3 Dec 2008
Some blokes don’t take apart valve amps for fun
Just in case anyone was beginning to think they could spot a pattern in the lyrics going on this site, I’ll prove it’s all random with I, Trog, an obscurity hidden away towards the end of Some Call It Godcore. Another song about misfits. Thanks to Jon F, gNick and Martin
10 Letters Sent:
s.g.d.,a Shropshire lad
owdo mon,
I think that it is “mad sideys” as in sideburns.
s.g.d.,a Shropshire lad.
Dec 3rd, 2008
Chris The Siteowner
I like that – in fact it’s what I thought myself. But all three people who sent in the lyrics for this one went independently for “my tidies” so I accepted the majority verdict, good citizen that I am, even though I didn’t really get it. So the debate opens!
Dec 3rd, 2008
Carstairs
It is definitely mad sideys.
Take it from me I’m a trog
Dec 3rd, 2008
Neil G
I’m in the Mad Sidies camp. There is a grammatical clue in the second verse where the subject of the sentence is the second person (i.e. you). “When you’re a trog and you’ve got… ” surely would be followed by ‘your tidies’ if it were tidies. Quite apart from that, I don’t know what tidies are, sidies makes sense and it sounds like sidies to me. And that’s all I want to say about that.
Dec 4th, 2008
Chris The Siteowner
OK, I suppose all we need to agree on is the spelling.
Dec 4th, 2008
grim
Mad sidies for me as well, or sideys if you prefer; although I admit I heard it as “my tidies” for a number of baffled years before finally working it out.
Dec 4th, 2008
Steve Malkmoose
Given that the a lone sideburn would be a “sidey”- as opposed to a “sidie” (which just doesnt look right!); the plural must be “sideys” rather than “sidies” unless of course I’m a rank buffoon.
Dec 12th, 2008
Chris The Siteowner
Yes, it’s more akin to “monkey/monkeys” than “tidy/tidies”, I guess. And indeed, a lone sideburn wouldn’t look right.
Dec 12th, 2008
Dave F.
The lyric book has it as sideys. Capitalized for some reason.
May 4th, 2009
Ben
Sounds like “and in my dreams….I’ve taken you to Falkirk!” which I think is an even better lyric *blows on fingers*
Feb 25th, 2010
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