28 Aug 2008
And you can thank your lucky stars that you’re not
I’ve tried to concentrate on the later songs on this site, because the oldies are already well documented on various places around Teh Interweb; however, I’m adding The Bastard Son Of Dean Friedman just to stop any more people sending in the lyrics (thanks, by the way!). And in case you’re wondering, “Dean emphatically denies this claim“, which is nice. Thanks to Neil, Nigel, Dave, EskimoEric and possibly others whose emails I’ve lost.
See lyrics to The Bastard Son Of Dean Friedman
18 Letters Sent:
Brian
Surely it’s “I would shed a lonely tear”?
Can’t really imagine shedding a lovely tear…
Aug 28th, 2008
Dave Betts
Isn’t it ‘lonely tear’?
Aug 29th, 2008
halfarsed
shed a LONELY tear? no?
Aug 29th, 2008
Chris
Hmmm, let’s say it’s “shed a lonely tear” shall we?
Aug 29th, 2008
Bill Stow
The spelling of the german football team should either be Borussia Moenchengladbach or if use of the umlaut is required then it would be Borussia Monchengladbach with the two dots over the ‘o’.Confusing them with Munchen with the umlaut over the ‘u’ or Muenchen if no umlaut will cause you to be visited by the Borussia skins who will smash your windows as the home side always wins. Moenchengladbach is North Germany whereas Muenchen is in the south.
I would have passed my Geography O level if I could have found my way to the exam room
yours etc
Bill
Feb 7th, 2009
Chris The Siteowner
Oops. I would not like to offend the Borussia Skins. It’s bad enough having the Stromsgodset under fives running amok in the village.
Feb 7th, 2009
Chris The Siteowner
Dean Friedman has posted A Baker’s Tale on to Soundcloud. This is his response to TBSODF, as performed at the Bilston gig in 2010.
Jul 4th, 2011
Bobby String
Interesting to see he describes Nigel as “punk’s greatest lyricist” – not sure NB would be flattered by the use of either ‘punk’ or ‘lyricist’ to describe him.
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Jul 4th, 2011
Vendor of Quack Nostrums
A Baker’s Tale is by no means the worst song I’ve ever heard (that would probably be by Phil Collins). – I shall categorize it in my ‘Strange, Quirky or Downright Uncatagorizable’ file alongside Susanna and the Magical Orchestra’s version of ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ and Ivor Cutler’s’ Life in a Scotch Sitting Room’.
Notice that the other track Dean has posted on Soundcloud is called Hob-Nobbin’. Is the man biscuit obsessed?
Jul 4th, 2011
John Burscough
Dean Friedman’s on tour throughout October; anybody fancy going along to see if he’ll play ABT?
Sep 1st, 2011
Chris The Siteowner
Ooh, and he’s at LIPA too: Dean Friedman tells Jade Wright why he’s planning revenge on Half Man Half Biscuit
Sep 29th, 2011
Jeff Dreadnought
Yes, according to the article, he’s planning to “extract” (sic) his revenge. Tut, tut.
Sep 29th, 2011
TWO FAT FEET
Maybe he’s planning to “extract” the urine. Something of a one-sided contest judging by his efforts so far.
Sep 29th, 2011
Jeff Dreadnought
The phrase “one legged man at an arse-kicking contest” springs to mind.
Sep 29th, 2011
Gregg Z
Mr. Dreadnought, you are one of the world’s finest gentlemen. I’ve always thought the “one-legged man” phrase is about the funniest thing I’ve ever heard.
As for Mr. Friedman, if he is planning to “extract” his revenge, perhaps someone ought to send him a jar of language pills.
Dean Friedman seems to be living off of the success of HMHB. Funny, since the group itself can barely do that..
Sep 29th, 2011
John Burscough
Apparently the UK band Half-Man, Half-Biscuit, had a hit with TBSODF.
http://www.thebloomsbury.com/event/run/1575
Oct 11th, 2011
Charles Exford
Just seen Jeff’s comment – quality. Yes, in some quarters the ‘historic moment’ feel of Deano’s appearance in Bilston last year has been allowed to mask the fact that his ‘revenge’ song is piss-poor. In fact no, that’s being too harsh on piss.
Apparently he liked the subbuteo streaker I threw on stage though.
Oct 11th, 2011
Paddy
Hey hey my my. Page 48 of the London Evening Standard ( it’s free and I only read the gig guide anyway) advert for our old friend Dean Friedman? “Entirely unique, utterly brilliant” sayeth the hitherto unknown magazine Three Weeks which awards five stars. (£25 a ticket seems a bit steep)
Oct 21st, 2011
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