Bugger. When was this on?
I've always wanted to know that too- I was overjoyed when I saw Billy Liar and Peeping Tom for the same reasons.
>Bugger. When was this on?
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>I've always wanted to know that too- I was overjoyed when I saw Billy Liar and Peeping Tom for the same reasons.
It was on last night, but I switched on halfway through. I always wanted this on tape. Don't forget An Englishman Abroad's on BBC2 tonight.
btw "Education - that's what I need" (Date With Spelman, also off So Tough) is from Take It Or Leave It, the Madness film. The rest of the samples on that album, though, have passed me by. Can anyone hazard a guess as to what the other ones might be?
The laugh is Professor Yaffle.
"So that's what the beast is..." is from the ancient film version of "Lord Of The Flies"
Where is the one just before Avenue from???
And that "I'm Helen Stevens" one???
By the way, did anyone else know that Chris Morris appeared on one of their early b-sides?
>The laugh is Professor Yaffle.
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<listens> Of course!
>"So that's what the beast is..." is from the ancient film version of "Lord Of The Flies"
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Excellent!
>Where is the one just before Avenue from???
Don't know either of those, I'm afraid.
>And that "I'm Helen Stevens" one???
That's from Peeping Tom - eerie anyway, but when I saw the movie a few years ago ("Sorry, but...work"), I shivered. Particularly with that jaunty music behind it.
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>By the way, did anyone else know that Chris Morris appeared on one of their early b-sides?
Yes - that's "Spongbake", a Michael Alexander St. John gem from GLR, and included right at the very end of the CD single of "You're In A Bad Way" (might have been on the 12" as well). And of course there's the "You asked me to make a record of me voice" bit from Brighton Rock immediately after the fade of YIABW. It's always really funny to hear it when DJs let it run on - then they crap themselves when the "I hate yer, you little slut" bit comes up.
Alan Bennet makes me think of Winnie The Pooh, whose readings ended up giving me obscure nightmares from the ages of 3-10
>The laugh is Professor Yaffle.
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>"So that's what the beast is..." is from the ancient film version of "Lord Of The Flies"
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Is that the 'maybe it's a ghost...' one?
Until I saw this thread I'd forgotten all about how much fun Saint Etienne albums used to be. I was so disappointed when Tiger Bay turned out to be just an album of songs. Bah.
So- does anyone know where the long drinks order comes from- ending in '...Bob knows the address...' ?
>Until I saw this thread I'd forgotten all about how much fun Saint Etienne albums used to be. I was so disappointed when Tiger Bay turned out to be just an album of songs. Bah.
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Don't be put off. New album, Sound Of Water, is brilliant, their best since So Tough.
>So- does anyone know where the long drinks order comes from- ending in '...Bob knows the address...' ?
Right - the actual monologue is the Melody Maker journalist Simon Price. The background music was taken from a 1970 TV advert for Chanel No. 5. (I suspect that St Etienne watched the TV Heaven compilation on 1970, broadcast on Channel 4 in 1992).
Some of the samples on that album appear to be cut-up tapes of a party at the Heavenly offices, which I assume is where the "Bob knows the address" bit comes from.
The funny thing on Clock Milk is said to be an alarm clock that Pete Wiggs bought in Japan.
"A man could lose himself in London" is from Billy Liar...
Trying to think of more...
The 'A cigarette, a cup of tea, a bun...' bit is from a WWII poem - but I can't remember which. Sorry.
On a similar theme, does anyone know where some of the more obscure samples from "Blue Jam" originate from? I _think_ "dreamin' bout a reefer" comes from a jokey 'bonus' track that Black Sabbath put on the end of an album, and the poem about a whale is, if childhood memory serves correctly, from a "Play School" album... but what of all the others?
>On a similar theme, does anyone know where some of the more obscure samples from "Blue Jam" originate from? I _think_ "dreamin' bout a reefer" comes from a jokey 'bonus' track that Black Sabbath put on the end of an album, and the poem about a whale is, if childhood memory serves correctly, from a "Play School" album... but what of all the others?
That poem is actually a track called "Fish" by Mr Scruff (released on Ninja Tune), complete with samples of Brian Cant and Carole Ward from Play School. I am in the process of putting together a list of everything I know in Blue Jam (so far - there are many gaps - I shall post it on here when I've got as far as I can)...