johnny hates jazz ~ shattered dreams 1988 Disco Purrfection Version

What a name, eh?

An excellent song for a Sunday afternoon, it was on my mind the moment I awoke so I got to work and here it is!

The group's name refers to Datchler's brother-in-law, Johnny, a British farmer married to Datchler's sister, who loves jazz. But Johnny hates jazz. “We came up with the name while visiting them,” said Hayes. “We liked the name and planned to use it on something. It turned out we used it for the group.(Jun 19, 1988 LA Times)

It was a massive worldwide hit peaking at #2 for three weeks in May of 1988 but did hit #1 on the US Adult Contemporary Chart for one week.

British born Clark Datchler was working as a writer for Warner Music in LA when he packed up and went back home to England. He met Calvin Hayes who had taken on a A&R job with RAK Records and the two then met American Mike Nocito who was the sound engineer for RAK and he had worked on sessions for The Cure, Duran Duran, Pink Floyd and the Thompson Twins.

They agreed to join forces with the inside joke group name of johnny hates jazz and set about recording the album. Datchler had a passel of new songs he had been writing and "Shattered Dreams" became the centrepiece.

Datchler explains the lyrics: "Obviously when I wrote "Shattered Dreams" I had it in mind that it would revolve around divorce, not just a relationship break-up but something a little bit heavier. But actually, the way I think people relate to it is that there are all kinds of shattered dreams that we experience on an individual level or in partnerships or as a people, as a nation, as humanity. We are facing some very serious shattered dreams right now whether that be environmental, or economic, or philosophical even. There are ways that "Shattered Dreams" reaches out and touches people when they are going through difficult times. And in some ways, it's not necessarily a very hopeful song. But I think the energy of the song is still quite bright which makes it an interesting combination. It's kind of opposites of each other, but that is something I tend to do lyrically and musically, having serious subjects with more up-tempo music"

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