9 Jun 2008
Lord you gotta let me drown so those ringlets they won’t see
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
8 Letters Sent:
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.
Jan 29th, 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
Mar 17th, 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.
Mar 9th, 2011
Dave Wiggins
Surely The Armoury Show was post-The Skids?
Aug 11th, 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!
Aug 11th, 2011
John Burscough
I’m So Meta – Even This Acronym…
Aug 12th, 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
Sep 1st, 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).
Sep 1st, 2011
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