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Radio 6 Irks the Purists
Apparently last Thursday, 6 Music, in a nod to the Facebook campaign to protest at the closure of 6 by getting 'Joy Division Oven Gloves' to Number 6 in the charts, made a point of playing tracks by all the artists named in Half Man Half Biscuit's 'Irk The Purists'. A non-more Word selection it is too:
"Give me Love, give me Can, give me Meatloaf
Give me Rush, give me Marquee Moon
Michael Ball, or The Fall, I could listen to them all
In the twilight of the afternoon
Irk the purists, irk the purists, irk the purists its a right good laugh
Irk the purists, irk the purists, irk the purists at the back
Hall & Oates, random Goth, Miles Davis
Patti Smith, Simply Red, Sly Stone
Be they false or 4REAL, I don't care and nor does Neil
So long as we can hear their songs
Irk the purists, irk the purists, it could well be an olympic sport
Irk the purists, irk the purists, if you've never then you ought
Husker Du Du Du, Captain Beefheart, ELO
Chris de Burgh, Sun Ra, Del Amitri, John Coltrane
Irk the purists, irk the purists, come on boy you know it feels so right
Irk the purists, irk the purists, irk the purists tonight"
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