RIP to the one, the only Dickie Davis. A staple of Saturday afternoon tv on ITV, he was a serious man with a serious tache. So well regarded he was immortalised by british cultural gurus HMHB.
LOVE THIS SONG AND VIDEO AND BAND,I AM 49 NOW LIVED IN BIRKENHEAD 27 YEARS LOVED THIS SONG AND BAND AND ALL THE ALBUMS FROM A TEENAGER,AND JEGSY DODD ASWELL,THE PARK HAS SERVED ITS PURPOSE,S ITS A MAGICAL PLACE TO BE,BIRKENHEAD GREAT TOWN.
Very Breaking RIP 🖤🕊🕊🕊🖤😭 Richard John "Dickie" Davies (89, rep. 18 min ago at "Miror", 14 min ago at "The Star" and 4 min ago at "The Sun"), legendary british sports tv presenter ("World of sport") ;-(
@amimillie Yes that episode was broadcast on 10th October 1986, which had the Soup Dragons "Hang Ten" and Half Man Half Biscuit "Dickie Davies Eyes" played on the indie chart of the chart show. After playing Half Man Half Biscuit, which was at number 1 on the indie chart, they then played an indie exclusive of Goodbye Mr MacKenzie's The Rattler, featuring a young Shirley Manson playing the keyboards/vocals, who later on became the singer of Garbage !!!
Never realised this back in the day, but at 3:08 with the montage of people who you "romantically like to still believa are alive, are dead" there's a young George O'Dowd. I nearly fell off my chair laughting. It'd good that the boys can still do it after all these years.
Wow. I remember seeing this on The Chart Show in 1986 and my mum being disgusted by the idea of wiping snot on the arm of someone's chair. Good times. :-D
I can't imagine that Cadbury Flake Advert would be allowed today, that and the family in the Imperial Leather Advert passing the soap on a ski run between tubs!!! I feel blessed to be an 80s child!
What about the one where you're in the car, and all of a sudden Jimmy Savile leans over from the back seat and says "Klunk Klik, every trip". I still can't sleep.
I am now 51 and am still suffering from parental distaste. Bastards! On the plus side, I met a girl from Leeds while I was working in Portugal. She had a snake tattoo on one leg. It was one night, but I fell in love. We talked about this band and many others of the era until about 4 in the morning on her balcony. I was to meet her the next night but ended up stuck working at the airport at Faro. Fucking work! Internet. Should you chose it. Find my Algarve lover. She listened to The Brilliant Corners, The Smiths, Pixies, ETC. She is from Leeds, has a sister (who was present on the night) and we met in “on the rocks” . The Olympics were on TV and she told me her and her sister were synchronised swimmers! Thanks internet
I'm so pleased to see this. I did the offline edit on this video and I'm amazed it still exists. Jim Walli and Len, if you're tuning in, all the best. Nic.
Thanks for posting.I was 75% sure that a video for this existed but because it's 22 years since 1986, someone put the elephant of doubt in my mind (see comments on my HMHB vid). Thanks for proving them wrong! 5 Stars!
"God, I could murder a Cadbury's Flake/ But then I guess they wouldn't let me into Heaven/ Or maybe they would/ 'Cos their adverts promote oral sex...." ......More talent in those four lines than most can muster in a career.
Keyboard featured prominently on this and many of the tracks on Back Again In The DHSS. Makes it stand out from most of their work in a slightly unwordly, Melancholy kind of way.
Malcolm Coghill I saw a one legged man at Charnock Richard services once and as we got out of the car I remarked to my wife and child that he'd be useless at an arse kicking contest. As he walked by, with perfect timing yet innocence unblemished my wee lad pipes up "who'd be no good at an arse kicking contest Dad?"
How to "Explosively transition from Hippie to Punk in 1 easy lesson!" The album that sparks his metamorphosis is one of the finest I ever heard, by The Cramps.
@MrBushytop "Although known to many readers as a trilogy, the work was initially intended by Tolkien to be one volume of a two-volume set along with The Silmarillion; however, for economic reasons the publisher decided to omit the second volume, and published The Lord of the Rings itself in 1954-55 as three volumes rather than one."
Possibly, quite possibly, one of the worst ever pop videos ever made. I love the song, love the band, and if they were good at doing videos it would have ruined the whole thing. So from that perspective, brilliant. Surreal in fact.
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RIP to the one, the only Dickie Davis. A staple of Saturday afternoon tv on ITV, he was a serious man with a serious tache. So well regarded he was immortalised by british cultural gurus HMHB.
So glad I'm of the generation that grew up with this music x
This was the first HMHB song I ever heard. Back in 87, laying in my pit onboard H.M.S.Cottesmore in Rosyth. Heard it,loved it, been a fan ever since.
LOVE THIS SONG AND VIDEO AND BAND,I AM 49 NOW LIVED IN BIRKENHEAD 27 YEARS LOVED THIS SONG AND BAND AND ALL THE ALBUMS FROM A TEENAGER,AND JEGSY DODD ASWELL,THE PARK HAS SERVED ITS PURPOSE,S ITS A MAGICAL PLACE TO BE,BIRKENHEAD GREAT TOWN.
When a band turns down an appearance 'The Tube' to watch their team in a Forth Division night match then that's the band for me.
Fourth…
@@garrystubbs4891 They were playing in the Tayside League.
@@chrishall8705 🤣👍
@@garrystubbs4891 go forth and enjoy the music 🤪
True. They even offered them a helicopter to land on the pitch at half time.
They still said no. Quality 👍
Brian Moore's head looks uncannily like London Planetarium. Who else could have used such lyrics? Genius. Sheer bloody genius.
Got used as the title for the fanzine produced by Gillingham fans as well
@@peternattress8311 I remember buying copies of BMH in the 90's... and the "Our Expert Says Column.'
first time i heard this i was amazed and about a million times later i still am
its pure genious.
Genius…
Had no idea there was a video for this! I played this 12" a million times in a row. What a classic. Thanks for sharing!
one of the best bands to come out of england....seen them in manchester a few times...they never let you down.....
Very Breaking RIP 🖤🕊🕊🕊🖤😭 Richard John "Dickie" Davies (89, rep. 18 min ago at "Miror", 14 min ago at "The Star" and 4 min ago at "The Sun"), legendary british sports tv presenter ("World of sport") ;-(
I remember seeing this on the telly as a young lad.. And lovin it.
Sadly feels fitting right now : "And all those people who you romantically
Like to still believe are alive, are dead"
RIP Dickie Davies
Legend DD was
Ha Ha Ha! Class, Forton services, the angel of the north (west)! Love it, thank you.
RIP Dickie, you bloody legend.
RIP Dickie. There will always be this.
Thank you to John Peel for my introduction at the tender age of 16 to HMHB - RIP Mr Peel you shaped my whole life for the better 😘
+Hazel Glastonbury Well said Hazel.
I remember lying in bed and he played 'Time Flies By', been hooked ever since, over 30 yrs now.
he did it for me. set me on a strange path.
Hazel The McWitch same!
I got to know of loads of bands from John peels shows in the 80's
@amimillie Yes that episode was broadcast on 10th October 1986, which had the Soup Dragons "Hang Ten" and Half Man Half Biscuit "Dickie Davies Eyes" played on the indie chart of the chart show. After playing Half Man Half Biscuit, which was at number 1 on the indie chart, they then played an indie exclusive of Goodbye Mr MacKenzie's The Rattler, featuring a young Shirley Manson playing the keyboards/vocals, who later on became the singer of Garbage !!!
Never realised this back in the day, but at 3:08 with the montage of people who you "romantically like to still believa are alive, are dead" there's a young George O'Dowd. I nearly fell off my chair laughting. It'd good that the boys can still do it after all these years.
Wow. I remember seeing this on The Chart Show in 1986 and my mum being disgusted by the idea of wiping snot on the arm of someone's chair. Good times. :-D
lol, my mum was disgusted too , which only made me play it more.
Sleep well, Badger.
I can't imagine that Cadbury Flake Advert would be allowed today, that and the family in the Imperial Leather Advert passing the soap on a ski run between tubs!!! I feel blessed to be an 80s child!
What about the one where you're in the car, and all of a sudden Jimmy Savile leans over from the back seat and says "Klunk Klik, every trip". I still can't sleep.
3:55 Was that a cathode ray telly there an' all?
Absolutely quality
I am now 51 and am still suffering from parental distaste. Bastards!
On the plus side, I met a girl from Leeds while I was working in Portugal. She had a snake tattoo on one leg.
It was one night, but I fell in love. We talked about this band and many others of the era until about 4 in the morning on her balcony. I was to meet her the next night but ended up stuck working at the airport at Faro. Fucking work!
Internet.
Should you chose it.
Find my Algarve lover.
She listened to The Brilliant Corners, The Smiths, Pixies, ETC. She is from Leeds, has a sister (who was present on the night) and we met in “on the rocks” . The Olympics were on TV and she told me her and her sister were synchronised swimmers!
Thanks internet
Must be at least two
Quality story
I'm so pleased to see this. I did the offline edit on this video and I'm amazed it still exists. Jim Walli and Len, if you're tuning in, all the best.
Nic.
peacelove i remember skellys. records in the basement, its still going now just off oxton road
Still the best Synth opening to a number one hit EVA
Great memories Saturday afternoon's world of sport R.I.P
Last night I dreamt that I wrote Lord of the Rings......turns out I was Tolkein in my sleep.
That's brilliant. I'm stealing
@@lesley9989 People talk to me all the time about vegetables,that is not nece-celery what i want to hear
love it play it loud, loved frank side bottom 2
You will always be welcome in Timperley. Have a nice day, my friend.
👍
Here in 2023 because this was the first thing I thought of on hearing that Dickie Davies has died
Me too
That's the Birkenhead park and the Swiss Bridge on the lake there.I grew up a stones throw from there.
Thanks for posting.I was 75% sure that a video for this existed but because it's 22 years since 1986, someone put the elephant of doubt in my mind (see comments on my HMHB vid).
Thanks for proving them wrong! 5 Stars!
36 years
R.I.P. Dickie.
Forton ! The best services on the M6
I always change it to Meecock Meecock Lucy Meecock whenever I watch Granada Reports. Bring back Bob Greaves!
Just brought of a copy of this single for £1.50.. what a fricken bargin!!! Shame it cost £2.10 in postage... aaaarh well such is life... lol
Crapping myself reading this.
Good job I was on the pot anyway.
"God, I could murder a Cadbury's Flake/
But then I guess they wouldn't let me into Heaven/
Or maybe they would/
'Cos their adverts promote oral sex...."
......More talent in those four lines than most can muster in a career.
RIP Dickie
Just waiting for a quiz programme to ask what band refereneced Bob Todd, Rod Hull, Fred Timus, Dickie Davies etc.. in their songs
Best opening line to a song ever
Keyboard featured prominently on this and many of the tracks on Back Again In The DHSS. Makes it stand out from most of their work in a slightly unwordly, Melancholy kind of way.
RIP Dickie davies
Sheer genius!
Best band in the world
Rip Dickie Davis 🙏🏼
Puts on Psychedelic Jungle by the Cramps and does his nut. I love it.
Many targets worth hitting but I'm actually quite fond of Phoenix in Obsidian.That's a title for you NIgel.
More of an Elric man, tbh, but I see your point.
Wallasey lad
RIP Dickie Davies
RIP Dickie :(
An entire career justified in the opening lines of this one song alone.
RIP Dickie Davies.
My fave song of theirs.
is that Charnock Richard services? Used to love the arcade there when we went to me nan's caravan.
fooman65 It's Forton Sevices
Fuck off! It's Forton aka Lancaster Services.
Dickie Davies is really called Dickie Mallan as he is the Emperor Mallan
I got banned from Facebook for 28 days for quoting the opening lyrics on a thread.
Filmed in part at Charnock Richard M6 services. I weighed myself on that weighing machine, once, in about 1987
A brush with fame indeed! My mate used to sell baguettes there.
Malcolm Coghill I had a piss there 3 weeks ago
Malcolm Coghill I saw a one legged man at Charnock Richard services once and as we got out of the car I remarked to my wife and child that he'd be useless at an arse kicking contest. As he walked by, with perfect timing yet innocence unblemished my wee lad pipes up "who'd be no good at an arse kicking contest Dad?"
I thought the tower was Forton?
@@TonyBlews Yeah, it clearly says "Forton" as well!
Love it ❤️❤️❤️
2:11... Is that Keith Chegwin?!?
They don't make 'em like this anymore
All music videos should have Moorcock in them
How to "Explosively transition from Hippie to Punk in 1 easy lesson!" The album that sparks his metamorphosis is one of the finest I ever heard, by The Cramps.
It's "Psychedelic Jungle" from 1981...... I still have the vinyl!
How about Stewart Copeland?
Mono, seriously. You do a great band a disservice.
R.i.p. Dickie Davies
i have hmhb on video somewhere on the wirral ill try and get it on here ....somehow
@MrBushytop "Although known to many readers as a trilogy, the work was initially intended by Tolkien to be one volume of a two-volume set along with The Silmarillion; however, for economic reasons the publisher decided to omit the second volume, and published The Lord of the Rings itself in 1954-55 as three volumes rather than one."
Sometimes it is just a moment. Reffed on R5 today
New HMHB albums great too
But but Michael Moorcock, why?
fantastic :-)
Rest in peace dickie Davis
I like to think that Dickie Davies heard this and was even "mildly impressed".
@MrBushytop intensely flattered. quite tearful actually albeit a bit dead.
@malcolmcog It always was, and always will be, Forton Services! Don't let it die!!
beautiful
Hold up, is that Richard E Grant?
When grange road was busy
Still, still the best Synth...
great
they do, yeh
And all those people who you romantically
Like to still believe are alive, are dead
Beatles fans might dispute that ranking :)
that's preposterous
grear
My ex girlfriend liked Jim Morrison AND Michael Moorcock. You can guess how that worked out
Doesn't Neil look like Cheggers??
Possibly, quite possibly, one of the worst ever pop videos ever made. I love the song, love the band, and if they were good at doing videos it would have ruined the whole thing. So from that perspective, brilliant. Surreal in fact.
It had to be shite👍🏻 they take to mick out of society, thank God😂
This is a bit too weird... even for me!
behave
I love this song shove ye rap music as far as it will go HMHB take the piss
Terrible parking at 2:00 Clearly over the line. So selfish. Is it any wonder you can never find a space these days.
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I think it's about pretentious students full stop, not just the trendy socialist ones.
Rick Ribcage in the three years since writing last I wondered if you had lighted the feck up?
R.I.P. Dickie.
RIP Dickie Davies.
RIP Dickie
R.I.P. Dickie