the band's unfinished sixth album, LSD. It was released on Org Records, and was the band's last single to be released in frontman Tim Smith's lifetime, as well as their most recent to be composed of entirely new material.[2]
"Ditzy Scene" was included in Progs list of Knifeworld frontman Kavus Torabi's Guide to Cardiacs. In 2018, the Alphabet Business Concern rereleased the song on Bandcamp.
"Ditzy Scene" was written by Tim Smith and Kavus Torabi. It was the first of several songs written following a Cardiacs' line-up change in 2004. Torabi wrote the lyrics after beginning to record their unreleased sixth album, provisionally titled LSD, in 2005.[3] He said it was planned to be remixed for the album:
The band recorded "Ditzy Scene" at Smith's own recording studio Apollo 8 in Autumn 2007, shortly before the last Cardiacs tour.[4] [5] [6] Torabi wrote the lyrics to Smith's arrangement, as well as playing the guitar solo for the intro.[4] The intro, according to Torabi, was extremely hard to play, requiring complete concentration from the band. They recorded the song with tapes.[4] Along with Smith, vocals were provided by Torabi, bass player Jim Smith, Claire Lemmon and "special guest star" Suzanne Kirby.[7]
In an interview with Prog, Torabi described his first reaction to the song's structure whilst recording: "When we started recording it was like 'Fucking hell ... here we go!' When those girl vocals came in at the start, going 'Aaah aaah!' it was a real goosebump moment and I thought 'Okay, we've really got something here ...' It's just brilliant."
The "Ditzy Scene" single, backed with two other tracks "Gen" and "Made All Up", was due for release just prior to the start of Cardiacs' first full UK tour since 2000.[8] On November 5, it had a limited edition press release on Org Records, with only 1000 copies made.[9] Cardiacs planned to release their first studio album since Guns (1999) early the following year.[10] The song charted at number 72 on the Spanish iTunes Chart on 11 October 2020.[11]
All lyrics are written by Cardiacs (noted); all music is composed by Tim Smith.
CD single
CDr promo[12]
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of "Ditzy Scene".
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