Half Man Half Biscuit Half Hearted

Half Man Half Biscuit Half Hearted

Ah yes. Why spend time typing up the lyrics to Half Man Half Biscuit songs? Because they are gems like no other. We celebrate British bands and artists for seminal musical works (think Bowie or Elvis Costello) and, unless you happen to know the late John Peel's inside leg measurement or you were enlightened as a student, the majesty, wit and sheer intelligence of the HMHB opus is ignored. Shame, shame, shame.


Over the years a number of web sites have recorded some lyrics and a multitude of research notes for the songs [see the excellent www.hmhb.co.uk]. The latter are invaluable to understanding the wide ranging and often obscure historical references. The former are a mixed bag, with only a few songs listed.

So what started out as a full hearted attempt by me to record the lyrics so my sister could understand the songs has developed into a blog post and a project to educate the half-hearted masses and to provide a definitive song list with lyrics.

They'll be other crap on here too such as my own songs "Progressive Dads", "People called Wilson", "Blog-proof iPod", "Armchair Expert" and "Holistically Challenged"- I need to finish writing them first :)

"...Baby I'm from the Wirral Peninsula.
A merciless despot with nothing to lose"

Monkey Man, June 2007

Please note that all lyrics are mostly my interpretation and are presented here to assist you in understanding the songs. They are the copyright of others.

You should also pay a visit to www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/ for HMHB lyrics - a superb site with a superb range of listings

Friday, 22 June 2007

Future Plans

Best laid plans and all that.........

  1. General tidying up. I mean the blog not the house
  2. I'll sort out a discography list soon. I didn't do it at the beginning because I figure that most people searching for lyrics will go by the song and not the album title
  3. I'll finish writing my own songs, "Progressive Dads", "People called Wilson", "Blog-proof iPod" and "Armchair Expert" - when you spend a solid couple of days researching HMHB lyrics your mind tends to wander. Well mine did.
  4. I'll buy the last few remaining HMHB CDs I don't own (still waiting for Amazon to furnish me with Four Lads Who Shook the Wirral) and complete the lyrics listing
  5. Finally I'll hang round the local Primark waiting to ask Nigel when he'll do a song about Jeremy Beadle. Take a look at this interview from 2001.

Monkey Man
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