Probably far less than you thought. Below are a good number I’ve collected and this is still the tip of the iceberg. There are still more out there.

Before we begin though, one more Man City version – this to celebrate the FA Cup win last year:

...and now the rest:

Please note: If any of these cause offence to your copyright then let me know via the Contact link above.

… a last minute thrown together podcast with some of their musical “highlights”

Despite what you think about the team…well to be more precise… certain individuals in that team… you’ve still got to salute the achievement by Chelsea F.C in reaching two cup finals.

Sadly though, after all of this, I still don’t think that Roberto Di Matteo will be given the job full time.

What if they win both cups and manage to finish 4th ? Maybe then Roman might be persuaded.

But I’m not here to speculate on the the club, the players or the future. There are plenty of other websites out there which do a far better job with that. The purpose of this post and of FootieAndMusic is to entertain you. So please maestro – play on…

Tracklistings:

• Harry J Allstars – Liquidator
• Peter Osgood – Chirpy Chirpy Cheap Cheap
• Suggs & Chelsea FC – Blue Day
• Henry Turtle – Ruudy’s Rocksteady Crew
• Chelsea 1983 – Back On The Ball
• Mr Martini – Why I Love Chelsea
• Ted Taylor Orchestra – Blue Is The Colour
• Chelsea fans - Frank Lampard chant
• Chelsea 1994 – No One Can Stop Us Now
• Chelsea fans - John Terry chant
• Middlerow – Right Proper Charlie
• Chumbawumba – Chelsea Back Four
• Chelsea fans - "You've only got one song"
• Barmy Army – Liquidator
• Chelsea Brigade – El Comandante José Mourinho
• Gift Grub – José’s Team Talk (Any Team Will Do)
• Chelsea fans - Avram Grant chant
• Laurel Aitken & The Shed Enders – Zigger Zagger

A bit all over the place, a bit like Chelski’s season really. The inclusion of Middlerow’s “Right Proper Charlie” is a crap commentary by me on the whole John Terry thing. There is a link with the song though – the track was on the Mean Machine soundtrack, which starred one time Chelsea player Vinnie Jones.

[See post to listen to audio] » D/load [pod is 45mins/File size is 41MB]

…and I’ll stop there before the estate of Charles Dickens launches a lawsuit.

When I was knee high to the proverbial, I had the privilege of watching Ray Clemence up close. I was there in the Kop, right behind those goals. Within touching distance of a man that to me at that age – looked like a giant.

So I obviously had a bias when it came to him and Peter Shilton. I always thought that Ray should have been in goal for England. It’s a pity that the national team was so inept back then, I’m sure that he would have played some blinders in the 1974 & ’78 World Cups…

Ah but there’s the “who’s the better keeper ?” competition. Was it Shilton or Clemence ?
In the end it was Shilts who went on to win those many, many caps – and some say that he could’ve had at least 50 more if it wasn’t for Clem.

But I still think Ray Clemence was the better. A legend for me to this day.

…

Right that’s enough filler. Now let’s look at the the pair’s attempt to destroy their reputations…

This is another one where I have absolutely zero info on the whys and wherefores.

Recorded and released in 1980… ah. Maybe the 1980 European Championships …?

Ah I may have it.

Right at this moment… I know of no other songs recorded for Europa 80 <-- click the link good stuff. So this might have been... a semi-official release.

Both goalkeepers got a runout in the finals (England P3 W1 D1 L1 and went home) and in their match against Spain (which they won - but it was too late, they were already knocked out so it was a dead rubber) Ray Clemence put in a vintage performance.
From UEFA.com:

...Trevor Brooking and Tony Woodcock scored with firm low shots, the first from a knock-down, the other after Luis Arconada had saved from Terry McDermott - but England had certainly been put on the spot: Spain's penalties were the feature of the match.

Clemence save
Both were awarded for fouls, by Ray Clemence on Jesús Zamora and David Watson on Enrique Saura. Dani put away the first soon after coming on, then the second after 53 minutes, only for the referee to order a retake, either because Dani had paused in his run-up or because other players had encroached in the penalty area. Having put his first two kicks to the goalkeeper's left, he went the other way this time, and Clemence made his only penalty save in international football.

That's great. Found some background info, additional filler. But I've gone off track - back to their attempt to shoot themselves in the foot...

Sadly for us Peter and Ray decided to do a cover version. I think this was a commentary on their friendly rivalry and it is painful. (Not the rivalry, the song). The B side unfortunately isn't much better.

[See post to listen to audio] » Ray Clemence & Peter Shilton - Side By Side [See post to listen to audio] » Ray Clemence & Peter Shilton - We're Gonna Win Again

Oh you knew.

I bet you didn’t know though that there is another bit of bad luck also associated him and that puppet…

Ah you are not going to get me to do a bio are you ? Everybody knows about Rod Hull and Emu don’t they ? Alright I’ll add something:

Back in the day the kid’s telly presenters regularly assaulted the children on their shows.

(Imagine them doing that now, not even allowed in the same room these days…)

But another children’s entertainer took it one step further and not only attacked the kids with that arm, but his fellow celebs too. I remember he used to goose the females with particular vigour.

Then for no apparent reason in 1974 he got a call from somebody at Bristol Rovers asking him to record a single with their football team.

“Ah” You are thinking. “Must be a version of Goodnight Irene, a song associated with the club.”
Sorry. No. This is far from it and I’m sure that any fan with a long memory will want everyone to forget that they did this.

With some other songs posted here I’ve managed to gleam even a tiny smidgen of info as to why they released a single, but with this one. Nothing.

The only thing I found via their Wikipedia entry was that in 1973-74 season Bristol Rovers were runners up in Division Three and were promoted to the 2nd Division. Let’s go and record a song with Rod Hull and Emu in celebration. No just doesn’t sit right does it.

UPDATE: Just listened to the song again (things I do for you) and it was that Bristol Rovers were in Division Two.

Cup run ? Nope. But a slightly amusing/farcical thing at the end here:

…The only major cup competition won by Bristol Rovers is the 1972 Watney Cup, when they beat Sheffield United in the final.[15] The club also won the Division Three (South) Cup in 1934–35, as well as winning or sharing the Gloucestershire Cup on 32 occasions. The team has never played in European competition; the closest Rovers came was when they missed out on reaching the international stage of the Anglo-Italian Cup in the 1992–93 season on a coin toss held over the phone with West Ham United.

Anyhoddles… So back in the mists of time, with the real reason lost to the ages now. Rod Hull and Emu went into the studio with the 1974 Bristol Rovers squad and came out with this:

[See post to listen to audio] » Rod Hull, Emu & B.R. Football Team – Bristol Rovers All The Way [See post to listen to audio] » Rod Hull and Emu – I’d Do Anything

So what have we learnt here today ? I think it’s that Bristol Rovers need to call in a priest or something to get rid of this Emu hex which sits over the club – and you should never climb up on the roof to fix your antenna. Wherever it is…

But we here at F&M dare to ask and also dare to not only answer, but give you evidence too.

*ducks flying objects*

It’s been mentioned before on why he sings. Click on the above links to read more. For you lazy arses though to summarise:

“…as a teenager he sang with band leader Joe Loss. At 17 he had to choose between football and singing. “I won the week’s talent contest at Butlins, and was invited back for September. I said to [the manager] Tommy Docherty, ‘Look, I’ve won this competition, I need to go back in September, if that’s all right with you’, and he said, ‘No you can’t do that ’cause you might be in the team’….”

Then finally in 1974 (he was playing for QPR at the time) Venables could hold it no longer and released a single, a cover version of a song made famous by Emile Ford & The Checkmates and Adam Faith amongst others.

So how did this single do in the Top 40 ?

It didn’t.

He must have been furious with Keegan, who actually did bother the lower end of the charts. Once.

But like the original perm this never deterred El Tel and even though nobody listened, he kept on crooning.

So to his 1974 chart attempt… come on play through the pain… run it off now…

[See post to listen to audio] » Terry Venables – What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For [See post to listen to audio] » Terry Venables – Lucy

Well at the moment they are… but after some recent performances poor old Warnock got the hook and the ambition seeking Mark Hughes is now in his place.

The ex-Man City boss has a decent talent pool now under his command, including ex-City players Shaun Wright-Phillips and Joey Barton. Plus he’s been given a transfer budget and rumour has it he’s looking at the City players Nedum Onuoha and Wayne Bri…

Oh.

But a team of players he signed at his previous clubs will work. Just look at what he did with Roque Sant…

Ah.

Anyways I’m giving a token mention to the events happening now because I’ve little to say about a single released way back when.

- The record label tells me that it was produced by Max Hole and Wayne Bardell, written by Bruce Thomas (later of Elvis Costello and The Attractions), but apart from that there’s no more info.

So the questions are who are/were the Loftus Roadrunners and why should they come to record this in 1977 ?

I looked on Wikipedia to find a summary of that period to see if there was a particular cause of celebration, maybe a cup or a league title or something. But it was more of a nearly something season of just missed out:

…”In 1976-77, QPR failed to recreate their fine form of the previous season in the league, but the cup competitions saw some success. The side reached the semi-finals of the League Cup but lost in a replay to Aston Villa and in their first entry into European football reached the quarter finals of the UEFA Cup losing to AEK Athens FC on penalties. In 1977 Sexton moved to Manchester United to be succeeded by Frank Sibley and Steve Burtenshaw and two years later QPR slipped into the Second Division.”

Still though, the quarter finals of a european cup. Nothing to be sniffed at there. Sadly they haven’t hit these sort of heights ever since.

But maybe with Hughes it could again. I mean look at what he did in europe with….

I’ll stop there.

[See post to listen to audio] » Lofus Roadrunners – Queens Park Rangers [See post to listen to audio] » Lofus Roadrunners – Drive Me Down To QPR

Next up: Some tunes from an ex-QPR player who liked to croon. Yes know know who it is.

Over the years there have been many wannabe pop stars but today I’m picking one particular story to highlight. This is the tale of Joseph K. Keegan, who you may have heard of, who was a frustrated singer that barely bothered the musical charts.

But Joseph’s story begins not in music, it starts with football…

In the latter part of the 60′s the Doncaster born Keegan was spotted playing for his local amateur team Pegler FC and was soon signed by the 4th Division outfit Firewall FC. After playing a few seasons for the bottom dwelling club eventually a scout from higher up the divisions saw his potential and in 1971 moved to the North West to play for that team who put their games on at the south end of Stanley Park… name escapes me right now…

His impact was instant scoring 12 minutes into his debut. After that midfield player was eventually stuck up the front where he banged in a few more.

It was during this time that he began to realise his first love, that of music and now had the opportunity to do something about it…

Joseph, now going by his middle (stage) name of Kevin was signed by MAM Records
and in 1972 released his first single It Ain’t Easy which was noticed by precisely nobody.

Keegan took this knockback personally (he might have, you don't know) and never went near another recording studio for another 7 years…

By now Kevin had moved to German in an attempt to further his pop career and this proto-David Hasselhoff tried again with a single co-written and produced by two blokes who eventually went on to join Smokie.

Success !   Head Over Heels hit the charts, reaching the giddy heights of number 31. He even got on the telly with an appearance on the Little and Large show.

Next in 1980 came another single, but pining for home after his exile over in Hamburg for the last three years his ode to the mother country “England” was sensibly (criminally?) ignored.

Apart from one more time as part as a group, he never tried to sing again and fell back onto his other career…

Tracklisting:

1. [audio] Green Cross Code advert
2. KK – Somebody Needs
3. [audio] Superstars – Bike crash
4. KK – Move On Down
5. [audio] Henry Cooper/Kevin Keegan – Brut 33 advert
6. KK – England
7. England ’82 WC Squad – We’ll Fly The Flag For You
8. [audio] Documentary – Keegan and the 1982 World Cup.
9. Don Juans – Wor Kev
10. [audio] Clip from Baddiel/Skinner’s Fantasy Football League programme
11. KK – It Ain’t Easy
12. Voorhees – There’s Only One Kevin Keegan

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The Summer of Pod

Was going to call it the Hand of Pod but somebody’s already using that.

Like many of you I want to take it easy for the next month or two.

It’s sunny… and you are thinking about the trouble that xx team are having with their left back position right now.

OK maybe you are but I’m not.

There are still some matches to be found if you are having withdrawal symptoms. Football never sleeps.

- At this very moment there is the Gold Cup, competed by Central/North American teams.
It has been very entertaining so far with Mexico scoring 10 goals without reply in their first two matches. Oh and they’ve also had five players suspended after failing a drug test.

- Starting on June 11th it’s the European Under 21 Championship, being staged in Denmark this year. An opportunity to see what Man U & Liverpool have splashed so much cash on this week.

- Lastly there’s the South American nations competing in the Copa América from 1st to 24th July in Argentina.

So there’s some watching if you want – or if you are going to the beach I have some listening… finally he gets to the point… with the new series of the Summer of Pod.

I will, at least attempt, to post a new FootieAndMusic podcast each week.
These pods will be around 30 minutes long and will take various themes.
If you have an idea/suggestion for a future theme drop me a line. I’m all ears.

This is not rock n’ roll football, not just a bunch of pop/rock/etc songs usually associated with the game. But there will be the occasional non-footie track thrown in if I can find a tenuous link. The aim is to find the “best” football songs I have in my vast collection and create a podcast. The majority of decent songs do come from bands who sing about they country/team or player, but sometimes I will offend your ears with actual footballers attempting to sing. You have been warned.

» To… dare I use a cliché…… kick off this series (ah I feel dirty now) the theme of this podcast is PUNK ?

As you can see with the question mark there because what is punk ? (By the was does anyone remember Football Punk magazine ? Didn’t last long that one.) Are the songs on this pod really punk ? Well the answer to that is a big NO actually. They are in that area, I’m just being loose with the rules. And that’s punk isn’t it ?

Tracklisting:

1. Sultans Of Ping – Back In A Tracksuit
2. The Delilahs – One Nil At Home
3. Amanda Palmer – Leeds United
4. The Undertones – When Saturday Comes
5. Linus.Maybe – Not Another Football Song
6. [audio] Jane Asher football pitch cake
7. Half Man Half Biscuit – 1966 And All That
8. Rawbau feat. Slavan Billic – Vatreno Ludilo
9. Die Toten Hosen – Weltmeister (Unplugged)
10. Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Mash It Up Harry (Live Version)

Notes: As I said, loose with the rules… HMHB is a given…. The Ian Dury & Blockheads track is especially special.

[See post to listen to audio] » D/load.   [pod is 33mins long/file size is 30mb]

Those of you who football our exploits here at F&M will know that there are other pods already done.
Here’s the list of all the podcasts, including the ones I created for other sites and in my other project:

Additionally there is #keepingitpeel which began as a yearly project (On October 25th) to commemorate John Peel – the podcasts came about to fill in the time and keep/raise awareness of the event.

List of #keepingitpeel pods:

• 6 Music podcast
• #keepingitpeel Pod #1
• #KeepingItPeel Podcast No. 2
• #keepingitpeel Pod No. 3
• #keepingitpeel Podcast Special: The Fall
• #keepingitpeel Pod: The A-Z of Peel (Sessions)
• #KeepingItPeel Podcast 06
• #keepingitpeel pod 07
• KeepingItPeel Podcast Number 8
• John Peel Podcast09
• #keepingitpeel Podcast Special: HMHB

There. If that doesn’t keep you busy for the next few months I don’t know what will.
Also coming up (eventually) on #keepingitpeel by the way, is a John Peel/football special. Keep an eye for that.
- But there’ll be another FootieAndMusic podcast here before then.

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Or to give it the full title: G’olé!, The Official Film Of The 1982 World Cup.

Released two years after the tournament, this documentary looked at the events in the 1982 World Cup in Spain.

And when I say looking at, what I actually mean is looking around the events…
- Found via the GolGolGolGolGol blog there’s a very long description and a good review of this documentary. Some snippets:

“…”G’Ole!” was directed by Tom Clegg, best known at that time for “McVicar” (1980), and since then something of a jobbing television director. Clegg, with the aid of writer Stan Hey, seems set upon painting a lyrical portrait of Spain as a beachside utopia, its people uncorrupted by the modern world, living in their beautiful small towns beneath the fiercely blue Iberian skies. There is one montage midway through the film which is filled with shots of old people sitting chatting in town squares, sophisticates at outdoor cafes, children playing and crowds at the beach. The football almost takes a back seat, as Clegg indulges his interest in the World Cup as carnival. There is perhaps slightly too much footage of fans dancing and chanting and drinking, alongside one too many trips to the stadium on the team coach, and the film loses focus towards its climax..”

“…But despite its many quirks,”G’Ole!” is still a fantastic piece of work. Mainly because it features so much incredible footage. The 1982 World Cup was a vintage competition, containing perhaps the greatest game in the competition’s history – Brazil vs Italy. Spain, at that time still something of a post-Franco backwater, has always been a beautiful, cinematic location, and Clegg and his team shoot and edit the whole thing so that it is all atmospheric and visually arresting…”

As I said excellent description/review which paints a very good picture. And we have to visualise it because sadly, it was on YouTube at one time but those fine upstanding respectable FIFA lawyers have gone in with a takedown notice. You might catch it on ESPN Classics on the odd, rare occasion or find a knock-off copy via ebay.

For those of you pining to see some sort of moving images from that year – found this which focuses on Italy:

Remeber though as you read from the above review the clip is nothing like the documentary. They very much differed because of the person who recorded the voiceover – and – here is the angle of interest to us at F&M – the musician they hired to compose a soundtrack.

That musician was the keyboard player for what was known as back then as a dinosaur bands who played they pompous rock operas where the solo’s when on for about half an hour. And with his band because of the type of music they performed, he made sure it was the keyboard solo that got all the attention.

Step forward the purveyor of prog rock, the wearer of ridiculous capes. The keyboard player for Yes + Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe – Rick Wakeman.

Wakeman is a big supporter of football. At one time he was director of his favourite club Brentford FC. He was also involved in the ownership of the American soccer club Philadelphia Fury in the late ’70s, along with other rock celebrities such as Peter Frampton and Paul Simon.

After the ’82 World Cup finals Rick began composing, but sadly according to some, a mediocre soundtrack.
A review:

“Wakeman himself has called this an album for collectors only and I’d be hard pressed to disagree with him as quite a bit of the music presented here is considerably lightweight and fairly mediocre at best of times. That being said, it’s certainly not as bad as it might seem primarily due to Rick’s brilliant flourishes on the grand piano, something he does quite a bit of on this disc. Where this really works is on tracks “Wayward Spirit” “No Possible” and the beautifully symphonic sounding melodies of “Black Pearls”. The fact that the 1982 World Cup was held in Spain accounts for the noticeably Latin influence on numbers “Latin Reel (Theme from G’olé)” and the tasty flamenco flavoured guitar work of guest players Jackie McAuley and Mitch Dalton on “Spanish Message”.

Here’s a chance for you then to have a listen and decide if it is mediocre or a misunderstood classic:

[See post to listen to audio] » G’ole Soundtrack – G’ole! [See post to listen to audio] » G’ole Soundtrack – Latin Reel (Theme From G’ole) [See post to listen to audio] » G’ole Soundtrack – No Possibla [See post to listen to audio] » G’ole Soundtrack – Spanish Montage

Oh and the person who did the voiceover ?   Sean Connery.

There is so much wealth of material in relation to today’s subject that it’s taken me a bit of time to sort through everything. I have decided that I’ll stick with the football and music-related stuff, otherwise this post could go on for a long time. I will also short hand much of the back story and provide links for further reading. I recommend that you do explore.

So then may I present to you today’s featured artists:

The Shirehorses

Let’s have some bios:
– There was a young lad name of Mark Radcliffe who was promoted from twiddling the knobs (and Radio 1/One) to presenting a show on the newly established BBC station: Radio 5. This was at a time when the station was trying to find it’s feet, trying to establish an identity. Radcliffe’s first show on this new output was Hit The North.

Now he wasn’t alone on these programmes. Radcliffe had some company from another Mark, who’s previous job in Mark E. Smith’s musical ensemble was to straighten the lead singer’s Farah slacks. But by the time he met up with the other Mark, Riley was a record plugger who bugged Radcliffe to play the stuff he was pushing. Riley started hanging around all the time and eventually Radcliffe felt sorry for him and gave him something to do. They stayed together for another 14 years.

Notable: It was on Hit The North that Oasis got their first national radio airplay.

From here they moved to another show: The Graveyard Shift which pretty much carried on from where their previous show left off. There were notable contributions from Andrew Collins, Stuart Maconie, Mark Kermode, Katie Puckrick, Greg Proops, Mark Lamarr, Simon Armitage, Harry Hill, Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, Clint Boon… This programme lasted for another three years until they were tapped up for the:

Breakfast show (image above) which proved to be an unhappy time because it was when the ginger tosser Chris Evans had just quit, and their style wasn’t really suited for the early wake up/chatty zoo radio/playlist music that people usually hear. After a few months they were moved to a better and more appropriate time for the:

Afternoon Show where they thrived and came to national attention. The format didn’t change much from their previous shows and they continued with their silliness and sketches, plus pretty much ignored and ridculed the Radio 1 daytime playlist.

Yes, yes that’s all very nice. But what about this band then ? What’s the story (morning glory) behind that ?

DJ’s… they always want to be a popstar. They are failed musicians. But in this case both Scrawny and Lardy Boy had previous experience. Radcliffe played the drums but especially Mark Riley who used to be in The Fall as their bass player. So when it came to creating music it wasn’t a problem and the comedy came naturally.

The spoof song idea was originally tried out on their Hit The North programme. When they moved to Radio 1, the idea was continued and caught the imagination of the nation. These spoofs were instantly recognisable because they chose popular songs in the charts at the time and just put new words to these familiar tunes.

So the songs were created the next step was obviously coming up with a name – and they chose to parody one that John Squire chose for his band: The Seahorses.

Sea who…?   Exactly. They were, like their spoof version, a band that are an minor note in musical history.
You are going to argue with me ? Go on then, name one single they released. Who was in the band ? ‘Nuff said.

A quick reminder: This was the band that guitarist John Squire formed after the final collapse of the Stone Roses. They released four singles and one album before they also collapsed whilst trying to record their 2nd LP. This was such a bad experience for Squire that he gave up music all together and took up painting. The band were known at the time (1997) as Fauxasis.

Somehow they managed to get signed by a major label (Warners) and their first album (released 1997) was called The Shirehorses present… the worst album in the world… ever… Ever ! (to give it it’s full title). Still available at all retail outlets like Our Price and Woolworths. Or at your nearest Oxfam for 99p. The title being a parody as well of those “Greatest [musical genre here] Album In The World” compilations being churned out.

As mentioned they parodied songs that were in the charts and there’s the risk. You select popular tunes but many of the groups/songs that they spoofed are no longer around now. When looking at it now you have to do some research to reminder yourself of the songs and singers before listening to the parody.

- For example, since the Shirehorses parodied their name, they also did a “version” of the first (and biggest selling) single that The Seahorses released. Their song was Love Is The Law – and The Shirehorses did:

[See post to listen to audio] » The Shirehorses – Now I Know (Where I’m Going) Our Kid

See ? I I didn’t tell you about the Seahorses, you might not have known which song was being parodied.
I’ll give you a list of other names spoofed on the album, see if you can guess who they were satirizing:

Peela Tater, Baby Bloke, Doofergrass, Edwin Bobbins, Flush, Moronico, Po-fasis

As I said above they picked on chart stars of the day but nearly all of them have disappeared now.

(Peela Tater: Kula Shaker)   aah now you see it.

The best track on this album though, in my humble opinion, is the one the two well know football supporters did their favourite team: Manchester City (finally he gets to the football). Featuring on this song was Alan Bawl (no relation) and the track was about City’s plight back then – sliding down the leagues – and Francis Lee, the beleaguered chairman who was an ex-player and City legend. It didn’t help that he appointed his mate Alan Ball (the real one) who started the slide by getting City relegated from the Premier League.

Sorry…? Who was Alan Bawl (no relation) ? Have a listen here.

So here now is:

[See post to listen to audio] » Dick Cave & The Bad Cheese feat Alan Bawl (No relation) - The Ballad Of Franny Lee

- A couple more from the album before we move on:

An unexpected thing happened after the album was released – they were invited to open Glastonbury which meant forming an actual band.
They grabbed Chunky’ Rhys Hughes (producer of the Breakfast Show) on bass and ‘Chester’s Dark Prince Of the Mandolin’ (aka Christopher Lee, Radio One sound engineer) on bass, mandolins, pewter tankards…anything lying round really… and off they went.

After Glasto ’97 they embarked on the ”We Came, We Saw, We Cantered’ tour where they performed at student unions and anywhere that would book them really. Such was their success that they even played stadium gigs supporting Blur.

Eventually things wound down and nearly forgotten for a few years but they made a comeback in 2001, releasing a second LP this time it was callled: Our Kid, Eh (and the title of this post). They once again went out on tour to support this difficult second album with a massive tour of err… four dates…

Parodied names on this one included:

Manic Street Sweepers, Robbie and William, Foreplay, Radioshed, Blurb, Status Quorn, Dave Lee Travisty plus the return of Po fasis and Doofergrass.

- To finish off here’s just one track from that album, because in my opin it wasn’t as good as the first:

[See post to listen to audio] » Pixiedancers – Planet Of Sound

Lots of links now:

...also... Posted on Beat-Nick’s Mixes is a collection of Mark & Lard’s best bits stitched together. I’ve uploaded it to Soundcloud for your listening pleasure.

Extra Time – This live performance from their show, with Mark & Lard on backup shouting:

[See post to listen to audio] » Travis – …Baby One More Time

“Must get some oil for this door…”