The protagonist attempts to emulate heroic figures he sees on the TV, in such iconic 1970s fare as spaghetti westerns and "The Sweeney". This is what he means when he's "posing down the pub", trying to be a cool cat, as everything tells him he should be.
Carrying these images in his head, he begins his night out by getting blind drunk in the pub on disgusting beer and then having sex with a woman even he calls a dog. It is meant to show how he is more like the unfortunates in the stories (the corporal, the criminals who are caught) than the cool cats like Davy Crockett and the likely lads at the station.
With his drunken, misogynistic ways, the protagonist certainly doesn't come off looking too good if you look past the cocksure Cockney patter.
The song is light-hearted and packed with cultural references to 1970s Britain/London which explains its enduring appeal.
The protagonist attempts to emulate heroic figures he sees on the TV, in such iconic 1970s fare as spaghetti westerns and "The Sweeney". This is what he means when he's "posing down the pub", trying to be a cool cat, as everything tells him he should be.
Carrying these images in his head, he begins his night out by getting blind drunk in the pub on disgusting beer and then having sex with a woman even he calls a dog. It is meant to show how he is more like the unfortunates in the stories (the corporal, the criminals who are caught) than the cool cats like Davy Crockett and the likely lads at the station.
With his drunken, misogynistic ways, the protagonist certainly doesn't come off looking too good if you look past the cocksure Cockney patter.
The song is light-hearted and packed with cultural references to 1970s Britain/London which explains its enduring appeal.