It was definitely changed, I think it was after Airport became a hit.
I’ve got the original and it is a bit scary. That must have been at the end of the time when it didn’t matter what bands looked like.

Anything by the Shitehouse Family.

The boy stood on the burning deck
The crew were playing cricket
The ball went up his trouser leg
And hit his middle wicket

The boy stood on the burning deck
His pockets full of crackers
A spark went up […]

Totally agree re Ian Hunter, he’s been on a roll since at least ‘Rant’ but you could probably add ‘The Artful Dodger’ to that even if it does sound like it was recorded on a budget of about 5p. He’s got a whole […]

My old boss used to regularly tell us that “we need to change tact”.

Tooth company freeze a crowd was the punchline to another one as I recall.

People in grass houses shouldn’t stow thrones was probably another one of theirs.

Mrs D is accidentally good for this sort of thing. The other day she said “there’s no smoke without punch” but my all time favourite is “it’s a double barrelled sword”.

Your idea was plum crazy. Or possibly nuts.

‘it’s the one off the wrist I miss’

Is Moose not reading this thread or what?

This took me back to the mid 90s when I used to have to go to Queen Anne’s Gate for work regularly. I used to buy Loakes from that shop. One day a uniformed policeman bought some shoes when I was in there and s […]

They should definitely be locked up if that’s what they think.
Harrumph.

I use streaming either as try before you buy or I sometimes buy the lp but carry on streaming for reasons of quality or convenience.
I use Tidal hifi plus and they have just introduced direct artist payments […]

If you like China Crisis then you should check out Gary Daly’s solo album ‘Gone From Here’. I bought it from him via musicglue and he included a thank you message written on a postcard of one of his paint […]

Done, thanks for your hard work.
I hardly ever post but I do lurk on a regular basis, sometimes on this site.

Lost In The Supermarket…

ABBA beat off the Floyd boys? Where’s Moose…

Nazareth. Alex Harvey.
Probably any Scottish rock band in their 1970’s heyday. They had to overcompensate for the Bay City Rollers and Slik.

Good point, plus they’d be able to escape on their tractor while the assailants argued over whether or not they were genuine arran knits. I hadn’t thought it through.

Haircut 100.
I was going to add Mud to the list but the singer might be handy or at least might have been in his day.