Deep & Meaningless

Deep & Meaningless is the second album by English folk singer-songwriter duo John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett. It was released in 1978.^[1] The album included the song "Beware Of The Flowers ('Cos I'm Sure They're Going To Get You Yeah)", which was voted Britain's seventh most popular song lyric in a 1999 BBC online poll.^[2] The song's strong showing—ahead of The Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin" and Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust"—was the result of what Otway's website described as a "well orchestrated campaign" by fans.^[3]

The Allmusic website rates the album as a "triumph", giving it eight out of 10 stars.^[4]

Track List

All songs written by John Otway except where noted

Side one

1. "Place Farm Way" - 3:31
2. "To Anne" - 3:27
3. "Beware Of The Flowers ('Cos I'm Sure They're Going To Get You Yeah)" - 2:30
4. "The Alamo" (Jane Bowers) - 3:16
5. "Oh My Body Is Making Me" - 4:09

Side two

1. "Josephine" (Otway-Harry) - 7:02

2. "Schnot" - 2:44

3. (a) "Riders In The Sky" (Jones)

(b) "Running From the Law"

(c) "Riders In The Sky" - 3:03

4. "I Wouldn't Wish It On You" - 3:11

5. "Can't Complain" - 2:32

Personnel

• John Otway
• Wild Willy Barrett
• Nigel Pegrum
• Maggie Ryder
• Mark Freeman
• Dave Holmes
• Yvonne Grech
• Simon Hansen

References

1. ^ BBC Music profile
2. ^ Paul McCann, "John Otway 'a better lyricist than Dylan'", The Independent, 9 October, 1999.
3. ^ John Otway website
4. ^ Deep & Meaningless review, Allmusic website.