Comments on: Oh, I turned my back on Nazareth http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/oh-i-turned-my-back-on-nazareth/ Busking this at Embankment Tube tomorrow Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:57:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: clifton perkinshttp://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/oh-i-turned-my-back-on-nazareth/comment-page-1/#comment-63157 clifton perkins Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:01:16 +0000 http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/?p=173#comment-63157 To my uninformed ears it sounded like "I used to catch old Gordon Giltrap" which makes a lot more sense really. Maybe it started out that way and mutated, as things do. Anyway, one of my absolute favourite HMHB songs. They rise above pleasant and amusing and do something quite powerful in this song. Would not have been out of place on Hatful of Hollow perhaps. To my uninformed ears it sounded like
“I used to catch old Gordon Giltrap”
which makes a lot more sense really.
Maybe it started out that way and mutated,
as things do. Anyway, one of my
absolute favourite HMHB songs. They
rise above pleasant and amusing and
do something quite powerful in this song.
Would not have been out of place on
Hatful of Hollow perhaps.

]]> By: Chigley Skinhttp://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/oh-i-turned-my-back-on-nazareth/comment-page-1/#comment-28074 Chigley Skin Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:19:48 +0000 http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/?p=173#comment-28074 One of my all-time favourites from Nigel and the boys, and as with a few other songs from this era (notably Yipps and 4AD3DCD), I feel the Peel sessions recording is far superior to the album version. Lyrically, I've always taken it to be about long-term unemployment (hence the cracking Yosser Hughes reference), and the way the mundanity of everyday life can grind you down. Granted, I can't explain how Gordon Giltrap and Nazareth fit into that subject matter, but they're balanced out by so many other brilliant lines that I've never tried to read too much into them. One of my all-time favourites from Nigel and the boys, and as with a few other songs from this era (notably Yipps and 4AD3DCD), I feel the Peel sessions recording is far superior to the album version.

Lyrically, I’ve always taken it to be about long-term unemployment (hence the cracking Yosser Hughes reference), and the way the mundanity of everyday life can grind you down. Granted, I can’t explain how Gordon Giltrap and Nazareth fit into that subject matter, but they’re balanced out by so many other brilliant lines that I’ve never tried to read too much into them.

]]> By: NIck Inkhttp://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/oh-i-turned-my-back-on-nazareth/comment-page-1/#comment-3782 NIck Ink Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:44:18 +0000 http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/?p=173#comment-3782 I like the morose melodies of this and Malayan Jelutong (they're inseparable in my mind) but I still don't really feel I understand the song. Is there more to 'I turned my back on Nazareth' than meets the ear? I was rather hopeful that Gordon Giltrap would turn out to have been in the band Nazareth, but sadly it appears not to be the case. I like the morose melodies of this and Malayan Jelutong (they’re inseparable in my mind) but I still don’t really feel I understand the song. Is there more to ‘I turned my back on Nazareth’ than meets the ear? I was rather hopeful that Gordon Giltrap would turn out to have been in the band Nazareth, but sadly it appears not to be the case.

]]> By: richardhttp://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/oh-i-turned-my-back-on-nazareth/comment-page-1/#comment-3240 richard Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:45:45 +0000 http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/?p=173#comment-3240 This took me a minute to get my head around it but this has to be one of my favorite biscuit tracks now. Also, the John Peel version was a delight. Peel says it's probably the only song ever to mention Gordon Giltrap. He's probably right, too. This took me a minute to get my head around it but this has to be one of my favorite biscuit tracks now.

Also, the John Peel version was a delight. Peel says it’s probably the only song ever to mention Gordon Giltrap. He’s probably right, too.

]]> By: Garethhttp://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/oh-i-turned-my-back-on-nazareth/comment-page-1/#comment-2635 Gareth Fri, 22 May 2009 23:48:31 +0000 http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/?p=173#comment-2635 I think this is one of the classics. I asked Geoff for the bands permission to use a bunch of HMHB lines in a book I wrote - a disproportionate few were from this song and - oh ultimate accolade - he agreed and added ' good choices '. Sad perhaps, but it made me happy. Don't know what you think of Mr Giltrap but, at least to me, cudgel has a ring of truth I think this is one of the classics. I asked Geoff for the bands permission to use a bunch of HMHB lines in a book I wrote – a disproportionate few were from this song and – oh ultimate accolade – he agreed and added ‘ good choices ‘. Sad perhaps, but it made me happy.

Don’t know what you think of Mr Giltrap but, at least to me, cudgel has a ring of truth

]]> By: fnchttp://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/oh-i-turned-my-back-on-nazareth/comment-page-1/#comment-2630 fnc Fri, 22 May 2009 15:43:48 +0000 http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/?p=173#comment-2630 I always thought he used to cudgel Gordon Giltrap, as in hit him with a stick, but I suppose cajole makes more sense. I always thought he used to cudgel Gordon Giltrap, as in hit him with a stick, but I suppose cajole makes more sense.

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