Entertainment For Lively Minds
À propos of nothing
Posted by illuminatus on 19 January 2011 - 2:17am.
I just downloaded the Jake Thackray box set from Amazon today.
It's bloody good. Nice to hear little nuggets like Lah Di Dah, Sister Josephine and Bantam Cock again.
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He is marvellous
isn't he? 'Making bloody pottery' in 'The Brigadier' always reduces me to giggles. And 'I like a big bum on a woman it makes my day' must be among the finest opening lines in song.
"I downloaded a box set"
I think a little part of me died when I read that.
Yes
For me a large part of a box set is indeed the box.
Normally
I'd agree because I don't usually download albums at all, but the digital version was 7.99 and the CDs 11.99. And I got to listen to them straight away
Jake
would probably have written a song about virtual boxes in virtual warehouses.
La-di-dah
Is so well observed - I don't recall any other songs so explicitly dealing with the perils of meeting (and putting on a good face for) meeting the in-laws.
I did find that quite a number of other tunes are rather queasily 'smutty' - a bit too seaside postcard.
The Answer is, as rarely...
Sean O'Hagan, Travel from his debut EP The High Llamas
I change the channel
you change your head
we sleep together in your father's bed
and I hope, pray that he's not coming down
i hope, pray that he's not
you fix the breakfast
i fix the chair
your mother's picture, your mother's stare
and I hope, pray that she's not coming down
yes I hope, pray that she's not
coming around
i love the way you are
we're travelling so far
your brother's crying
screams from above
he needs attention, he needs your love
and I hope, pray that he's not coming down
i hope, pray that he's not
coming around
i love the way you are
we're travelling so far
i love the way you are
we're travelling so far
and I hope, pray that they're not coming down
i hope, pray that they're not
coming around
i love the way you are
we're travelling so far
i love the way you are
we're travelling so far
Love Jake
"Jake's progress" was one of my Dad's favourite albums which I still have. Fantastic lyrics.