All on Spotify! (Apart from the DHSS albums)
― nate woolls, Friday, 12 November 2010 12:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Ah man, how's Nigel gonna incorporate Spotify into a lyric
― acoleuthic, Friday, 12 November 2010 12:18 (thirteen years ago) link
The same way he incorporated Marks and Spencers?
― Mark G, Friday, 12 November 2010 12:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Alice still loves a singalong to "Paintball's coming home"
― Mark G, Friday, 12 November 2010 12:20 (thirteen years ago) link
... "and whadya know, it's got its own website"
Four Lads Who Shook The Wirral and Saucy Haulage Ballads aren't there - pity about the latter as I haven't heard all of it yet (lol Blood On The Quad etc)
and pity about the former because people are gonna be denied some of their best songs
― acoleuthic, Friday, 12 November 2010 12:24 (thirteen years ago) link
My mistake, I took a quick look and assumed they were all there. Still, better than nothing.
― nate woolls, Friday, 12 November 2010 12:27 (thirteen years ago) link
haha I'm not complaining - for a start I haven't heard This Leaden Pall or Some Call It Godcore yet
― acoleuthic, Friday, 12 November 2010 12:29 (thirteen years ago) link
So apparently Richard Littlejohn is a HMHB fan.
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Friday, 12 November 2010 14:04 (thirteen years ago) link
A friend of mine had his copy of the Eno Collaboration CD lost by a former co-worker. He's desperate to get it back, and he doesn't believe in mp3s or anything, so if anyone has a copy they'd be willing to sell he'd be grateful. Realise that's kind of against-the-rules but "Get Kramer" is his favourite song and it is a matter of some importance for him.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 1 September 2011 03:58 (twelve years ago) link
New album on the way, btw: http://www.amazon.co.uk/90-Bisodol-Crimond/dp/B005HNZOZG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1314871199&sr=8-2
― GoshLovely, Thursday, 1 September 2011 10:00 (twelve years ago) link
this is really one for 'too much time on ILX' but I spent several actual minutes the other day trying to figure out how I could make a hybrid display name of that title and 'It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa'
― Amazing pic of the universe! - VERY NSFW (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 1 September 2011 10:53 (twelve years ago) link
^^lol
I pre-ordered this from Probe Plus last night, after learning about Stuckists in a Simon Reynolds book.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 1 September 2011 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
pre-ordered immediately. put off listening to them for years because of 'comedy band' tag. a fingerprint of specifically English despair, and hope. think my favourite sound of theirs, apart from their love songs, is their anger - Thy Damnation Slumbereth Not, Evening of Swing (Has Been Cancelled). Endlessly appealing. Yes, also funny, but not in an oppressive way.
― Fizzles the Chimp (GamalielRatsey), Friday, 2 September 2011 09:07 (twelve years ago) link
and you can sing along to it while driving!
― Gukbe, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
Excellent Taylor Parkes HMHB essay on the Quietus:
http://thequietus.com/articles/07060-half-man-half-biscuit-90-bisodol-crimond
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Monday, 26 September 2011 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
http://thespace.org/items/e0000b24
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
http://louderthanwar.com/mid-80s-half-man-half-biscuit-song-told-the-truth-about-jimmy-savile/#.UJjjRsh-lh4.twitter
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 12:01 (eleven years ago) link
1. Westward Ho! Massive Letdown 2. This One’s For Now 3. Baguette Dilemma For The Booker Prize Guy 4. My Outstretched Arms 5. The Bain Of Constance 6. Theme Tune For Something Or Other 7. False Grit 8. Old Age Killed My Teenage Bride 9. Urge For Offal 10. Stuck Up A Hornbeam 11. Adam Boyle Has Cast Lad Rock Aside 12. The Unfortunate Gwatkin 13. Mileage Chart
― for sale: Bebe's boots, never worn (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 13 September 2014 09:07 (nine years ago) link
:D
― imago, Saturday, 13 September 2014 18:46 (nine years ago) link
so this is really, really good. Any other listeners?
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 12:10 (nine years ago) link
i think it's their worst album possibly ever :(
― imago, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 12:18 (nine years ago) link
first four tracks are great, rest falls off a cliff, last two sorta pull it back but too little too late
'my outstretched arms' is the keeper. we discussed this on the OPO-line thread
― imago, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 12:19 (nine years ago) link
I need to listen to it a bit more, but "Old Age Killed my Teenage Bride" was the stand-out first time round.
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 12:20 (nine years ago) link
2. This One’s For Now 4. My Outstretched Arms 9. Urge For Offal 11. Adam Boyle Has Cast Lad Rock Aside
^all these are solid performers but... there don't really seem to be many funny lines, nor darkness/trenchant social commentary with which to plug the void
― well-behaved wingmen really hate Mystery (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 14:48 (nine years ago) link
^otm.
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 14:50 (nine years ago) link
http://porteliotfestival.com/whats-on/
imagine all of these sung consecutively in the voice of nigel blackwell to the sound of robust folk-rock
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Friday, 13 May 2016 10:08 (seven years ago) link
M. CRAFT YOGA SEVERED LIMB WORDS
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Friday, 13 May 2016 10:09 (seven years ago) link
(cheers tt for the heads-up)
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Friday, 13 May 2016 10:11 (seven years ago) link
Worth reading
http://www.bigissue.com/features/6652/half-man-half-biscuit-and-a-very-british-odyssey
― piscesx, Monday, 6 June 2016 10:08 (seven years ago) link
that's brilliant stuff, wow
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Monday, 6 June 2016 10:25 (seven years ago) link
there's a guy in the comments is who is not so impressed
I remember when the crowd were just regular folk. Football lads and the like. I've no time for these characters dressing up and writing every little incident down. King of Hi Vis, you could of saved yourself seven years study and a pile of cash by aquring the reflective coat on your first day of work and to this clown geoff " Get back on the railway platforms where you really belong " If the Big Issue want another slant on what it was like watching the band in the days of Fuji caps coming back from germany 88 then root out Brian Sheddy. Great band with shite fans
I saw them live once, around 10 years ago, in Liverpool. I remember the audience as being almost entirely male, quite blokey, mostly mid 30s to late 40s and that I looked quite out of place as a floppy haired student.
― soref, Thursday, 9 June 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
just discovered 'fear my wraith'
― imago, Sunday, 30 April 2017 19:09 (six years ago) link
new one
https://d1wtzzt4oxg683.cloudfront.net/images/covers/large/66/170066.jpg
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 13 March 2018 15:09 (six years ago) link
• Alehouse Futsal• Man of Constant Sorrow (With A Garage In Constant Use)• Knobheads on Quiz Shows• Bladderwrack Allowance• Renfield’s Afoot• Terminus• The Announcement• What Made Colombia Famous• Harsh Times in Umberstone Covert• Every Time a Bell Rings• Emergency Locksmith• Mod Diff V Diff Hard Severe• Swerving the Checkatrade
hahahaha so he HAS addressed Tranmere's non-league purgatory
― imago, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
This has done wonders for my mood. A shame to see Ken left though, hope his health improves.
― devvvine, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 16:20 (six years ago) link
Was wondering 'have they mellowed?' - then got to Knobheads On Quiz Shows. They have not :D
― imago, Friday, 18 May 2018 09:34 (five years ago) link
hmm, it is the best track by miles though
― imago, Friday, 18 May 2018 13:08 (five years ago) link
bell + maybe terminus also good
― imago, Friday, 18 May 2018 13:21 (five years ago) link
is it just me or have the last 2 HMHB albums been a bit of disappointment? "CSI Ambleside" was great
― well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Friday, 18 May 2018 13:35 (five years ago) link
yeah they've lost much of the magic. they're trying fewer risks and all the songs really do sound the same now, a kind of hard-rock whinge predominating
― imago, Friday, 18 May 2018 13:38 (five years ago) link
thought urge a bit disappointing but 90 bisodol is front to back their best
― devvvine, Friday, 18 May 2018 13:43 (five years ago) link
I didn't think Urge To Offal was that good either. 90 Bisodol was OK, CSI: Ambleside a classic of our times.
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 18 May 2018 13:58 (five years ago) link
90 Bisodol is great, Urge was where they fell off. CSI obviously amazing
― imago, Friday, 18 May 2018 14:09 (five years ago) link
bono > csi > 90 bisodol is maybe the greatest three album run
― devvvine, Friday, 18 May 2018 14:13 (five years ago) link
Inspirational album title though. Too many hubs in my life
― woof, Friday, 18 May 2018 14:18 (five years ago) link
Every album from maybe Godcore, certainly Voyage -> Bisodol is an unparalleled run tbh
― imago, Friday, 18 May 2018 14:30 (five years ago) link
I cant remember any songs from Bisodol except for "Tommy Walsh's Eco house" and "Excavating Rita"
― well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Friday, 18 May 2018 14:31 (five years ago) link