I love the way commenters criticise it for being pap, as if it was a project to surpass art-house rock or something. It was a novelty record for God's sake, get a grip..
Well, if it’s just a novelty record why are YOU getting so wound up about it? I would have thought as novelty record the idea was to at least be amusing - and it wasn’t. Got that have we? Good.
I don't think a lot of people nowadays get novelty records (which we had a lot of in the Seventies).. In general, people take it all far too seriously now. I'd much rather see gorilla costumes and toasters on stage than the endless plethora of posing, pouting and bare flesh we have these days
I heard it was shortly after it was released , interesting thing is , i thought it was Laurie lee and the dipstickers . I was also told who the other one was too , but i can't remember now . I think he was also a dj just don't quote me on that . Nice surprise , finding it here . Just wondering what other little jem's i can find from that era now ! .
To his credit, he was the first to play the original Convoy in the UK and kept promoting it, even getting a CB radio expert on to his show to explain the lyrics, line by line, revealing its anti-authority message. Two years earlier, he did the same with another spoken word record, The Prophet. And this was on Radio One. Hard to imagine that degree of depth in today's version which is the same station in name only.
At 0:29 "after all those eggs, chips, sausage and beans, what I really needed was a nap". I'm a little older today than I was then, but clearly my sense of humour has got more childish as I have a very different rhyme today, which I'm sure is intentional. This has weathered far better than the original... thanks for sharing.
@@paulkirton8945 No angel ? You're avin a laff incha.??? , no amount of money could pay for the harm that fkn freakazoid did.. Kirton pull yourself together.
It pains me as an American to say this, but a convoy in Canada protesting Covid restrictions reached 70 kilometers (43 miles) long, setting a world record. "The biggest bloomin' convoy outside Can-ad-AY"?
It was a foggy day On the sixth of May In a Scammell haulin' bricks; It was just crackin' dawn And I started to yawn ’Cause I couldn’t find any nice chicks. I tried Newport Pagnell, Toddington, And even Watford Gap. But after so many eggs and chips, sausage and beans What I really needed was a nap. It’s a lonely life, truck-drivin'; But it’s better than a bike. ’Cause when you’re up in the cab You’re the king of the road And it’s dead romantic-like! And then I remembered me two-way radio, So I started feelin’ better: And I thought 'I’ll start a convoy: Y'know, just like that American feller!' Thus began the saga Of the M1 motorway Of the biggest bloomin' convoy Outside the USA Why not join our line-up? It’s completely free. All you need is transport And a current MOT Convoy… 'Hello, this is Super Scouse callin': anyone out there, come on?' 'Er, hello, hello, this is Plastic Chicken, get off.' 'That’s "come on." What’s your load, Plastic Chicken?' 'Er, well, it would have been quick-drying cement, but the rain got in, heh-heh. D'you know anybody who wants to buy a three-ton brick?' 'Oh, dear!' So there we were, the two of us, At the start of somethin' big There was Plastic Chicken with his brick on wheels And me in my big rig. And with every junction that we passed Others would tag on There was even a London Transport bus 'Here, that’s a nice wagon!' It certainly was an impressive sight To see us on the road There was vehicles of every shape and size We certainly had growed! Suddenly there was this commotion There was a circus, and a fair There was an animal acrobatic act: 'Oh look, a bear in the air! heh-heh' You’re listening to the saga Of the M1 motorway Of the biggest bloomin' convoy Outside the USA. We’re halfway through our story So please don’t go away Here comes Spaghetti Junction 'Aw, we'll be here all day!' Convoy… 'Eh, hello, hello, Plastic Chicken, eh, get off, come on-- do I have to say this every time?' 'Yeah! Have you seen any fuzz-boxes? That’s slang for "police cars."' 'Oh, uh, Jackanory, Super Scouse: that’s slang for "’no.”' 'That’s "negatory," you berk!' 'Ooh, I say, is this a private convoy, or can anybody join?' 'Oh, what's your wheels, our kid?' 'Would you believe a camper?' Spaghetti Junction was comin’ up So we were bound to lose a few And sure enough, the forklift truck Disappeared headin' off towards Crewe. The combine harvester shred a wheel And the driver lost control And a mobile DJ crashed his van So he ain’t gonna play no soul, 10-4 So we end our story Of the M1 motorway Of the biggest bloomin' convoy Outside the USA This record is good value As you can plainly see Use the label as a tax disc Though it’s a felony Convoy… 'Er, Plastic Chicken to Super Scouse, there’s a big black limo comin' up behind.' 'Eh, what about it, our kid?' 'Well, it’s got a flag on the front and a funny number plate: HRH1.' 'Ooh! Mercy sakes, good buddy, you better give her the front door and wave her on, like.' 'Okay, Super Scouse, I’m wavin' her on-- ooh look, she’s waving back!' 'Eh, listen, Plastic chicken, d'you want to stick it in behind that suicide jockey?' ''Er, what’s a suicide jockey?' 'As it 'appens, 'owzabout ( _stupid vocal noise_ ) *Crash*
I am enough of a gentleman to believe they had enough self-respect to feel 100% real boredom if they were jobbing an ego project for a tedious beery old dullard like DLT.@@grahamspragg7494
Yeah no more stuff like this anymore, just plastic faces and hate filled rap crap. That's the trouble they all take themselves too seriously and can't take criticism or a a joke. The 70s had its share of shit times but compared to these days was paradise. To borrow a phrase from our Yankee friends these times suck the big one.!
I love the way commenters criticise it for being pap, as if it was a project to surpass art-house rock or something. It was a novelty record for God's sake, get a grip..
tbf DLT used his radio station to play and promote the song. Without that it would never have entered the charts
@@mikemarron3333 His radio station? At the time I believe he worked for the BBC.
@@cjmillsnun Apologies. Radio show.
Well, if it’s just a novelty record why are YOU getting so wound up about it? I would have thought as novelty record the idea was to at least be amusing - and it wasn’t. Got that have we? Good.
I don't think a lot of people nowadays get novelty records (which we had a lot of in the Seventies)..
In general, people take it all far too seriously now.
I'd much rather see gorilla costumes and toasters on stage than the endless plethora of posing, pouting and bare flesh we have these days
Never knew it was Dave Lee Travis singing this parody. Bloody brilliant it is.
I heard it was shortly after it was released , interesting thing is , i thought it was Laurie lee and the dipstickers . I was also told who the other one was too , but i can't remember now . I think he was also a dj just don't quote me on that . Nice surprise , finding it here . Just wondering what other little jem's i can find from that era now ! .
those were the days my friend we thought theyd never end, great time great songs the great seventies
D L T TOTALLY INNOCENT AND A DECENT MAN ROCK ON DAVE ❤️❤️
A decent man with the courage to call out the BBC in 1993, to his own cost.
Haha Love It, I remember hearing this on the radio when I was a teen.
Paul Burnett..very funny and underated!
To his credit, he was the first to play the original Convoy in the UK and kept promoting it, even getting a CB radio expert on to his show to explain the lyrics, line by line, revealing its anti-authority message. Two years earlier, he did the same with another spoken word record, The Prophet. And this was on Radio One. Hard to imagine that degree of depth in today's version which is the same station in name only.
DLT the man’s a legend, never will there ever be a funnier DJ.
Truth👍
No, he's a sex pest
At 0:29 "after all those eggs, chips, sausage and beans, what I really needed was a nap".
I'm a little older today than I was then, but clearly my sense of humour has got more childish as I have a very different rhyme today, which I'm sure is intentional.
This has weathered far better than the original... thanks for sharing.
Old music hall trick of the mis rhyme or unexpected rhyme
Good job he did not mention truckers.
DLT great fella and top DJ 👍 This on totp 👍
Great been waiting for this for a long time keep em comming
Awesome 1976 lives on great fun record🤣
Just got a CB after 30 yrs out the game and im loving it
DLT and Paul Burnett. Brilliant
So that's why you don't see this on the BBC any more....
Are we talking about 3:32 ?
@@wildevixen7753yep
"Plastic Chicken" is another Radio 1 DJ of the era - Paul Burnett
I bet C.W. had a good laugh over this! :-)
Assuming he ever heard it.
@@wildevixen7753 I'm sure someone brought it to his attention.
@@wildevixen7753 In the first place, LL&tD had to get the rights to the tune.
Fantastic to hear this again. I remember when it was released. I thought it was a great send up.
Is that a prophecy about Saville at the end?
That's what I was thinking
@@TheWacoKid1963
Yep like they were trying to tell us something...
Ha!ha!,love it!,that's a big 10-4!!!.
He said some DJ gave me that nickname the hairy cornflake without revealing who it was, David Hamilton named him the hairy monster
I'd love to give some drivers one of the Backing Singers T-shirts - "You Dipstick"
I'm pretty sure that says "The Dipsticks".
Jimmy Savile gets a cameo appearance at the end. Bastard.
He raised millions for charity. Ok he was no angel but who is?
@@paulkirton8945
No angel ? You're avin a laff incha.??? , no amount of money could pay for the harm that fkn freakazoid did.. Kirton pull yourself together.
@@paulkirton8945 He was a groomer what is wrong with you 😭
It pains me as an American to say this, but a convoy in Canada protesting Covid restrictions reached 70 kilometers (43 miles) long, setting a world record.
"The biggest bloomin' convoy outside Can-ad-AY"?
Mate, this recording is from 1976 !!
Merely making the point that the record is now held “outside the USA.”
@sirtinycreep it's not that bad. When you hear music by the likes of Justin Bieber and Rebecca Black, this stuff is gold!
Hate to be pedantic, but Spaghetti Junction is M6, not M1. Having said that, love the song. Thanks Hairy Cornflake
Ah, the good old Clairol Crazy-Curl..!
good grief,a top 5 hit,from the hairy cornflake!!!
Takes me back
john peel nicknamed him the hairy cornflake.
DLT: the saviour of democracy in Burma...
The Burmah curry house, Wallsend..
It was a foggy day
On the sixth of May
In a Scammell haulin' bricks;
It was just crackin' dawn
And I started to yawn
’Cause I couldn’t find any nice chicks.
I tried Newport Pagnell, Toddington,
And even Watford Gap.
But after so many eggs and chips, sausage and beans
What I really needed was a nap.
It’s a lonely life, truck-drivin';
But it’s better than a bike.
’Cause when you’re up in the cab
You’re the king of the road
And it’s dead romantic-like!
And then I remembered me two-way radio,
So I started feelin’ better:
And I thought 'I’ll start a convoy:
Y'know, just like that American feller!'
Thus began the saga
Of the M1 motorway
Of the biggest bloomin' convoy
Outside the USA
Why not join our line-up?
It’s completely free.
All you need is transport
And a current MOT
Convoy…
'Hello, this is Super Scouse callin': anyone out there, come on?'
'Er, hello, hello, this is Plastic Chicken, get off.'
'That’s "come on." What’s your load, Plastic Chicken?'
'Er, well, it would have been quick-drying cement, but the rain got in, heh-heh. D'you know anybody who wants to buy a three-ton brick?'
'Oh, dear!'
So there we were, the two of us,
At the start of somethin' big
There was Plastic Chicken with his brick on wheels
And me in my big rig.
And with every junction that we passed
Others would tag on
There was even a London Transport bus
'Here, that’s a nice wagon!'
It certainly was an impressive sight
To see us on the road
There was vehicles of every shape and size
We certainly had growed!
Suddenly there was this commotion
There was a circus, and a fair
There was an animal acrobatic act:
'Oh look, a bear in the air! heh-heh'
You’re listening to the saga
Of the M1 motorway
Of the biggest bloomin' convoy
Outside the USA.
We’re halfway through our story
So please don’t go away
Here comes Spaghetti Junction
'Aw, we'll be here all day!'
Convoy…
'Eh, hello, hello, Plastic Chicken, eh, get off, come on-- do I have to say this every time?'
'Yeah! Have you seen any fuzz-boxes? That’s slang for "police cars."'
'Oh, uh, Jackanory, Super Scouse: that’s slang for "’no.”'
'That’s "negatory," you berk!'
'Ooh, I say, is this a private convoy, or can anybody join?'
'Oh, what's your wheels, our kid?'
'Would you believe a camper?'
Spaghetti Junction was comin’ up
So we were bound to lose a few
And sure enough, the forklift truck
Disappeared headin' off towards Crewe.
The combine harvester shred a wheel
And the driver lost control
And a mobile DJ crashed his van
So he ain’t gonna play no soul, 10-4
So we end our story
Of the M1 motorway
Of the biggest bloomin' convoy
Outside the USA
This record is good value
As you can plainly see
Use the label as a tax disc
Though it’s a felony
Convoy…
'Er, Plastic Chicken to Super Scouse, there’s a big black limo comin' up behind.'
'Eh, what about it, our kid?'
'Well, it’s got a flag on the front and a funny number plate: HRH1.'
'Ooh! Mercy sakes, good buddy, you better give her the front door and wave her on, like.'
'Okay, Super Scouse, I’m wavin' her on-- ooh look, she’s waving back!'
'Eh, listen, Plastic chicken, d'you want to stick it in behind that suicide jockey?'
''Er, what’s a suicide jockey?'
'As it 'appens, 'owzabout ( _stupid vocal noise_ )
*Crash*
Can someone please , for the sake of us non-british types, explain the bit about the explosion, Saville, etc?
@@leolordful I reckon it was a crash rather than an explosion; the convoy all ran into each other.
@MaskedMan66 hmmm perhaps. I just couldn't tell about the photo and explosion etc. Was confused
OMFG! :P
That must be Tony's real hair, before he got his full cap wig.
Marvelous! Thanks for uploading. DLT (apart from being an utter tw*t) looks like something from a BDSM video? Love the hairstyles. Pure 70's!
Looks more like a superhero to me.
Holy fuckin christ. How did anyone survive the nineteen seventies?
And the eighties were lying in wait.
By enjoying them?
Where's DLT been sticking his dipstick ?
Up Pan's People.
Who were The Dipsticks?
Laurie Lingo was a clever pun.
Yes you are indeed!!!!!
DLT was stitched up- INNOCENT
QUACK QUACK OOPS
Yes you are!!!!!!!
Possibly the most bored-looking backing singers in the history of music.
I think that was the point. It was a tongue-in-cheek novelty record.
I am enough of a gentleman to believe they had enough self-respect to feel 100% real boredom if they were jobbing an ego project for a tedious beery old dullard like DLT.@@grahamspragg7494
Hold on - Robert Palmer Addicted to Love holds that title.
Claire Laurie
Don't get stuff like this in the charts now. Thank god.
No, it's much, much , much worse.
Yeah no more stuff like this anymore, just plastic faces and hate filled rap crap. That's the trouble they all take themselves too seriously and can't take criticism or a a joke.
The 70s had its share of shit times but compared to these days was paradise. To borrow a phrase from our Yankee friends these times suck the big one.!
This is a breath of fresh air compared to all today's posing and pouting, and over-produced twaddle.
Use the label as a tax disc though it's melamine!!!!
felony
@@ellenorbjornsdottir1166 It doesn't sound like either.
Though it's a felony
Mine was only a guess seeing as how most lyric sites say illegible
with great fucking difficulty
Its awful.....the shit these egomaniacs got away with when there was only 2 channels on tv and good old BBC radio!!....thank god for evolution!
Yes, absolutely, the BBC is full of celebrities with ego restraint now isn't it..
Sheesh..
qualitee
ha ha...your darn tootin fella!, his ego was his own worst enemy!
DLT dressed as a supoer-hero Na na na na na NONCEMAN
A who's who of 70's sex offenders !
@TheKenfig I agree. It's simply awful. What's worse is that DLT really thinks he's good at accents.
The seventies were shit.
We're you there, hon?
Dave Lee Travis. The unfunniest man ever.
Rot👺
No, that'd be Michael McIntyre. A man who is about as funny as a burning orphanage..
QUACK QUACK OOPS
Yes, but you have to admit he is a calming influence at times of stress. (Sarcasm alert.) @@harrycallahan3391
Always knew he was a guilty groper
You knew nothing of the sort
INNOCENT
i agree, really good comment.
Claire Laurie