“I think there’s a future for you in Tortured Artist circles, Nigel” says Saint John at the end of Mr Cave’s a Window Cleaner Now. The title’s from this and the song itself is a comment on grim Nick Cave stuff like this, although thankfully, somewhat more listenable.
Mars Ultras, You’ll Never Make The Station is a Peel Session one-off which makes you think “how can any band write songs as good as this and only ever record them once, on a radio session?” And the rather excellent title doesn’t have anything to do with the song, either, in case you’re wondering.
David Wainwright’s Feet is a rather sweet song from a charity compilation for children called Colours Are Brighter. The Guardian described it as “a genuinely funny, cautionary tale about pestering one’s nan for fashionable trainers”, so now you know.
Ordinary to Enschede is a B-side from the McIntyre, Treadmore and Davitt era. It’s rather sweet.
The most obscure lyrics transcription on the site to date, and another one I can’t see has been done anywhere else. I think Epiphany has never been released either, but was only performed on a John Peel session.
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Note: the first three Half Man Half Biscuit albums have some crossover of tracks - see here for details
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