Posted: 26 February 2006 at 5:18pm | IP Logged

Oh please don't add some sanity to the proceedings, I have my reputation to consider! You will be adding a bit of atmosphere to the proceedings next!!

'Never snog a badger', wasn't that on the 'Pilchards at an inhabitation' ep?

Posted: 26 February 2006 at 6:06pm | IP Logged

I don't have that EP, so I'm not sure!  I do know that stylistically it was somewhere between 'Take Me Higher' and 'Rich Boys' and that, like many ATF songs, there was a strong moral mesage hidden under the deceptively simple lyrics.  Apparently Buzz Magazine didn't "get it" and encouraged Baptists in particular not to buy it.  For those unfamiliar with the track, it goes something like this:

It's not big and it's not clever, They snuffle about on heath, in heather, Stripey souls in which nature invested, You snog a badger and you'll be arrested.

CHORUS Never snog a badger (yeah, yeah), Never snog a badger (yeah, yeah), They're hairier than seals (ooh yeah), And besides, it's not hygienic.

Straying from the straight and narrow, Is surely worse than assaulting a sparrow. You can't see clearly in the tall green grass, And could accidentally kiss the badger's ****

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE You dirty bar steward, I'm calling the pigs.... (Guitar solo, with strange noises of assault and arrest)

REPEAT CHORUS TO FADE

Actually, I can see why Buzz didn't like it.  The 12" version is largely the same except it ends with the sound of somebody grabbing his coat and leaving the building in haste...

Posted: 27 February 2006 at 5:05am | IP Logged

Peter

You are madder than me! And no, I am not setting that one to music.

Posted: 27 February 2006 at 10:50am | IP Logged

I reckon, following last year's reinterpretation of One Rule as the anthem for Christian Aid's Trade Justice campaign, the band should adopt Never Snog A Badger as an anthem for a nice organisation like the RSPCA!

Of course, Keith would have to change the lyrics to verse 2 again...

Posted: 27 February 2006 at 11:27am | IP Logged

How about adding "Come on get yer monies worth" or "I wanna feel the floor move with this one"

Posted: 27 February 2006 at 11:33am | IP Logged

Didn't Ishmael write those?  Come to think of it, didn't he write Never Snog A Badger?

Posted: 27 February 2006 at 6:17pm | IP Logged

[/QUOTE]

How about adding "Come on get yer monies worth" or "I wanna feel the floor move with this one"

[/QUOTE]

Dave

You forgot "For Amanda on her birthday"

Posted: 27 February 2006 at 6:20pm | IP Logged

I don't know about that but he did write a song about horses and Marmite sandwiches.

And before you ask no I don't eat Marmite can't stand the stuff.