27 Feb 2008
Do you switch the kitchen light off with your chin?
A live favourite, the short “She’ll Be Coming Round The Mountain” singalong Lock Up Your Mountain Bikes manages to fit in some classics: Garth Crooks, the swan which will have your arm off, and “That’s when you got into the Manics”. As ever: Genius.
See lyrics of Lock Up Your Mountain Bikes
9 Letters Sent:
michael
Hi,
I’ve heard HMHB play Lock Up Your Mountain Bikes several times live, but have never found it on any CD – do you know if it’s available to buy?
Best,
Michael
Jul 7th, 2008
chris
Yep, it’s on the Look Dad No Tunes EP, but I suspect you’ll have fun trying to find it…
Jul 11th, 2008
Petrovic
@Michael:
There’s a live version in the Merseyside radio gig MP3 that was posted here (look down the poster’s comments for links):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vaO5oTDwY4
In the Kentish Town Forum gig last night the variation was (last verse)
…and that’s when Ken told me,
that’s when Ken told me
that my bread-maker would
only get used the once.
Oct 17th, 2008
Paul F
@petrovic – the breadmaker line is also on the (excellent) bootleg linked in “latest News” above.
The bootleg is also good fun for picking up on the strange conversations of the people near the recorder.
“You’re the youngest here”
“No I’m not!
“Yes you are!
“I AM NOT THE FUCKING YOUNGEST HERE!”
And:
“I stared at a woman before”
Dec 8th, 2008
Charles Exford
I think at Edinburgh ’08 the last line was ‘that’s when I first said, that’s when I first said (etc.), that a remake of The Wicker Man would never work’ …. or was it ‘never be as good as the original ?’
There have been quite a few variations at gigs, and that’s the only one I can remember right now, so I wondered if people with better memories could post them here before they are lost to posterity ?
Jan 20th, 2009
rjgg
Interested 2 hear the comments re adaptation 2 lyrics of “lock up yr mountain bikes.” The band played the rockhouse in Derby a few years ago, and changed the last verse 2:
before the gods that made the gods were born etc…
…That`s when Alan Hinton,
that`s when Alan Hinton,
that`s when Alan Hinton wore white boots.
Cultural reference being that Alan Hinton was a left winger for the Rams during their 1st title-winning season of 1971-2, and was famous for wearing a pair of(what i believe were) white Stylo Matchmakers
Jun 7th, 2009
Petrovic
Latest version (Roadwater Vllage Hall) was, more or less,
“… that’s when I first realised
That Eddie Stobart was just so high street.”
Aug 9th, 2009
Mr Larrington
If, as Charles Exford points out, “a remake of The Wicker Man would never work”, is that an instance of The Curse landing on Edward Woodward (the Late Equalizer)?
Nov 17th, 2009
a_p
Nigel in Roadwater was spotted sporting a cycling jersey with ‘Summerisle’ printed on the back. Always one step ahead…
Nov 17th, 2009
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