Who else could get port-a-loos, cobble stones, hedgehogs, gate railings, Methodist doors and D.Bowie into the same song?

I hate the countryside so much...because I am London born and bred... ^_^

Always liked the potential double meaning of 'locals have come for their dues' or 'locals have come for their jews'...

do we need a thread on MES and Judaism?

There's that, there's the "old Jew's face dripping red" in "Various Times", the "mediocre anti-Jew" in 2nd dark age, the snatch of Yiddish ("all you really need is a good schvartzer") in "It's a Curse", the synagogue the group lurks outside on the sleeve of "Elastic Man", "pension for the Jews" in "Barmy", "Jew on a motorbike" in "Garden"

i voted hedgehogs.....

i like the image of em 'skirting' delicately round yr feet.... but then they go surprisingly fast when they start running... i wouldn't have believed it myself unless i had seen it...

this is one of my reall fav fall tracks :wub: the atmosphere is exactly right.... a sort of threat in a minor key.... a general anxiety...

there has already been a thread, about 6 months ago, now if only we had that search facility....
I remember it causing mirth cos we got all of the google jewish ads. up top
No motorbikes tho'.

Too right it is hard life. I could have voted for a number of these. A bit puzzled at the number of votes for the Bowie line though, there must be strange rural places out there.

I too could not understand the number of votes for bowie lookalikes??? and why just the carparks??? are they in disguise, or hanging around the carparks all day??
Voted for getting down to some serious thinking. (well theres fuck all else to do,)
(probably thoughts about the wildlife, where snakes in the grass are absolutely freezing)

One vote for the emasculatory icecream vans.


(I think the weirdo david B impersonators hang around carparks, because they're not tolerated anywhere else - in a city, they'd be hidden in specialized pubs or flats :mellow: )

Ace thread :) ace song.

"It'sa hard time in the country, down on Penny's farm"

"Old man Penny's got a flattering mouth
Got a wagon load of peaches not one of them sound"

"It'sa hard time in the country, down on Penny's farm"

from: Anthology of American Folk Music

This song is pure genius, though it took a while here to sink in (round about 94, I'd guess). I enjoy how it seems like a certain kind of song, until you look out the window at the torch and fork...

I voted for the terrible urge to drink. This time of year, there can literally nothing else to do. The drinking that goes on on council estates in small villages is astonishing.

the locals have come for their due :applaud:

Oh god does this have the ring of truth.

Though I have come to feel this about cities as well.

Well at least the supermarkets will drop the price of whiskey in the run up to Xmas, and beer and every other alcoholic drink too.

Asda have already done it. I was checking out the single malts in readiness for "Crimbo" today and the standard Islay for £15 was already out of stock! The options were mouth-watering though - One will be selected! Probably one I haven't tried yet. Though the Glenlivet and Macallan are always tempting.

I love whiskey but restrict myself to having it at Xmas. I'd be a wastrel otherwise. :lol:

Nymphette New Romantics come over the hill (it gets a bit depressing).
I also like the thing about "your village in 10, 15 years time" on In A Hole.
The whole song is a wonder, can't forget hearing it for the first time.

Yeah. Where ever you live, whatever you do. The only thing is to blot out as much of the pain as you can and hope for a painless death.

City Dwellers telling you what to do. Government bad practice, F&M, alcohol tax 'Up,Up,UP!!'................................................