Perhaps the most surprising thing about Hair Like Brian May Blues is that Moby hasn’t remixed it into a dinner party soundtrack. Yet. When he does, you heard it here first.
See lyrics to Hair Like Brian May Blues
Perhaps the most surprising thing about Hair Like Brian May Blues is that Moby hasn’t remixed it into a dinner party soundtrack. Yet. When he does, you heard it here first.
See lyrics to Hair Like Brian May Blues
Bill Stow
Hi – In the song ‘Hair like Brian May blues’ – the references throughout to the ‘Armory show’ should I think read ‘Armoury Show’ the pre-Skids band fronted by Richard Jobson.
29 January 2009
Dave F.
The second “I haven’t got a balaclava, and my good girl’s got no snood”
has an (oooh) in it.
As with a previous lyric there appears to be a short and, ‘n’ or ‘&’ before “chopped” in:
But the devil’s built a bypass, chopped down all of the trees
17 March 2009
Charles Exford
I was thinking of this song last Friday when FIFA banned the snood, and then up it popped again on Monday. This week’s commemorative 700th edition of The Sky at Night saw the Astronomer Royal Martin Rees complementing Brian May on his hair. On being substituted by May, because there apparently weren’t enough chairs in Patrick Moore’s house, Rees said “you look more like Isaac Newton than any other scientist”, and May took it as a massive compliment. Then just half an hour after we watched that (it’s at 49 mins on the i-player or the repeat), there was a picture of Isaac Newton on University Challenge to which Mrs. Exford answered “Brian May”. Much mirth.
Anyway, this isn’t the PBRs thread, so I just thought I’d say that after my pancake-inspired Robert Johnson listening yesterday I’ve listened to this song a few times too, and it dun got no “and” bro’.
He really does seem to be imitating the Robert Johnson style at that point in just singing “chopped”.
Just to be extra pedantic, if it is there, which it ain’t, then we should probably write it either as ‘n’ or and.
9 March 2011
Dave Wiggins
Surely The Armoury Show was post-The Skids?
11 August 2011
Vendor of Quack Nostrums
Meta-pedantry is surely the art of correcting the corrections. Dave is absolutely spot-on; The Armoury Show were indeed post- not pre- The Skids. Spelling-wise it depends on whether the back catalogue in question is of the post-Skids and Magazine band (The Armoury Show) or the International Exhibition of Modern Art after which the group were named (The Armory Show).
The Armoury Show’s entire back catalogue is available for perusal here; http://www.armouryshow.com/ should you need it.
By the way, I’ve just googled ‘Meta-pedantry’ to see if it is a commonly used phrase. You will not be surprised, I expect, to learn that the first return that makes any sense directs you straight back to this site!
11 August 2011
John Burscough
I’m So Meta – Even This Acronym…
12 August 2011
Neil G
This is one track that I haven’t been able to get hold of until today. It’s on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl3g7eYLnek&feature=related
1 September 2011
Neil G
If you are so inclined, you can convert it into an mp3 file at http://www.youtube-mp3.org/
I think I’ve got everything now, except the new album (champs at bit).
1 September 2011
lookdadnotunes
It’s definetely The Armoury Show as in the post skids band.
many years ago now we me and some friends made a banner. We wanted the band to play Hair like Brian May blues.
On one side it had a big picture of Brian May, and on the other side pictures of a collection of album and EP covers of the above mentioned band.
We met Ken before the gig and he was impressed by our dedication to the cause, especially the Armoury Show covers.
It now rests at the bottom of my wardrobe complete with a “best wishes from your showbiz Pal. Nigel Blackwell” squiggled on it.
Nigel did play a couple of bars of the song for us. I think it was Cambridge. Around 2007. I believe its the only live outing the song has had.
Can upload it somewhere if anyone wants to see a little bit of insignificant HMHB history.
24 May 2012
MIKE IN COV
@LookDadNoTunes. “Can”, “if”? Do you want us to come round and creosote your fence? From the neck down? YouTube, and a link in this thread, spring to mind.
Woke up this morning and I believe I shat the bed
My knowledge of the blues is somewhat nil
Yeah, sure. (That quote’s one for Gregg Z, or any other fan across the pond, to identify. Your prize would be a link to a video you’re sure to love.)
11 July 2012
ACIDIC REGULATOR
As no-one’s accepted my challenge, the quote’s from Ball Four by Jim Bouton. And here’s the link anyway.
4 August 2012