Just had "Billericay Dickie" by Ian Dury &The Blockheads pop up on Spotify. Haven't heard it in a long, long time. A bit risque, but it brought a smile to my face. "Had a love affair with Nina In the back of my Cortina A seasoned up hyena Could not have been more obscener She took me to the cleaners And other misdemeanours But I got right up between her Rum and her Ribena" Any other offerings?
Love is the Law - Seahorses Mad Lizzy Crumbs blind cobblers Thumbs were a sight to behold She was a rum old slapper and we always Tried to get her pants off when she phoned Left her cap by the sink it's not what you think Oh take me home
Madness – Shame and Scandal In Trinidad, there was a family Much confusion as you will see It was a mama and a papa and a boy who was grown Wanted to marry and have wife of his own Found a young girl, who suited him nice Went to his papa to ask his advice His papa said son, I have to say no That girl is your sister but your mama don’t know Woh, it’s real, shame and scandal in the family Woh, it’s real, shame and scandal in the family A week went by and the summer came down Soon the best cook in the islands he found He went to his papa, to make a day His papa shook his head and to him he did say You can’t marry that girl, I have to say no That girl is your sister, but your mama don’t know Woh, it’s real, shame and scandal in the family Woh, it’s real, shame and scandal in the family Went to his mama, and thought what he said And told his mama, what his papa had said His mama she laughed she says, go man go Your daddy ain’t your daddy, but your daddy don’t know
Pretty much owt by half man half biscuit "I linger and gawp When the council dig a big hole And I cheer for a corner I don’t know why, they rarely lead to a goal" "if I were a linesman, I would execute defenders who applauded my offsides" "there's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets" "Telephone call Telling me My old friend Graham had died I took a ride Down to where I Could be of assistance I said to his wife Don’t give in To grieving cliche and turn His side of the room Into a shrine It just doesn’t work My arm round her shoulder Gently I told her Dead men don’t need season tickets"
Blur: Parklife. "I get up when I want. Except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awakened by the dustmen."
Lindisfarne - Fog on the Tyne - always reminds me of good times gone by (H.M.A.F.) Sittin' in a sleazy snack-bar suckin' Sickly sausage rolls Slippin' down slowly Slippin' down sideways Think I'll sign off the dole
Is a fantastic line. My favourite rhyming couplet that always makes me smile: One minute she says, she's gone to get the cat in The next thing I know, she's mumbling in Latin And also from Billy Bragg's Worker's Playtime: One of em's off her food And the other one's off his head And both of them are off down the boozer And from Bill Bailey's excellent Billy Bragg pastiche I wanted to free her In my dreams I would see her Running naked through the woods round Rainham If I had some tigers I'd train them
The very British lyric by Squeeze: I had a word with Stanley/he said I'd come in handy/he started me on Monday/so I had a bath on Sunday. Also, all the lyrics of Autumn Almanac and the way Ray Davies sings it, makes me smile.
Wouldn't it be nice to get on with me neighbours? But they make it very clear, they've got no room for ravers They stop me from groovin', they bang on me wall They're doing me crust in, it's no good at all, ah! 'Ere we all are, sitting in a rainbow Gor blimey hello Mrs Jones, how's your Bert's lumbago? (mustn't grumble) I'll sing you a song with no words and no tune To sing in your khazi while you suss out the moon, oh yeah!
Was playing the live version from utube yesterday..... Nowegian wood....Beatles I once had a girl or should i say she once had me
These also make me smile.. XTC "Life Begins At The Hop" Prepare yourself for the boys in the band at the hop The cheap guitars, they're too young for the bars at the hop We'll jive around, make fools of ourselves and then stop We're back next week with another ridiculous tie knot" The Undertones "My Perfect Cousin" His mother bought him a synthesizer Got the Human League in to advise her And the whole of Free's "My Brother Jake". A song that always cheers me up. Essentially a song about optimism and not giving up on someone. "I said Jake, Jake, Jake, won't you wait, wait, wait What's got into you? Your candle is burning, the wheels of time are turning, What you gonna do? Listen, I'm gonna break you Jake, Because you got what it takes To give a whole lotta people some soul."
This is a good one of theirs: She stayed with me until she moved to Notting Hill She said it was the place she needs to be Where the cocaine is Fairtrade and frequently displayed Is the Buena Vista Social Club CD I thought she'd be back in three weeks and we'd go wandering the Peaks Sojourn in my Uncle Joe's ashram For when you're in Matlock Bath you don't need Sylvia Plath Not while they've got Mrs. Gibson's Jam Alas I'm brooding alone by the runnel While she's in Capri with her swain And the light at the end of the tunnel Is the light of an oncoming train Well we both grew up in Eyam and strange as it may seem Neither of us thought we'd ever leave But the beak in Leek is weak And she's moved in so to speak With featureless TV producer Steve And now it's all Eva Cassidy and aphids in Picardy And so I can only ascertain That the light at the end of the tunnel Is the light of an oncoming train No frills, handy for the hills, that's the way you spell New Mills Brooding alone by the runnel While she's in Capri with her swain And the light at the end of the tunnel Is the light of an oncoming train Is the light of an oncoming train Is the light of an oncoming Old time religion Gimme that old time religion Gimme that old time religion It's good enough for me.
I've got a bike. You can ride it if you like. It's got a basket, a bell that rings and Things to make it look good. I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it. You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world. I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things.
There's something solid forming in the air, The wall of death is lowered in Times Square. No-one seems to care, They carry on as if nothing was there. The wind is blowing harder now, Blowing dust into my eyes. The dust settles on my skin, Making a crust I cannot move in And I'm hovering like a fly, waiting for the windshield on the freeway. Fly on a windshield from Genesis, Lamb lies down on Broadway 1974
One of my favourite albums, I saw them play the whole thing at Newcastle City Hall in 1974, Peter Gabriel left shortly after and they were never the same again.
Wilko - 20 Yards Behind If you see my baby walking I'm not walking by her side Ain't no need to look too far, because I won't be hard to find I'm walking twenty yards behind her 'cause I love the way she shakes her behind Everybody stops to see her, when my baby's out taking a stroll I see a traffic cop get flattened when a steam roller ran out of control But when my baby walked by he jumped up and shouted bless my soul, bless my soul There's so much confusion in the town when she's passing through All the cars are going backwards when the traffic lights change to blue I'm walking twenty yards behind her 'cause I'm frightened by the damage she'll do
Cum on Eileen, Oh I swear it's all clean, yes it's protein, you know every drop. I looked up your dress, oh my god what a mess
