27 Oct 2009
As you put another Roger Dean poster on the wall
Despite the legendary curse of HMHB, the one song which mentions “all those people who you romantically like to still believe are alive, are dead” didn’t have any of the four it namechecks let the side down until almost twenty years after it was written. Oh the irony. And even now, over 22 years since the song’s release, three out of the four are still with us. Dickie Davies Eyes is one of those early songs which is known to the “Half Man Half Biscuit – didn’t they do that song about…?” brigade, mainly because it still gets the occasional national radio airing (he said, just having heard it on BBC 6 Music). Thanks to Nigel and EskimoEric
See lyrics to Dickie Davies Eyes
4 Letters Sent:
Simon Aughton
Probably the best opening lines in the history of popular music.
Oct 27th, 2009
Max Williams
I always thought that this line
Like to still believe are alive, are dead
would be more properly written as
Like to believe are still alive, are dead
But, it doesn’t scan as well with the tune, plus who the hell do i think i am, to correct Nigel?
Oct 28th, 2009
Chris
Surely ‘wipe my snot on the arm of your jersey’?
Nov 30th, 2010
Bobby String
No, Chris, one wipes one’s snot on the arm (or sleeve) of one’s own jersey, not someone else’s – Nigel definitely says ‘chair’.
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Nov 30th, 2010
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