Comments on: Trying in vain to wave a fourball through

By: TWO FAT FEET

TWO FAT FEET — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:58:18 +0000

I always thought, and I’ve yet to be convinced otherwise, that the track listing on the CD had this and Girlfrend’s Finished With Him back to front. The songs certainly match the titles much better that way round.

By: Paul F

Paul F — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:26:54 +0000

Finally listened to the BBC session and it is more than likely that Peel’s comment at the end has had me hearing it as Oulton ever since. Sadly however I have to admit that despite “Oulton” being a far better lyric, “Hilton” it is.

By: Paul F

Paul F — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:04:07 +0000

That was my thinking DJ. But I’ve since listened to it on the album and sadly have to agree it’s Hilton Park. I’ll have to dig out the BBC session version to see if it is different on that.

By: John Anderson

John Anderson — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:26:03 +0000

Maybe she asked for two scotch eggs and a jar of marmite.

Definitely Hilton Park to me.

By: dj

dj — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:15:59 +0000

why would you chase bunty james round a service sation? a motor racing track however

By: Charles Exford

Charles Exford — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:13:53 +0000

I love listening to Peel’s warm voice on old tapes and especially at the end of this session track – it’s kind of comforting that there he is straining his ears to ‘get’ every lyric, just like us, and barking up the wrong tree, just like we do. It’s clearly Hilton.

At the risk of barking up another wrong tree, I would like to postulate that “you know who” is Steve Howe, and that this lyric is another dig at his brother’s prog rock obsessions akin to “as you pin another Roger Dean poster on the wall”.

Steve Howe played guitar on the less-than-glorious “Grocer Jack” in that crap rock opera thingy before joining Yes, and one can imagine the young Blackwell taunting his Yes-obsessed brother endlessly with this fact while stuck in bottlenecks on the way to a caravan site….

By: Mr Larrington

Mr Larrington — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:54:27 +0000

@Paul F

John Peel thinks it’s Oulton Park as well.

I’m unconvinced.

By: Paul F

Paul F — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:52:58 +0000

I realise that every site with HMHB lyrics says the same as this one, but…

I’d always heard it as “Oulton Park” (motor racing track) rather than “Hilton Park” (services).

Can I get any back-up on this one

By: Paul F

Paul F — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:19:41 +0000

But did Worthington come up with the old perennial favourite?

Q Most Difficult Opponent? A The wife.

By: Simon Smith

Simon Smith — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:15:02 +0000

I seem to recall Frank Worthington using a Shoot questionaire in 197? to reveal his likes and dislikes etc and, puckish chap that he is, Wanky Wortho royally took the piss. One of his likes was ‘browsing hardware shops’. I doubt this escaped the young N.Blackwell whilst he bemoaned the lack of Ken Beamish posters.