Eyes On Us!

Keith's Ramblings

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June 1996

Lens wife Iris was a teacher. One of her pupils had an idea. (see what I did there?)

“We should form a band Miss” he said . “Me on guitar, Willy on keyboard,  Bashier on drums and what’s-is-name singing. We’ll call ourselves Eyes On Us!”

“What style of music will you play?” she asked.

“Garage music Miss, it’s the latest thing!”

Iris didn’t like to admit she no idea what garage music was, after all she was a music teacher! They were playing music in the workshop when her car was being fixed a few days earlier, ‘Can’t take my eyes of you’, that kind of thing, but she couldn’t imagine them playing anything like that.

When she got home she asked hubby Len if he knew what it was.

“Of course my love“ he said, “it’s a  stripped-down, minimal style of bass-heavy dance music, with basic drum patterns and simple basslines which takes inspiration from house, RnB, dancehall and jungle”.

She was none the wiser!

August 2007

It was the Britain’s Got Talent auditions. The theatre was packed. The judging panel, ready and waiting, Simon Cowell proudly displaying his hairy chest.

‘Eyes On Us’ yelled that chap with the loud voice.

They were good. They even got the Golden Buzzer. Iris was watching at home, she was so proud!

They didn’t win, but it was still quite an achievement. They released a record, but sadly it was a bit of a flop.

February 2024

I’ve no idea what they’re doing today.

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© Ayr/Gray

Thanks to Jenne Gray and C.E.Ayr for hosting The Unicorn Challenge. 

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26 thoughts on “Eyes On Us!”

  2. Suzette Benjamin's avatar Suzette Benjamin Feb 24, 2024 / 17:06

    Thank you Keith for pointing out your brilliant pun in.. Iris and pupils reference…I would have missed what eye saw.
    Great story I wonder too what they are doing now..

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  4. beth's avatar beth Feb 24, 2024 / 19:23

    love the opening sentence, even if it was a bit cornea.

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  5. clark's avatar clark Feb 24, 2024 / 20:08

    Here’s something (a compliment on that much sought after quality all new writers*) to acquire a ‘voice’ in our fiction.

    So, I start reading and ‘Lens wife Iris was a teacher‘ and, don’t tell anyone, but I was so proud of myself to ‘be on the lookout’.

    *by ‘all’ I mean me and my contemporaries when we started coming ’round the blogsphere**

    ** by ‘me and my contemporaries’ I mean me lol

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    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings Feb 25, 2024 / 16:41

      I imagine very little sneaks past you, clark! You’ve made this contemporary very happy.

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  6. messymimi's meanderings's avatar messymimi's meanderings Feb 25, 2024 / 00:42

    They gave it their best shot and I’m sure they aren’t sorry, no matter what they’re doing for a living now. Fun story and puns.

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  9. jenne49's avatar jenne49 Feb 25, 2024 / 13:52

    I started laughing at the first line, Keith, and didn’t stop.
    Never have so many puns been concentrated in so few words.
    A fun take on the prompt.

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  10. ceayr's avatar ceayr Feb 25, 2024 / 14:55

    Jeepers creepers, Keef, four puns in the first line, that’s got to be a record, even for you!

    Shaking my head and smiling…

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    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings Feb 25, 2024 / 17:05

      I’ve got my eye on the Guinness Book of Records – though I might have to make do with a pint or two of the stuff instead.

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  11. Dale's avatar Dale Feb 25, 2024 / 17:28

    That was too much fun, Keith. You manage your puns rather well 😉

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