| Elf Power – Listening to the Higson's Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| The Higsons were a funky group from Norwich featuring Charlie Higson who later became a very successful comedian/writer and Terry Edwards, a musician who has played with just about everyone - including Robyn Hitchcock. The Higsons had a record "Gotta let this heat out". So Robyn thought he heard them singing "gotta let this hen out". The sleeve notes of this when it came out on as a single said it was recorded "In a barn in Sussex not far from where Dennis Healey lives" (the things that stick in your mind). Healey lived in Alfriston. I'd love to draw a connection between this and East Grinstead, but they aren't particularly close to each other. Incidentally those sleeve notes also pointed out that one of the rhythm instruments on the track was "a wok, half full of water". | |
| Elf Power – Listening to the Higson's Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| The Higsons were a funky group from Norwich featuring Charlie Higson who later became a very successful comedian/writer and Terry Edwards, a musician who has played with just about everyone - including Robyn Hitchcock. The Higsons had a record "Gotta let this heat out". So Robyn thought he heard them singing "gotta let this hen out". The sleeve notes of this, when it came out on as a single, said it was recorded "In a barn in Sussex not far from where Dennis Healey lives" (the things that stick in your mind). Healey lived in Alfriston. I'd love to draw a connection between this and East Grinstead, but they aren't particularly close to each other. Incidentally those sleeve notes also pointed out that one of the rhythm instruments on the track was "a wok, half full of water". | |
| Robyn Hitchcock – Brenda's Iron Sledge Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I believe that this is a political song - with Brenda as Margaret Thatcher, hurtling downhill on a human chain of populism. Why? Well, I saw Hitchcock perform this in the early 80s and he said as much in his intro - although how much credence you can give to Robyn's inter-song ramblings is questionable. That makes me feel very old. My name is almost Reg I can feel it. Of course it's not ONLY a political song. But it is in part. Or it can be. Or something. I love "Please don't call me Reg, it's not my name (not yet)". To me it suggests a world where being named Reg comes to us all - like grey hair, bad eyesight and increasing conservatism. Calling someone Reg will only hasten that process. This is what I like about Hitchcock. He doesn't just provide you with a series of baffling images, but provides a packet of seeds to grow your own baffling images - given the right "emotional nutrients" (another Hitchcockism). |
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