JACK PAROW:
Ode to You featuring Nonku -
The music video is here
"It’s the hardest I've ever worked on a music video in my life." Jack Parow
Watch Ode to You featuring Nonku, here:
Filmed, directed and edited by PAUL WARD
“I also come from working horrible jobs I hated, and when you are stuck in those jobs you always feel like you will never get out of them and it always feels so draining and difficult, so that's why it’s an ode to the people who do those jobs, because without them this whole country would fall apart.” From an interview with On a Music Bender .
Jack Parow and Nonku met up with these working class heroes to find out more about their lives and jobs.
Lyrics from Ode to You:
“this is an ode to you, hate your job but the house needs food
you wanna quit, you wanna kill but the rent is due
push on through ,hold on tight, fight the fight
there’s a hand on your throat and it’ s holding tight
9 to 5, jy try, jy druk, jy hou styf vas
but you work for a boss and you hate his guts
jy voel stuck, maar onthou, ek’s hier vir jou
whether jy numbers punch of jy huise bou
yster klou, days too long, nights too short
you just went to sleep, then you’re back at work
if you’re up at night or you’re up at dawn
whether you’re sweeping streets or you’re mowing lawns
whether jy meetings het of jy parties hou
whether jy suits aantrek of jy klere vou
whether your washing cars or washing clothes
this is an ode to all the working class hero’s.”
P.A.R.T.Y.
Date: 28 August 2014
Venue: Smugglers Tavern
Address: Cnr Riverbend Road & Witkoppen, Bloubosrand
Contact: 011 704 7199
Date: 29 August 2014
Venue: Presley’s
Address: Ernies Pl, Pretoria
Contact: 012-807 0690
Date: 30 August 2014
Venue: Presley’s Boksburg
Address: Gibb Rd, Boksburg
Contact: 011-826 19898
Date: 30 August 2014
Line-up: Jack Parow & more
Venue: Marks Park Sports Club (Pinkie Fest)
Address: Orange Road, Emmerentia
Date: 5 September 2014
Venue: Rumours Lounge, Roodepoort
Address: Shop 20 Palm Court, Cornelius Street, Weltevreden Park 1709
Contact: Fred Otto – 079 825 7995
Date: 6 September 2014
Venue: Aandklas Pretoria
Address: 494 Hilda St, Pretoria 0028
Contact: 012 362 3712
Date: 27 September (Tribeone Fest)
Line-up: Jack Parow & many more
Venue: City of Tshwane
