I hadn’t realised what I was getting in for when I came upon
Half Man Half Biscuit. I previously embedded one of their
singles. They are something of a punk
version of Bare Naked Ladies, but I am afraid it is just too user-unfriendly
for we who are not from England.
Apparently even the Irish and Australians have trouble hearing, let alone getting the many
cultural references in their lyrics, because of the accent. However, some I enjoyed having explained
as I looked them up. There is a
reference to the Mamas and the Papas in the song above which is actually the
Mummers and the Poppers (to rhyme with The Coppers, an English folksong family,
much as the Carters would be in the US.)
Which is typical punning sense for them. The song is track 14 on their
album “Achtung Bono.”
They have much more imagination than I do. I could never have come up with the title
above
The Half Man Half Biscuit Lyrics Project has the subtitle
“179 pop tunes picked over by pedants.” Well,
who could ask for more, really?
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