2 May 200913 Comments
We’ve had Cant conformism since 1966
I always thought it would be a little bit perverse to sneak in On Finding The Studio Banjo before a certain other song. So I did.
Notes on recently-added lyrics from Saucy Haulage Ballads
29 Apr 200922 Comments
They think they’re Benny Goodman
It Makes The Room Look Bigger is another one of those songs which sound fairly straightforward to transcribe, but four people sent in these lyrics and I ended up using bits from each version. A Nigel writes: “There’s always potential to find an obscure way to make [a song] a personal favourite; in this case, the lament about the lack of key fobs with the name Nigel, whether in the souvenir stall at your footy club or your favourite Welsh castle. Many of us have had this problem, despite it being one of the most popular names of mid-1963…” (but not as popular as Chris was – Ed).
24 Mar 20098 Comments
Snide rosettes outside the ground
Jarg Armani might be a bit of a thrash, but it hides illicit vanloads of subtlety, including religious imagery, footy and some real Scouse stuff. And it may well have put the final nail in NTL’s coffin. According to my correspondent, the word ‘Jarg’ is used in Liverpool and Birkenhead as a precise synonym of ‘fake’: fake designer goods, fake footy tops, fake tickets, even fake people. ‘Snide’ is similar but even more negative with its implications of disloyalty and betrayal. I’ve noticed on Merseyside footy sites that ‘jarg’ recently became one of those ‘look at me I talk more Scouse than you’ words used to establish that you’re part of the in-crowd, and its use has at least quintupled in about the last five years. See, this site is educational too.
1 Nov 200817 Comments
I half expected a nymph to appear
What a great concept (“a true story” claims Nigel, live) – a bloke sharing his innermost thoughts with a bloke called Edward instead of his “sweet darling”. Tending The Wrong Grave For 23 Years is a wonderful song, although I suspect there might be one or two discussions around some of the minutiae on this one.
29 Mar 200814 Comments
Can you hear Talvin Singh?
Blood on the Quad sounds like a class rant but it’s really not apparently. A great two-minute thrash which I’m sure would go down well at a Cambridge May Ball.
7 Dec 20071 Comment
So you’re Brad Friedel – I’m mildly impressed
Let’s face it, who amongst us haven’t been to a wedding reception (evening only, of course) and not thought: “I wish the DJ would put on some Thomas Tallis”? It’s this age-old longing which so clearly inspired I Went To A Wedding…, the highlight of the six-track Saucy Haulage Ballads EP from 2003.
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