14 Apr 2008
Who the hell does Jeff Dreadnought think he is?
Bad Review is another dig at self-important bands (see also Four Skinny Indie Kids, Running Order Squabble Fest, etc). It’s all quite amusing, if trivial, until the unexpected and quite extraordinary last four lines which caused John Peel to say of the band: “when I die, I want them to be buried with me.” Thanks to Patrick
See lyrics to Bad Review
7 Letters Sent:
Mark
Thought it was “Page 32″?
Apr 17th, 2008
chris
Of course it is, d’oh! Thanks.
Apr 17th, 2008
Bill Stow
Not sure whether it counts as another example of the curse of HMHB but I saw the other week that a Government Minister – Baroness Vadera – had got into a lot of trouble with the press,media, politicians etc after nicking the HMHB phrase ‘green shoots of recovery’ from the final verse of ‘Bad Review’ to describe how we were all coming out of the credit crunch.I think that Vadera had been on the Madeira.
Jan 30th, 2009
Dave F.
There appears to be an ‘and’ before the first “My girlfriend’s fuming”.
Actually, more like ‘n’.
Not sure if it’s there for the second one.
Jan 31st, 2009
magnus dodds
I’m just wondering whether the reference to “Let’s go to chapel” in “Bad review”, is actually a reference to “Chappell” -the guitar maker / guitar shop. Makes sense as there’s an earlier reference to the Strat.
Jun 9th, 2010
Greasby Shark
Mr Exford….
If you ever meet NB57 again, would you mind asking him which baths he had in mind when penning the “fearsome hollow boom of the older boys in the deep end” line.
Whilst The Oval or Woodchurch are the most likely contenders, I have a sneaking suspicion that it may have been Byrne Avenue.
Sep 17th, 2010
Third Rate Les
Not sure about “wotta”. Spelling an interviewee’s laugh there – and “what are” is the same sound when sung quickly.
Oct 4th, 2011
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