15 Nov 2008
We got ten out of ten in Jockey Slut
Nove On The Sly appears to refer to listening to newsreader, “voiceover artist” and easy-listening DJ called Charles Nove. On the sly, of course. The song is also a chance for the band to make a song in an electro-style, as it’s about all that sort of malarkey. Thanks to Petrovic and Neil G
See lyrics to Nove On The Sly
30 Letters Sent:
Petrovic
Thanks – the Moroder bit had eluded me for ages!
Nov 16th, 2008
Dave F.
Hi Again
To my cloth ears it’s Jump Upping instead of Job Hopping, sorry I can’t here any H sound.
I agree with Freak-beat
To be a pedant, Look & Learn should be capitalized as it’s a publication:
http://www.lookandlearn.com
Cheers
Nov 16th, 2008
Fredorrarci
It sounds like “Freak-beat affair” to these ears.
Nov 16th, 2008
RobJ
I always thought it was Phil in Hay-on-Wye, rather than Bill…
Nov 17th, 2008
Neil G
I thought it was Phil too.
Nov 17th, 2008
dirk the purist
‘mud and brass’ possibly some reference to Jim Brass – character on CSI?
Nov 30th, 2008
dj
mud and brass? muck and brass surely! i haven’t listened to this track in donkeys mind but there was a british film featuring mel smith from the 80′s call muck & brass and of course the well known phrase “where there’s muck there’s brass”
Dec 1st, 2008
Carstairs
Waxin’ Up, they wanna do features.
that’s what it sounds like to me anyway
Dec 3rd, 2008
Dave F.
Wax & Update (were/are?) magazines.
http://www.discogs.com/label/Wax+Magazine
http://www.dmcupdate.com/
I recommend a visit to the ‘official’ web site
http://cobweb.businesscollaborator.com/hmhb/records/Bridgwater.htm
I’m still sticking with Jump Uppin’ . Isn’t that what the youngsters do at these type of shindigs?
Ta
Dec 4th, 2008
Carstairs
Ok. It’s Wax and Update.
Will take time to learn to sing that instead of Waxin up.
Dec 14th, 2008
Oisin
It’s definitely jump uppin’
I don’t think it’s “affair”, but I have no clue what it is
After Muck and brass, is it God and brass? It’s what I hear, but it seems wrong.
Another vote for Phil and not Bill.
Dec 16th, 2008
Chris The Siteowner
OK, the more I listen to it, the more I can understand the vote for “Phil”. But I need another vote for “jump uppin” because I can’t quite hear that yet.
Dec 16th, 2008
gary s
freak be the firm that refuses to worship at the alter of detroit?
Dec 17th, 2008
gary s
just had another listen and it probably is freak beat affair, also it could be junk uppin’.
sounds like muck and brass, cod in grass to me as well.
Dec 17th, 2008
Charles Exford
Before seeing the words written out, I never had even a smidgin of doubt about any of: “jump-uppin’ “, “freak beat affair” or “Bill”. And I still don’t.
Besides this, do others hear as I do ‘My (pronounced ‘muh’) road out of here’s a trunk route’ – it’s sort of aplay on the sound of ‘Moroder’ (and incidentally if you didn’t know the A552, AKA the Woodchurch Road is pretty much Nigel’s road out of Prenton to anywhere really).
And if spelling ‘phat’ then how about going with ‘old skool’ ?
Keep up the great work Chris and friends.
Exford.
Dec 19th, 2008
ROB
I always thought they said ‘Oscar Rich’ in the middle part – but I suppose Leskavich makes more sense, given her Radio 2 connections (I had to rely on Google to actually know this).
Jan 27th, 2009
jonfin
I think it’s “Muck and brass, cod and wrasse”.
I’m not sure why, other than a tenuous link with “Plaice”.
Love the site
Jan 28th, 2009
Bill Stow
Line 2 – us followers of freakbeat never hyphenate the genre
Line 4 – similarly Old School should read ‘Old Skool’
Line 19 – dyslexia has set in – it should read ‘four out of five’
I agree with whoever thinks the missing words are ”Cod and Wrasse’ – very fishy.
regards
Bill
Jan 29th, 2009
Chris The Siteowner
Thanks Bill! I can’t normally acknowledge everyone’s corrections (I just make the changes, where I agree), simply because there are so many. But three, in a song which has been up a few weeks, deserves recognition.
Jan 29th, 2009
Coops
Just stumbled on your site, superb by the way.
Always liked this song if only because I really have got a new house where the old school (okay, skool) used to be!
Feb 4th, 2009
Gareth Pugh
I reckon it’s “Marauder”, as in old metal band, and is it “six milk” instead of cigs milk?
Nov 3rd, 2009
Ben
Reckon you’re on your own there Gareth.
Giorgio Moroder is a dance music producer and the lyrics are jam packed with references to dance/house music.
Nov 5th, 2009
Gareth
Fair cop – I can see the evidence is against me
Now I know!
Nov 6th, 2009
CharlesExford
First line confirmed as it stands.
“Bill” confirmed.
And it’s “Cod and bass”. I know, I know, but at lot of these muffled consonant sounds might be due to double tracking in the recording process. Apparently.
Source
Mar 15th, 2010
Bobby String
Never having been aware of the surname of Katrina (And The Waves), nor knowing she became a Radio 2 presenter, my initial listening of this song made me think Nigel was saying “Les Cabbage” rather than “Leskanich”. I still occasionally throw that in if I’m ‘singing’ along with this track, always makes me laugh to think what a Neil Morrisey I was for thinking that!
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Oct 31st, 2010
Colin
A552 main road through Birkenhead a decent petrol bombs throw away from prenton Park i wonder who lives there
Jan 14th, 2011
numanair
School should not be spelled “skool.” He’s referring to the old school as the place, not as a style or anything.
Mar 7th, 2011
numanair
Oh, and also remind should have a ‘s’ on the end –>”RemindS our kid of Moroder”
Mar 7th, 2011
Chris The Siteowner
That last one’s a distinct possibility …anyone? I’ll leave a school/skool discussion to the Semantics Dept. Over to you.
Mar 7th, 2011
Ricardo
I’m sure “remind” is correct.
If the subject is “drops”, plural, which I think it is, then the verb must also take the plural, ie it’s the drops which remind our kid of Moroder.
There is, admittedly, a hint of an “s” sound on the end of the first “remind”, but I think it’s just that funny Scouse lenition thing, eg “thairtseen” for thirteen etc.
Although, now I think about it, it would be hard for “Drops like you’ve never heard before” to remind anyone of anything. Perhaps it’s collectively the Amen injections, the sex-beat electro and the drops which are doing the reminding.
Anyway, I’m sticking with “remind”.
Mar 7th, 2011
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