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11 unusual facts about Half Man Half Biscuit


1966 and All That

1966 and All That, a song by Half Man Half Biscuit on the CD version of Back In The DHSS (PROBE4)

Bulbarrow Hill

The British band, Half Man Half Biscuit, refer to Bulbarrow Hill in the track, Third Track Main Camera Four Minutes, taken from their 2000 album Trouble Over Bridgwater, in which the narrator bemoans the increasing popularity of 'trendy' holiday destinations such as Cuba and Iceland, saying 'I’d much rather go down to Dorset, with its wonderful Bulbarrow Hill'.

Capel Curig

Capel Curig is mentioned in the song 'Bottleneck at Capel Curig' by cult UK band Half Man Half Biscuit on their album 'Trouble over Bridgwater'.

Charles Nove

Nove is the subject of Half Man Half Biscuit's "Nove on the Sly", a track from their 2000 album Trouble Over Bridgwater.

Chigley

The indie group Half Man Half Biscuit parodied the Chigley Train Song in their song "Time Flies By (When You're the Driver of a Train)".

Climie Fisher

The folk pastiche 'The Ballad Of Climie Fisher' by Half Man Half Biscuit is a fictional tale of what happened to the pair post breakup.

Gauranga

The song "Twydale's Lament" from the album Achtung Bono by Half Man Half Biscuit references this occurrence, with the lyrics "Gauranga Gauranga, yes I'll be happy, when you've been arrested for defacing the bridge."

Mr Benn

The song "PragVEC at the Melkweg" by Half Man Half Biscuit contains the line 'Just as I expected, the shopkeeper appeared.

Precious McKenzie

Half Man Half Biscuit pondered his later years in the song 'I Left My Heart In Papworth General' -- Precious McKenzie, boy I remember you well... with a gob full of tapioca I would sit and I'd watch you excel, those legendary rivulets would trickle on down to your chin, but I always wondered what you did when you packed it all in...

Stiperstones

The Half Man Half Biscuit album 90 Bisodol contains a track entitled "Descent of the Stiperstones".

Thy name is

The Half Man Half Biscuit song "Whiteness, Thy Name Is Meltonian" from the album This Leaden Pall.


Casio SK-5

It can be heard at the very end of Ghetto Thang on De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising album, and also during A Shropshire Lad (at 1:27) by Half Man Half Biscuit.

Elton Welsby

Welsby is name-checked by the Birkenhead band Half Man Half Biscuit in the song "A Country Practice", found on their 1998 album Four Lads Who Shook the Wirral.

Ideal Home Show

On their 2008 album CSI:Ambleside the British band Half Man Half Biscuit released a song entitled "Took Problem Chimp To Ideal Home Show".

Nerys Hughes

Half Man Half Biscuit immortalised her in the song "I Hate Nerys Hughes (From The Heart)" from the album Back in the D.H.S.S..

Rollright Stones

English indie band Half Man Half Biscuit mention the stones in their song Twenty Four Hour Garage People on their 2000 album Trouble Over Bridgwater.

Tony Bastable

Half Man Half Biscuit refer to Bastable in their song "I Love You Because (You Look Like Jim Reeves)", from the album Back in the DHSS.