3 Sep 2008
And is it home to sharks?
I’d better get a move on, we have more subscribers to the blog now than songs transcribed. It’s also time to get on with Cammell Laird Social Club. Anyway, San Antonio Foam Party has a go at officialdom assuming it knows what you think (see also A Country Practice) and suggests Britain’s two best tennis players at the time of the end of the century party were robots. And the relevance of the title of the song? I’ve no idea. Thanks to Rob
See lyrics to San Antonio Foam Party
5 Letters Sent:
Matt
Good job. My only comment is that the line beginning ‘Sniffer dogs…’ could do with a comma, thus:
‘Sniffer dogs in, fluorescent bibs’.
This is because without the comma it means ‘Sniffer dogs wearing fluorescent bibs’, whereas I have always taken it to mean ‘Sniffer dogs enter [the brothel] – fluorescent bibs’. There is a definite pause, and the listing of observations in this manner is a HMHB trademark. For example, ‘Ballad of Climie Fisher’ has the line ‘Fisher goes berserk. Mayhem, police cars.’
Sep 3rd, 2008
Fredorrarci
Sounds like “This is me calling for some civic pride”.
Also, it’s “Twin town said we just weren’t cool”.
Sep 3rd, 2008
Bob Ginger
I think the line near the end is “twin town said we just weren’t cool.” I have a vague memory of Nigel quoting these lines in an interview at the time of the album’s release, unless I dreamed it.
Sep 3rd, 2008
Fredorrarci
I going to be really pedantic here and point out that it’s “So now we’ve got a suicide pact with Goole”.
And of course I meant “This is me pleading…”, not “This is me calling…” above. Something about petards springs to mind.
Sep 3rd, 2008
Bill Stow
Line 30 – I think it should be ‘with the storming’ not ‘in the storming’
Mar 4th, 2009
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