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A collection of song lyrics from Half Man Half Biscuit
(or HMHB to those in the know)
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 The latter are invaluable to understanding the wide ranging and often obscure historical references.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"
12 comments:
yes, please! keep posting!
I should blimmin' well think so too :)
Ahhhh, nice to see someone cares.
I will endeavour to add to the listings as soon as I can.
And another reason for the delay - I finally got a copy of "This Leaden Pall" [from iTunes as Amazon failed to deliver, figuratively speaking] before Christmas and I'm still bitterly disappointed by it.
I shunned HMHB for a couple of months in my own silent protest. But then during a prolonged iTunes session the playback fell on Achtung Bono and that was quickly and cheerfully followed by McIntyre (et al.)
I feel like a born again HMHBer and I want to proclaim it to the world. The six or so people who read this site will suffice.
this leaden pall...not their best effort by any means, but numbers like '4AD3DCD' and 'turned up clocked on laid off' make it worth holding onto
I will give it another listen but certainly nothing on the album caught me initially.
And I might get more lyrics done too :P
Four oh six and I’m wide awake
I’ve got an uncontrollable urge to take
A five mile hike around the Ogwen Lake
Stretch these restless legs
Excellent site.. Keep up the good work!
EE, with regard to This Leaden Pall, I don't wanna say "I told you so", but well.... :)
Any headway with the other albums I sent?
Hi Martin,
Yes, you did indeed tell me so...but I did listen again over the weekend and I started to like a few of the tracks.
No headway on albums you sent I'm afraid. Work has been manic and freetime a rarity. But as I have psent a lot of time viewing the blog again lately I am determined to get things up to speed again soon.
So watch this space :)
Sir Findo, I have just realised what time you posted your comment and tied it in with the Restless legs quote....sorry I missed that first time round but it made me laugh this evening.
Great site !
Have been listening to HMHB since about 1986 (I think) when I bought back in the DHSS
Couldn't find any listing for 'Whiteness thy name is Meltonian' which is my all time favourite HMHB track. I'll try to provide those in the next couple of days if that would be helpful ?
Elephant,
I haven't had chance to get This Leaden Pall on the blog.
I may get another album on before the week is out.
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