12 Nov 2007
The burly physio of non-league Farnborough Town
Improv Workshop Mimeshow Gobshite is notable for containing one of the oddest bits of trivia ever to occur in a pop song. HMHB have an awesome track record of mentioning people and places in their lyrics which suddenly go, er, tits up. From Rod Hull and Tony Bastable, to Rob Fisher of Climie Fisher, you wouldn’t want to get a namecheck in one of their songs, and not just because your name is probably being taken in vain. Anyway, it’s perhaps not surprising then that non-league Farnborough Town went into liquidation in 2007.
11 Letters Sent:
Pete T
Always thought it was “saw your pastel on the precinct floor”, but hey good effort.
Pete
May 2nd, 2008
chris
Another one we’ll probably never be quite sure of!
May 2nd, 2008
Treadmore
“torch songs” – I thought that would refer to something specific, like the Carly Simon LP, so would be “Torch songs”.
Oct 4th, 2009
Treadmore
nevermind, just read the wikipedia article
Oct 4th, 2009
dagenham dave
I agree with Pete T’s May 2008 suggestion about the ‘pastel on the precinct floor’.
Now I really must leave this site alone and go to bed……
Feb 25th, 2010
Dave F.
Yet again from the lyric book, it’s ‘pastelling’.
Tell me when I sound like a stuck record, won’t you?
Feb 25th, 2010
lurking like len
Does anyone know if “I’m Standing In The Road” was actually penned by said burly physio of non-league Farnborough Town?
May 17th, 2010
John Anderson
Sad to say it wasn’t.
May 17th, 2010
s.g.d A Shropshire Lad
I think that they were all Villa fans though.
May 17th, 2010
lurking like len
it seemed so unlikely – i thought it might possibly be true!
May 24th, 2010
Neil G
From the Blackfoot Sue website:
“After coming home from a gig, they would unload their gear out of the van and straight away set it back up in their front room, ready for rehearsing and noodling out new song ideas. It was here that Standing In The Road was written, in January 1972, during an extended jam session, based on a rhythm that had come to David in a dream!”
I hoped it was true, I must admit. I don’t think any members of Blackfoot Sue ever went on to become burly physios, non-league or otherwise.
May 24th, 2010
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