In return for my Sally James scrapbook

Listening to CAMRA Man, I don’t think Nigel likes Real Ale Bores. Must have had a bad experience with a beard as a child or something. Cheap Trick Live At The Budokan sounds even scarier though.

See lyrics of CAMRA Man

11 Letters Sent:

1
Paul
Nice website! I’ve got songs stuck in my head now..
However, in CAMRA Man I’m almost certain it’s
I want Dave and Barbara to refer me to the blackboard…
I could be wrong though!
Paul
Mar 1st, 2008
2
David dickies
I’ve got a Bonneville in bits but I’m gonna sort it out
Might read……but I’ll never sort it out
But it might not.
Apr 9th, 2008
3
chris
I’m gonna… stick with “gonna”. Opinion noted though!
Apr 9th, 2008
4
steve
Isn’t it
I want Dave the barman to refer me to the blackboard.
Thats what it sounds like and makes more sense if you know what I mean
Jun 23rd, 2008
5
Dave
Guess the guest and win a night with…
should be
Guess the guest beer and win a night with…
Jun 26th, 2008
6
chris
Both of the two above read like they should be right, but don’t sound right to me on close listening. Unless anyone disagrees?
Jun 26th, 2008
7
steve
It is definitely
“Guess the guest and win…”
and on further listening I think you are probably right it is
“Dave and Barbara”
…can you believe i went and listened to it more than once to check?
It just goes to show that there really is nothing better in life than listening to the same lyrics over and over again on a Saturday night instead of going to the pub.
Keep up the good work
Jun 28th, 2008
8
Chesney wold
God i love this one. It’s practically perfect in every way. Usually there’s a little bit of bagginess, (as there is in virtually all lyrics), but I don’t think there’s anything slack in this. And learning that it’s Belstaff has just topped it off for me. I used to work in a factory with people who had the various attributes mentioned, i always picture a particular pub (The Cornhill in Rhayader, Mid Wales if anyone’s interested) where they went to drink. They were engineers and absolutely always tinkering with summat and I got a Belstaff jacket off one of them, but still never made the connection.
May 29th, 2009
9
Dagenham Dave
thank the Lord for this site, I’ve loved this song since I first heard it but never had a clue about the ‘Belstaff catalogue’. Thankyou.
Oct 18th, 2009
10
dagenham dave
Having spent years thinking it’s ‘Dave the barman’ I agree it’s ‘Dave and Barbara’. This fits with the image of the perfect pub with a happy couple standing behind the bar.
Discovered this (ignore the first advert)…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpJ5lJ1R0nY
made me smile
Mar 1st, 2010
11
Chris The Siteowner
It is indeed “Dave and Barbara”, although probably not these two. Source
Mar 16th, 2010

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