This song is offensive.
― Nothing has transpired (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 09:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Best lyric ever written by a human being, that.
― Nothing has transpired (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 09:21 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm just waiting for the nearly 30,000 complaints to start flooding in...
― The answer is NOT Volkswagen (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 09:24 (fifteen years ago) link
"And I honour them every bit as much as the next/Misogynist" on its own is worth more than most people's careers.
― Nothing has transpired (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 09:26 (fifteen years ago) link
It's brilliant!
― The answer is NOT Volkswagen (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 09:28 (fifteen years ago) link
I (for once) was right along with Danny Baker's appreciation and his mentions of Drake, etc. I was exposed to Thack's stuff early on via the TV, as I was learning the Classical Guitar at the time.
I was going to revive a thackray thread, but couldn't find it, guess I wasn't spelling it right or something.
Oh, and I did see Vic Lewis-smith's name on the credits. So, I figure, forgive him his past sins for this prog alone...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 09:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Victor Lewis-Smith gets a permanent free pass from me for "Gay Daleks" alone.
― Nothing has transpired (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 09:41 (fifteen years ago) link
My Dad was a fan too, and he and I went to see him, at Barrow-in-Furness Civic Hall of all places, when I was about 14. He bought his 'Live Performance' album after that, so when the expanded CD was released a few years ago, I bought it for him, and immediately borrowed it back to stick in iTunes.
As I recall, he was quite popular back in the day thru' his appearances on those Rantzen programmes.
― Phil Will, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 11:13 (fifteen years ago) link
I think it's fair to say he divided opinion! They just go ahead show some of the programmes he made and be done with it - if they still exist, they were made for the BBC after all. Watching this again, I found myself thinking... clothes... accent... physical appearance... general demeanour... Gareth!
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 11:17 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah me too
― Cittaslow Mazza (blueski), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 11:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh man, can't believe I missed this. Love the Thackray!
― emil.y, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 13:21 (fifteen years ago) link
I just shelled out for the downloads of Jake in a Box and it was worth every penny x 1 million.
― This is ILXOR, we do what we like (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 1 February 2009 12:03 (fifteen years ago) link
It's kinda like the Ted Hughes Collected Poems set in my head.
― This is ILXOR, we do what we like (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 1 February 2009 12:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Who would the present day equivalent of JT be? Other than Momus that is.
― Shallow Gravy (Billy Dods), Sunday, 1 February 2009 14:57 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8r2vp_lahdidah-1971_music
― dog latin, Saturday, 14 November 2009 15:02 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geDSL19TXDI
Absolutely brilliant performance this one.
― This board has gotten so sissified and sterilized (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 14 November 2009 15:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Epiphany time!
http://devonrecordclub.com/2014/11/20/jake-thackray-the-very-best-of-jake-thackray-round-75-toms-selection/
― yugi ex, Thursday, 20 November 2014 21:44 (nine years ago) link
That's reminded me to get the DVD that came out earlier this year. It's wonderful that he's starting to more attention from younger listeners, although he's still a long way from being fully recognised as the English Brel, which is what he really deserves.
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Thursday, 20 November 2014 22:00 (nine years ago) link
A new biography of Jake Thackray is coming out and there's a Guardian article about him today.
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Wednesday, 10 August 2022 15:06 (one year ago) link
Most excited I've been about a biography in quite some time tbh
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 10 August 2022 15:19 (one year ago) link