30 Sep 2009
They can preach naked from the waist downwards
With the Peel/BBC Sessions material being so readily available online nowadays, it’s the EP-only obscurities which are probably the least well-known HMHB songs. Ecclesiastical Perks can be obtained – expensively – online if it somehow passed you by! There are a couple of guesses towards the end, which some of you might have thoughts on. Thanks to Sanchez and Sarah
See lyrics to Ecclesiastical Perks
9 Letters Sent:
celery
Possibly
‘I’m gonna bottle up my love’ instead of ‘I want a bottle of my love’
and
‘Near Fakenham’ (?) instead of ‘Dear Fake Nun’.
Sep 30th, 2009
Chris The Siteowner
Both seem likely, I’d say. Any seconders?
Sep 30th, 2009
Dave F.
I concure with Celery’s first point.
But not sure of the second.
I can well imagine a fake nun with jokes breasts driving around without seat belts attached.
It’s something that the likes of Gascoigne would have done in the autumn of ’96.
Fierce Panda – another record label. How many is that now?
Oct 1st, 2009
Max Williams
Agree with Celery’s first point as well, the following line doesn’t really make sense if it’s ‘I want a bottle of my love’.
Oct 1st, 2009
dirk the purist
I vote for Fakenham – another racecourse name check and also missed from the map
Oct 1st, 2009
John Anderson
I’ve never imagined it to be anything other than “bottle up my love” which seems to be a wonderful parody on those “Christians can still be trendy” songs you occasionally hear on Songs of Praise (not that I watch it, you understand).
The Fake Nun/Fakenham bit is harder to define. I reckon it could be “Near Fakenham/Fake breasts on.” My mate’s Mum lives in Fakenham and it doesn’t appear to be the kind of place where fake breasts would be encouraged, hence the irony.
Oct 2nd, 2009
Chris The Siteowner
That’s enough from the pro-Fakenham lobby to sway me. I’m getting worried by the prevalence of Naafolk references over Suffolk ones, but at least Town (Brazil, Zondervan) hold sway over the Canaries.
Oct 2nd, 2009
NIck Ink
Love this song, hilarious.
nothing else to add, except a burning need to pop up now and again and say thanks for this site.
Oct 3rd, 2009
Godsy
I hear “I wanna bottle up my love”, which I think makes more sense anyway. This orgasmic Christianity would be an ongoing emotion rather than a future action. Also come on Norfolk references!
Jul 25th, 2010
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