14 Nov 2008
Top of the range was called a “Hadleigh”
There are many people referenced in Half Man Half Biscuit songs who’ve died – well, you’d expect that through natural attrition – but when many of them pass away unexpectedly, you begin to hope you never get one written about you. (“Rod Hull is Alive – Not”?). Anyway, when the fantastical Ballad Of Climie Fisher was written, including the line “You’re a Dead Man, Fisher”, who was to guess that Mr Fisher would be just that, within months, aged 39? For the more masonically inclined, the stone referred to as “Canterbury Spur” is actually called “Canterbury Spar”. Thanks to Mr Larrington
See lyrics to Ballad Of Climie Fisher
6 Letters Sent:
Neil G
I don’t believe it. I sat up until 1am last night/this morning writing out this song so I could send it to you today. Bah! I say ‘song’…
Nov 14th, 2008
That Swan
Why was Fisher reading Mixed Aggregate magazine if he hates gravel and shale so much?
Jan 22nd, 2012
Third Rate Les
Therapy, they call it.
Jan 23rd, 2012
Paul F
I’d assumed it had been shown to him by a shit-stirring individual interested in both gravel and popular music.
Jan 23rd, 2012
John Burscough
Asphalt magazine, on the other hand, looks a lot more like NB57′s cup of tea.
Jan 23rd, 2012
SPENCER THE HALFWIT
Love the front cover teaser “Doping : better riding through chemistry”
Jan 23rd, 2012
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