Ditzy Scene
"Ditzy Scene" is a song by English rock band Cardiacs. It was planned as the opening track and lead single from the band's unreleased sixth album, "LSD", originally released on Org Records. It was the band's last single to be released in frontman Tim Smith's lifetime, and their most recent one to be composed of entirely new material. "Ditzy Scene" was included in Louder's list of Knifeworld frontman Kavus Torabi's Guide to Cardiacs. In 2018, the Alphabet Business Concern rereleased the song on Bandcamp. Writing. "Ditzy Scene" was the first of several songs  written following a Cardiacs' line-up change in 2004. Singer and guitarist Kavus Torabi wrote the lyrics after beginning to record their unreleased sixth album, provisionally titled "LSD", in 2005. He said it was planned to be remixed for the album: Recording. The band recorded "Ditzy Scene" at Smith's Apollo 8 studio in Salisbury, Wiltshire, in autumn 2007. Torabi wrote the lyrics to Smith's arrangement, as well as playing the guitar solo for the intro. The intro, according to Torabi, was extremely hard to play, requiring complete concentration from the band. They recorded the song with tapes. Along  with Smith, vocals were provided by Torabi, bass player Jim Smith, Claire Lemmon and "special guest star" Suzanne Kirby. Composition. "Ditzy Scene" is a punk, prog, and pop song. In an interview with Louder, 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." Release and reception. "Ditzy Scene" was released on September 1 , 2007. On November 5, it had a limited edition press release on Org Records, with only 1000 copies made. Formats and track listing. UK CD single UK CDr promo Personnel. Cardiacs Features