The Trumpton Riots by Half Man Half Biscuit
“Someone get a message through to Captain Snort That they better start assembling The boys from the fort And keep Mrs. Honeyman right out of sight Cause there's gonna be riot Down in Trumpton Tonight”
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Someone get a message through to Captain Snort That they better start assembling The boys from the fort And keep Mrs. Honeyman right out of sight Cause there's gonna be riot Down in Trumpton Tonight
Unemployment's rising
In the Chigley end of town.
And it's spreading like pneumonia;
Doesn't look like going down.
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loud. Loud. LOUD.
I just remembered this track and it just had to be my jam. Great on so many levels, from the ridiculous lyrics about a fabricated riot on a children's TV show (which I used to watch as a kid... well, repeats of it on C4 anyway) to that classic punk sound... absurdly brilliant. This is actually a re-mastered version of a 1986 John Peel session, with a great fan-contributed video to match.
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"All this aristocracy has really got to stop. We can overthrow the surgery and kidnap Dr Mopp" A classic Nigel Blackwell gem
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Continuing my revolutionary theme
