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By: Paddy

Paddy — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:54:05 +0000

Brilliant song. The line "come saddle me my milk white steed" appears in the Planxty trad. arr. tune Raggle Taggle Gypsy/Tabhair Dom da laimh

By: Jim Wickham

Jim Wickham — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:07:46 +0000

Ooops! I, stand, corrected.

By: Charles Exford

Charles Exford — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:00:12 +0000

Thought we’d dealt with this above, after which everyone would have got their copies of ‘Tess’ out to check, signed if not by the author himself then by Natassja Kinski. But apparently not.

Anyway, in ‘Tess’ it’s:
“…placing a comma after each word, as if to give pause while that word was driven well home to the reader’s heart -
Thy, damnation, slumbereth, not. II Peter 2: 3”

So if you’re quoting Hardy, you need the three commas, but if you’re quoting Pope Pete the Apostle, you don’t. As there are other references to Hardy in the same song, it is surely best to include them.

See also a recent Hardy-inspired gig reviewer, who wrote:
“…placing a comma after each word, as if to give pause while that word was driven well home to those who’ve been on a motorway or a pneumatic drill all day -

Best, sound, at, a, gig, ever.”

By: Jim Wickham

Jim Wickham — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:53:08 +0000

I’m with Mike – but commas, not comma. I’m on a survey ship in the Timor Sea right now, and the absence of Thomas Hardy from the ship’s library is a constant niggle. However, online renditions suggest either no commas, or two, as in “Thy, damnation, slumbereth not”. I can’t really justify the two comma version, but there you are.

So two commas or no commas? Anyone got a copy of “Tess” handy?

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:47:12 +0000

To be in line with the Hardy reference it represents, the commas in the coda are essential.

By: Shirley Dimensions

Shirley Dimensions — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:37:15 +0000

I was considering asking if the building opposite happens to be a church, as this would lead me to conclude ‘Vicar In A Tutu’. However, I decided against this as it wouldn’t be big or clever. I’m actually fairly chuffed though that people still steal lead from roofs* to be honest. It’s almost ‘dog on the pitch’ like, and gives me a warm glow inside. I’ll celebrate by whacking ‘Cammell Laird Social Club’ up loud on the drive home…specifically track twelve. Do I win £5? (copyright ‘Viz’ circa 1993).

* pre-empting (God, I hope that one’s correct) any rising excitement at this juncture, it can be either roofs or rooves, rooves being the older form of usage).

By: a_p

a_p — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:20:00 +0000

So, I come into work this morning and notice on the rear of the building opposite that huge swathes of lead have been stolen off the roof overnight. The protective razor-wire ripped away offering no protection at all. And what song comes to mind…?

By: Alex B

Alex B — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:15:45 +0000

Sorry for going over old pedantry, but I’d say it was neither ‘and yes’ nor even ‘oh yes’ but ‘though yes, we’re really excited…’. As in saying how shallow and soulless the music industry is, before then trying to flog their new album. Kind of in the ‘we’re forever slagging off the majors’ spirit?

To distract from this dreadful pettiness may I say how much I’m looking forward to the old farm games again next year – it’s not been the same down here in League 1 without you.

By: TWO FAT FEET

TWO FAT FEET — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:53:46 +0000

Not necessarily my all-time favourite, but defnitely my favourite track from my favourite album. Even if it was just the guitars and drums for twenty minutes it would be brilliant.

By: Charles Exford

Charles Exford — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:47:05 +0000

And talk about meerkats
And come out with statements like:
“Well of course music these days is the slave of mammon and as a result
It has become corrupt and shallow
Its real essence is industry
Its moral purpose is the acquisition of money
Its aesthetic pretext is the entertainment of those who are bored…”

I thought it might have been Nietzsche, but in fact it turns out this is quoting Wagner from “Art and Revolution” (1849).

Except the bit about meerkats, like