HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT-National Shite Day

[@tonymullen13]

'the rubber faced irritant Phil Cool' 🤣🤣🤣

[@moolahtaloolah]

Listening to this during National Shite Year

[@sams6306]

No bog roll

[@Yom_Bristol]

global shite year

[@BBoyBiff]

Its still going on lol

[@riseup20twelve]

If the Pixies grew up in Birkenhead

[@djStrimmer]

But only if you don’t like the Pixies eh

[@darrenattew540]

There’s a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets!!!Surely, the best line ever written!!

[@katharinevann7372]

I've always thought that!!

[@mlemmerman]

Me too. Quoted it many times in many places, to blank faces......

[@tonydeltablues]

i think you're correct!

[@jeanpaulsinatra]

Even better when live and everyone sings it

[@garyrobinson5915]

It's not even the best lyric in this song. That honour is bestowed, (in context) to 'overhead a rainbow appears, in black and white.' 🤣

[@spitfirepilot6822]

There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets! Pure genius.

[@kirajinx407]

Eagles lying eyes

[@modkit4851]

Oh yess man with a mullet! keep me going forever!

[@philipcurnow7990]

Millets no longer with us in Birkenhead .. shite

[@jackmackenzie6721]

@@philipcurnow7990 it's a blacks now isn't it?

[@philipcurnow7990]

Jack Mackenzie Not much left in the market and pyramids at all. Town center needs a rethink. Heard a suggestion the whole lot should be bulldozed and a new artisan food experiences built near Woodside. A sort of market place like the original which burnt down in the 70's.

[@PhilipCartwright]

The mullet line is excellent, of course, but the really great one is "All of a sudden I felt brushed by the wings of something dark".

[@hexonatapeloop]

I like the next one too: may the Lord have mercy on stringy bob. Hell, all of it...

[@erroljm11]

You are right. What a line.

[@BigH0b0]

The English have no national anthem. Often thought of starting one of those online petitions to have this put forward as it. It somehow embodies the English approach to life. And I bet our footballers would have no problem giving these words some gusto.

[@markcole1669]

Land of Hope & Glory

[@BigH0b0]

Mark Cole Yes, if we were about to invade the Sudetenland or engage an armada. These days we can barely march to April and only want to engage neutral. This gets my National psyche up anyway. The line from Fat kids...to.. Millets, must be amongst the greatest verse ever written in English and deserves to be paid regular national homage.

[@Pitmirk_]

BigH0b0 The Norwegians have a national anthem that describes the main natural features of their country.... so on that score, probably the best bet for a new UK anthem is 'Fat Bottomed Girls' by Queen

[@Fyawnym]

+BigH0b0 Mate! In the colonies it's just the same. Cheers from 'straya.

[@philipcurnow7990]

Birkenhead is wonderful. And a bit Welsh, a bit Irish and a bit Viking. And just a bit English.

[@victoroladuja2416]

Wow!! Haven’t heard this band for yonks. This track escaped me. I thought nothing can top Bobby Moore Is Innocent. Absolutely brilliant!👍

[@galaxion500]

gets better on every listen

[@wiseone5161]

"Overhead a rainbow appears In black and white" Great way to end a verse like that

[@robertmiller5783]

a good chord sequence is worth using again and again. all of those are great songs and great bands

[@mikanoid]

Just when you think you've heard the best that the biscuits have to offer...they come up with this! "Is this your Sanderling?" Classic stuff.

[@donnyrover1]

this should be played on every General Election Day , one pile of shite to be replaced by a similar pile of shite

[@Oscar301]

the mocked up Patti Smith with Pam Ayers head cracks me every time

[@richiecastlebarceltic5573]

absolute classic. up there with the best of the best. pure quality.

[@outernothingness1177]

I've been wondering for some time what Mark E Smith would be like if you could actually hear what he's saying. Now I know.

[@michaelscreen6921]

Given recent events, this should be the UK national anthem?

[@martinhansen5021]

Theres 450 mio. envious #Europeans looking at you and for a way out.

[@shanelevene4864]

Why what happened recently? X

[@yatesy117]

Shane Levene One of the greatest political movements ever to occur in the modern era. Or more shortly labeled as - Brexit!!! 😊

[@Manic-bc1hf]

AKA...Shitexit..Aka thick xenophobic twats fuck things up for decent people...

[@raykeef8990]

that would imply the UK is a nation, with laws and borders that people respect. Clearly not the case

[@BigH0b0]

"There's a man with a mullet, going with mad with a mallet in Millets", surely the greatest piece of alliteration in the history of English verse. Shakey eat your heart out.

[@tonydeltablues]

+BigH0b0 Agreed!

[@l023nge]

I take it you mean Stevens not William

[@challengetom]

Used to live in Ambleside, I've been drunk at almost all the locations he sings about

[@arcanics1971]

May the Lord have mercy on Stringy Bob

[@garethglitter5932]

Will play this over and over on the day Boris Johnson becomes PM

[@BlahDBlahDBlah]

Should the fates conspire to rob you of said opportunity, I feel they will amply compensate in the months and years to come in the form of many another occasion of equivalent shitiness.

[@pintatatphpaobe9563]

Could actually happen now

[@pintatatphpaobe9563]

@@BlahDBlahDBlah oh my god how right you were.

[@yessir7805]

Gareth Glitter aw shit

[@fakestreetspirit]

Hope you're playing it fucking LOUD

[@Smeegheed1963]

Best ever line in any song... 'There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millet's'😂

[@jody1367]

Thank you to my local library fot introducing me to back in the DHSS via what was then known as a cassette tape. Year's go by and the lads from the Wirral still potent. Thanks lads for making waiting on a train eventful.

[@likklej8]

Come on mrs may these chaps deserve a knighthood and New Years honours are coming.

[@aceeeed]

"A rainbow appeared overhead... in black and white"

[@stefanvanhoek3991]

The words of a brilliant poet. (And The Nobel Prize for Literature for Bob Dylan and his boring middle of the road lyrics. This must be a total shite planet.)

[@Channel-ld9ip]

Striking.

[@MrJacksonBollock]

Best. Singalong. Ever. xxxx

[@pigknickers2975]

"rubber-faced irritant" just slays me!

[@potato73]

The Biscuit slightly morph into The Fall

[@buxvan]

You did a great job on the photos. Great band are HMHB

[@PSRautoharp]

Oh what a discovery. Love you fellas. Oh Wiral at last you've come of age. Tell me - what of dear Pensby? Thanks

[@1963johnbhoy]

No wonder the late great John Peel was always jovial with this and its ilk and The Fall in his head constantly.

[@phildavis2135]

god bless stringy bob

[@diskochimp]

There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Milletts.

[@pigknickers]

The rubber faced irritant Phil Cool.... Bwahahahahaha!

[@TLPhoto1]

Love them - a cross between the Clash and the Barron Knights with some of the lyrical genius of Fish from Marillion!

[@The1969Vintage]

Love the Pam Ayres "Orses" pic.

[@jeffmead2935]

yeah , go round rubbishing any shit that any paintballer spouts... what a fucki ng great number !...thank you very much Jeffo and the Biscuits

[@kakstin]

I have to assume the musical resemblance to The Fall was deliberate. Though I guess it helps that the guy has a similar accent. :-)

[@douglassstyer3382]

I’m having a shite day!

[@reetpeet]

This is total class in a tiny wonderful box!

[@NickRowsell]

fuckin' love this band tons.

[@wallerpaul70]

This machine kills wasps.Fuckin brilliant.

[@Isobellyjellybean]

The top comment about how the UK would organise a shite National Shite Day are spot on. Every year we have Comic Relief and a night of TV with the usual schedule thrown out of the window to make room for five or six hours of what's supposed to be the funniest evening of comedy. It's shite - 10% as funny as what would have normally been on. Can't we just send the comedians to deprived places after training them to dig wells and build schools?

[@pietermeulendijks2749]

The guitar rock is excellent punky rock, love this sound.

[@naspanagiotako]

Pulling the ice axe from my leg I staggered on Spindrift stinging my remaining eye I finally managed to reach the station Only to find that the bus replacement service had broken down After wondering to myself whether it should actually be called a train replacement service I walked out onto the concourse and noticed the giant screen seemed to have been tampered with Probably by a junior employee Disgruntled commuters were being regaled with some dismal TVM Involving a tug-of-love-custody-battle Stockard Channing held sway Down in the High Street somebody careered out of Boots without due care or attention I suggest that they learn some pedestrian etiquette I.e. sidle out of the store gingerly Embrace the margin Fat kids with sausage rolls Poor sods conducting polls There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets I try to put everything into perspective Set it against the scale of human suffering And I thought of the Mugabe government And the children of the Calcutta railways This works for a while But then I encounter Primark FM Overhead a rainbow appears In black and white Shite Day I guess this must be National Shite Day This surely must be National Shite Day Don't tell me, it's National Shite Day Float… float on Float… float on Barry… Herpes I got a letter from Stringy Bob Still on suicide watch Screws not happy Spotted a Marsh Fritillary during association Was roundly ignored What news you I felt sorry for him He'd only been locked up for public nuisance offences One of which saw him beachcombing the Dee Estuary Found a dead wading bird Took it home, parcelled it up, and sent it off to the rubber-faced irritant Phil Cool With a note inside which read: "Is this your Sanderling?" Another time saw him answering an advert in the music press "Keyboard player required: Doors, Floyd, etc Must be committed, no time wasters" You can guess the rest I always imagined he would simply wander off some day into the hills To be found months later His carcass stripped by homeless dogs His exposed skull a perch for the quartering crow I folded away the letter and put it in my inside pocket All of a sudden I felt brushed by the wings of something dark May the Lord have mercy on Stringy Bob Shite Day I do believe it's National Shite Day It all points to National Shite Day Someone's declared it National Shite Day Shite Day My birthday! On National Shite Day No bogroll, it's National Shite Day Cue drumroll, it's National Shite Day

[@benlee8436]

The Pixies meets Britain.

[@Areyouthefarmer1]

Totally Awesome.!!!!!!!! Genuine.> I haven't just walked off a beach or something.

[@onegathers]

still as relevant now as they were back in the dhss back in the 80's when they were me favourite group. nigel's a top bloke!

[@rob16248]

Some similar riffs to Pixies guitar.

[@oedipamaas2067]

its a reference

[@SuperNevile]

the chorus also "references" "Birthday" by another Merseyside band.

[@paulflah4562]

The comment section here is about the best ive seen on KZbin, like minded disillusioned bored people who don't slag one another off its wonderful

[@draconianTL]

>disillusioned bored people with a small amendment this could/should be my epitaph

[@philipcurnow7990]

If any of you have walked from Hamilton Square, skirting the Pyramids and onto Grange Road precinct you'll know this is all true. Except that Millets has gone the way of Marks and Spencer's and other Birkenhead shopping land mines. Pike's! A folk song for our times. A national anthem indeed.

[@martinhansen5021]

English poetry basically doesn't get better than this.

[@arnoldlayne9918]

What a good synopsis, agree strongly

[@guwest2]

BBC World Service did run a poll asking listeners to suggest the best song that summed up their own nation. I forwarded this for Britain but 'Ghost Town' by the Specials won. Where were you lot opining that this should be the national anthem then?

[@PAISLEYTIES1968]

if im having a bad day the line "shiiite day" is my earworm.

[@rufur1]

there's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in millets. matlock bath 26th April 2013. win.

[@sharkhagins4926]

Half man rips me off and I love them for it !!

[@daryl1q1]

The Floaters reference is so damn funny and clever.

[@ListenToBigFace]

Oh wow yeah will do. Thanks for letting me know. Really, cheers

[@MrPedromuriel]

some days i just have this chord progression stuck in my head

[@klokjerond1967]

enlightenment is near my friend :)

[@Longniddrie]

Whats really shite is when you spend all your time looking to see if anyone has replied to your comments on youtube videos. Now that is really British!

[@darrenbarber9708]

This should be our national anthem

[@TheReplenishingFlame]

"His exposed skull a perch for the quartering crow". Could almost be something from Ted Hughes: far from shite!

[@heretowindupthetrots]

British precision lyric engineering at its best 'Stockard Channing held sway' no other nation can do this.

[@carlwilliams3142]

"Primark FM", attach to any superstore. Boss

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Then again, I once heard "Weaver's Answer" in IKEA - are they off the hook?

[@richieford3176]

Is this your Sanderling , , , ?

[@DaveDriver]

I'm a bit curious why we keep on going back to a shot of a pub in Ambleside. I seem to remember that selling a decent pint, not shite at all.

[@neilinwood3937]

I fucking love this fucking tune ❤

[@djapcrumhorne4538]

"Keyboard player required. Doors, Floyd, etc. Must be committed, no time wasters" You can guess the rest.

[@Pwecko]

@tractordave The name of the album that the song comes from is CSI: Ambleside.

[@averythecatto]

I once played this in Audiosurf.

[@garethrhysjones1]

@toasterbottom I am a lifelong HMHB fan living in Toronto. NIce to see other Canadians care

[@jonnydrums35]

There's a man etc... Barry!!! Fucking brill8ant!

[@willyboy64ify]

This song brilliantly captures 21st century Britain. Every day is National Shite Day!

[@rogeralsop3479]

Wonderful!

[@captaincreosote]

Top donkey ... if all songs were this good ... they would all be this good...

[@woodyeckerslyke]

There’s a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets

[@jri666]

Every day is National Shite Day

[@fakelegache]

nice one jeffo...good call.

[@sixtiestone66]

fecking brilliant!!

[@Ulbre]

This reminds me of the time when I accidentally impaled my ball sac to my neighbours white picket fence with an ice pick.........that was a shite day

[@awkwardsean5141]

The great observers of life.

[@humanityfirstnow]

Lionel rich tea and the wardrobe should be the next album

[@masstransit2]

everything from fat Kids to Millets is so much genius

[@neilinwood3937]

I still weep for stringy Bob, taken too soon xx

[@Zidane234]

@tractordave Think it's more to do with that it's from the album CSI: Ambleside. Gonna try hunting down that pub in particular just to see what it's like.

[@bjornsvoice]

Great! Should be INTERNATIONAL shite day... Hello from Sweden by the way.

[@harrybarker1315]

SHIIIIIIIIIIITE DAAAAYYY!!!!!

[@cababness]

Bloody Brilliant! 'Down in the High Street somebody careered out of Boots without due care and attention. I suggest that they learn some pedestrian etiquette.' Ah! They don't write songs like this these days!

[@patricksullivan7854]

This is good stuff

[@neilzthered]

Brilliant

[@toasterbottom]

@LunarEcli: I'm Canadian and don't get all the references, but I get enough of them to realize they're brilliant -- the rest I actually take the time to look up.

[@fringeailments]

There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in millets!!

[@ElectricLabel]

They've still got it!!!

[@jonemery8324]

Going to build a statue to this..

[@TMHARBULAK]

Now, darling, this is music

[@Rodan100]

@Feisty1967 Damn to hell those noisy guitars disrupting ones enjoyment of a lyrical masterpiece! If only there were a way of finding information on the internet! Damn to hell the internet but may the lord have mercy on Stringy Bob. Lycka till min vän!

[@shaunpotter]

they only just glue-it together...

[@wannabemeandhim1476]

funny as fuck on a mushroom trip.... them were the days

[@gleedowen]

This is fucking brilliant. I

[@davethetwat1]

@Polaris271 Your missing out ! Im going to see them in Preston on Friday night ....