The Trumpton Riots by Half Man Half Biscuit
“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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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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Continuing my revolutionary theme
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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The next Half Man Half Biscuit release was the single "The Trumpton Riots". They had the opportunity to play this live on The Tube, but Tranmere Rovers were playing at home on the same night so they turned it down.
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loud. Loud. LOUD.
"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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