Comments on: THE WURZELS – “Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)” http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Tue, 29 May 2012 02:19:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jimmy the Swede http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-1005061 Jimmy the Swede Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:30:37 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-1005061 Nice going, Rosie! Acres of land await. Nice going, Rosie! Acres of land await.

]]> By: punctum http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-1002583 punctum Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:31:20 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-1002583 Hurrah! No stopping you now, Rosie...oi, get your grips off my turnips! Hurrah! No stopping you now, Rosie…oi, get your grips off my turnips!

]]> By: a tanned rested and unlogged lørd sükråt wötsît http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-1002565 a tanned rested and unlogged lørd sükråt wötsît Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:56:11 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-1002565 :) well done rosie! :) well done rosie!

]]> By: enitharmon http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-1002556 enitharmon Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:29:09 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-1002556 AS good a place as any, I think, to mention that I passed my NPTC Tractor Competence test today. AS good a place as any, I think, to mention that I passed my NPTC Tractor Competence test today.

]]> By: Under the Moon of Love « The Hits Just Keep On Comin’ http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-642278 Under the Moon of Love « The Hits Just Keep On Comin’ Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:05:48 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-642278 [...] know as “scrumpy and western.” “Combine Harvester” features what Tom Ewing, writing at Popular, calls “surely the best (or maybe worst) innuendo to grace a chart-topping record” and [...] [...] know as “scrumpy and western.” “Combine Harvester” features what Tom Ewing, writing at Popular, calls “surely the best (or maybe worst) innuendo to grace a chart-topping record” and [...]

]]> By: Alan http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-433288 Alan Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:16:45 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-433288 I have a performance of this on an old Cheggers Plays Pop i got off uknova. I have a performance of this on an old Cheggers Plays Pop i got off uknova.

]]> By: Billy Smart http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-433245 Billy Smart Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:15:14 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-433245 Light Entertainment Watch Update! I've found a more detailed catalogue... Other appearances included; THE BIG TOP VARIETY SHOW: Featuring Lionel Blair, The Wurzels, The Krankies, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Bernie Winters & Schnorbitz (1980) KEN DODD'S WORLD OF LAUGHTER: Featuring Ken Dodd, The Wurzels, Faith Brown (1976) THE RONNIE CORBETT SPECIAL: Featuring Ronnie Corbett, Jim Davidson, The Wurzels, Beryl Reid (1979) SEASIDE SPECIAL: Featuring Tony Blackburn, The Wurzels, Peters & Lee, Frankie Vaughan, New Edition, Roy Hudd, Larry Grayson (1976) SEASIDE SPECIAL: Featuring Tony Blackburn, Jim Davidson, The Wurzels, Vera Lynn, Tony Selby, New Edition(1977) THAT'S LIFE: Featuring The Wurzels (1977) 3-2-1: Featuring Ted Rogers, The Wurzels, Les Dennis (1981) The Big Top show was a Billy Smart production, I note... Light Entertainment Watch Update! I’ve found a more detailed catalogue… Other appearances included;

THE BIG TOP VARIETY SHOW: Featuring Lionel Blair, The Wurzels, The Krankies, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Bernie Winters & Schnorbitz (1980)

KEN DODD’S WORLD OF LAUGHTER: Featuring Ken Dodd, The Wurzels, Faith Brown (1976)

THE RONNIE CORBETT SPECIAL: Featuring Ronnie Corbett, Jim Davidson, The Wurzels, Beryl Reid (1979)

SEASIDE SPECIAL: Featuring Tony Blackburn, The Wurzels, Peters & Lee, Frankie Vaughan, New Edition, Roy Hudd, Larry Grayson (1976)

SEASIDE SPECIAL: Featuring Tony Blackburn, Jim Davidson, The Wurzels, Vera Lynn, Tony Selby, New Edition(1977)

THAT’S LIFE: Featuring The Wurzels (1977)

3-2-1: Featuring Ted Rogers, The Wurzels, Les Dennis (1981)

The Big Top show was a Billy Smart production, I note…

]]> By: Erithian http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417962 Erithian Fri, 09 May 2008 13:26:25 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417962 Veering into Sinead O'Connor territory, but feel free to elaborate!! Veering into Sinead O’Connor territory, but feel free to elaborate!!

]]> By: Drucius http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417961 Drucius Fri, 09 May 2008 13:17:53 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417961 Erithian #79 "Drucius - seriously, that sounds like a lyric to an evocative song, maybe something on an early Springsteen album. Good stuff." Thanks very much, good of you to say so. I was going to evoke "the smell of a teenage catholic girl's long, lustrous hair", but I thought that was probably too much information, as it were. Erithian #79 “Drucius – seriously, that sounds like a lyric to an evocative song, maybe something on an early Springsteen album. Good stuff.”

Thanks very much, good of you to say so. I was going to evoke “the smell of a teenage catholic girl’s long, lustrous hair”, but I thought that was probably too much information, as it were.

]]> By: Waldo http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417864 Waldo Fri, 09 May 2008 09:15:25 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417864 I'm very impressed you know where fine leg is, Rosie. It was always euphemistically known as "Gooch's Gloomy Place". I loved that! Erithian - I'll never forgive Sir Viv for what he and Somerset (ob. Wurzels) did to Surrey in the 1981 B&H Final. It was a demolition job, although I do have a happy memory of it. This was chiefly caused by running into Somerset fans equipped with giant containers of their home-made (ahem!) "apple juice", which my 20 year-old self was only too happy to sample. On reflection, it is amazing that I remember anything at all! I’m very impressed you know where fine leg is, Rosie. It was always euphemistically known as “Gooch’s Gloomy Place”.
I loved that!

Erithian – I’ll never forgive Sir Viv for what he and Somerset (ob. Wurzels) did to Surrey in the 1981 B&H Final. It was a demolition job, although I do have a happy memory of it. This was chiefly caused by running into Somerset fans equipped with giant containers of their home-made (ahem!) “apple juice”, which my 20 year-old self was only too happy to sample. On reflection, it is amazing that I remember anything at all!

]]> By: forum cat http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417605 forum cat Thu, 08 May 2008 22:09:46 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417605 Heineken spot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbh8VzOXYEk Heineken spot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbh8VzOXYEk

]]> By: rosie http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417421 rosie Thu, 08 May 2008 14:32:14 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417421 I can recall passing through the car park of the Kelsey Kerridge Sports Centre, which overlooks the Fenners gound in Cambridge, while a match between Cambridge University and Somerset (ob. Wurzels) was in progress. Just as Joel Garner - no mistaking him - was coming in to bowl off a short run. Two steps up to the crease, and middle stump was flying towards the fine leg boundary. I can recall passing through the car park of the Kelsey Kerridge Sports Centre, which overlooks the Fenners gound in Cambridge, while a match between Cambridge University and Somerset (ob. Wurzels) was in progress. Just as Joel Garner – no mistaking him – was coming in to bowl off a short run. Two steps up to the crease, and middle stump was flying towards the fine leg boundary.

]]> By: Erithian http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417417 Erithian Thu, 08 May 2008 14:19:31 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417417 Waldo - not that I'm obsessed with Viv having mentioned him three times now, but this time last year he was on TMS during the Headingley Test, and during the frequent rain delays he talked very eloquently about his time as a youngster at Somerset, being coached alongside Botham by Brian Close. The affection was clearly very genuine, and it was great radio. (It was also possibly the coldest day's Test cricket ever!) Waldo – not that I’m obsessed with Viv having mentioned him three times now, but this time last year he was on TMS during the Headingley Test, and during the frequent rain delays he talked very eloquently about his time as a youngster at Somerset, being coached alongside Botham by Brian Close. The affection was clearly very genuine, and it was great radio. (It was also possibly the coldest day’s Test cricket ever!)

]]> By: Mark G http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417414 Mark G Thu, 08 May 2008 14:12:55 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417414 Do you think they're appreciating the Wurzels over at the Richie Benaud appreciation society? :) Do you think they’re appreciating the Wurzels over at the Richie Benaud appreciation society? :)

]]> By: Waldo http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417401 Waldo Thu, 08 May 2008 13:43:26 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417401 Erithian - My own diagnosis is that few modern West Indian Test players supplememnt their trade by playing County Cricket in England, whereas in the seventies, they all did. I have every reason to suppose that the sport still thrives in the islands but the skills are simply not nurtured adequately; and when rather untested (no pun intended) talent, no matter how enthusiastic, finds itself locking horns with Australia (the most sports-happy nation on earth) or even England, the slaughtering of the innocents is the result. Erithian – My own diagnosis is that few modern West Indian Test players supplememnt their trade by playing County Cricket in England, whereas in the seventies, they all did. I have every reason to suppose that the sport still thrives in the islands but the skills are simply not nurtured adequately; and when rather untested (no pun intended) talent, no matter how enthusiastic, finds itself locking horns with Australia (the most sports-happy nation on earth) or even England, the slaughtering of the innocents is the result.

]]> By: Dan R http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417386 Dan R Thu, 08 May 2008 13:05:52 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417386 I'm fairly sure Kelly Monteith came later to British television. 1978/9 maybe? I always liked his show when I was young, until he did the strange meta-comedy series in which he seemed to be working through the aftermath of a messy divorce, without much comic distance. I’m fairly sure Kelly Monteith came later to British television. 1978/9 maybe? I always liked his show when I was young, until he did the strange meta-comedy series in which he seemed to be working through the aftermath of a messy divorce, without much comic distance.

]]> By: Erithian http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417375 Erithian Thu, 08 May 2008 12:42:28 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417375 Waldo - yes, we always yearned to beat them when they were at their peak, but it's a lot less satisfying now they're in their current state. And some commentators were saying last year you can't even put it down to the influence of American sports. A favourite piece of commentary from Richie Benaud on Richards batting in a one-day game: "(Excitedly) It's in the air … (long pause) … it's still in the air … it's six!" Waldo – yes, we always yearned to beat them when they were at their peak, but it’s a lot less satisfying now they’re in their current state. And some commentators were saying last year you can’t even put it down to the influence of American sports.

A favourite piece of commentary from Richie Benaud on Richards batting in a one-day game: “(Excitedly) It’s in the air … (long pause) … it’s still in the air … it’s six!”

]]> By: Waldo http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417337 Waldo Thu, 08 May 2008 11:11:09 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417337 I know what Erithian means. As a Surrey CCC member (well, a junior member back then), I was present at the Oval Test, when the words of one Tony Greg came back to bite him seriously on his Springbok botty: "These West Indians are great cricketers, but when they're down, they grovel. And I intend to make them grovel!" Cue Mr Greg crawling across the Oval turf... How sad the Windies are so wretched these days. Those Clive Lloyd-led sides were simply magnificent. I know what Erithian means. As a Surrey CCC member (well, a junior member back then), I was present at the Oval Test, when the words of one Tony Greg came back to bite him seriously on his Springbok botty:

“These West Indians are great cricketers, but when they’re down, they grovel. And I intend to make them grovel!” Cue Mr Greg crawling across the Oval turf…

How sad the Windies are so wretched these days. Those Clive Lloyd-led sides were simply magnificent.

]]> By: DJ Punctum http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417330 DJ Punctum Thu, 08 May 2008 10:56:08 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417330 For a second I misread that as "burning up on Kelly Monteith." He was a very popular funnyman in 1976 also. For a second I misread that as “burning up on Kelly Monteith.”

He was a very popular funnyman in 1976 also.

]]> By: Erithian http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417320 Erithian Thu, 08 May 2008 10:41:11 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417320 Drucius - seriously, that sounds like a lyric to an evocative song, maybe something on an early Springsteen album. Good stuff. I've got some of those type of memories, but they belong further on in the summer. The Wurzel weeks were more a case of sitting in a school classroom trying to cool down, or watching the Windies rack up several hundred mainly due to Viv Richards. Drucius – seriously, that sounds like a lyric to an evocative song, maybe something on an early Springsteen album. Good stuff.

I’ve got some of those type of memories, but they belong further on in the summer. The Wurzel weeks were more a case of sitting in a school classroom trying to cool down, or watching the Windies rack up several hundred mainly due to Viv Richards.

]]> By: Drucius http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417294 Drucius Thu, 08 May 2008 09:14:36 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417294 "Hottest overall summer (June-Aug): 1976." Ah me...playing tennis in Baxter Park with Sally Ann, burning up on Monifieth beach...happy days. “Hottest overall summer (June-Aug): 1976.”

Ah me…playing tennis in Baxter Park with Sally Ann, burning up on Monifieth beach…happy days.

]]> By: Waldo http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417293 Waldo Thu, 08 May 2008 09:14:27 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417293 If it takes forever, Tom, will we be prepared to wait? If it takes forever, Tom, will we be prepared to wait?

]]> By: Waldo http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417287 Waldo Thu, 08 May 2008 09:04:30 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417287 Yeah, Marcello, but maybe given time you'll have a change of heart. Yeah, Marcello, but maybe given time you’ll have a change of heart.

]]> By: DJ Punctum http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417274 DJ Punctum Thu, 08 May 2008 08:51:12 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417274 Words cannot express how much regular Popular updates mean to me! Words cannot express how much regular Popular updates mean to me!

]]> By: Waldo http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417243 Waldo Thu, 08 May 2008 07:42:11 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/05/the-wurzels-combine-harvester-brand-new-key/#comment-417243 Tom - I'd do anything for you, your wish is my command. Tom – I’d do anything for you, your wish is my command.

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