El Presidente wrote:

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Speaking of risable - how about Aussie 70s MOR stalwarts Sherbet with "Howzat"?

I think member Joel would enjoy "****ing hell. It's Fred Titmus." by Half Man Half Biscuit- the most famous band ever known to support Tranmere Rovers!

Fred Titmus of course a former England cricketer.

BTW - do the Fiery Furnaces include our own Tom "sometimes known as Fiery" Furness?

Cheers El P, I'll get downloading. Another great title from HMHB

(Doesn't beat recent favourite 'We Built This Village On A Trad. Arr. Tune' though).

Does Rolf Harris "Jake the Peg" count?

I had a dreadful childhood really, I s'pose I shouldn't moan
Each time they had a three legged race, I won it on me own
And also I got popular, when came the time for cricket
They used to roll my trousers up
And use me for the wicket

El Presidente wrote:

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Does Rolf Harris "Jake the Peg" count?

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Yeh, any reference counts.

The Kinks had a song called "Cricket" from their 1973 album Preservation Act 1.

That may interest a reader or 2, as I know the Kinks have a few fans amongst us.



sample lyrics

Now the Devil has a player and he's called the Demon Bowler,
He's shrewd, he's rude and he's wicked.
He is sent by Sinful Satan and he's out to take your wicket
And you know that that's not cricket.
He'll baffle you with googlies with leg breaks and offspin
But keep a level head and don't let that demon in.
So keep a straight bat at all times, let the Bible be your guide
And you'll get by, yes you'll get by.


-- Edited by El Presidente at 11:42, 2007-01-02

More Kinks- Do you Remember Walter sneaks in a 'do you remember Walter playing cricket in the thunder and the rain?

Going way back, there are a load of calypso songs, like Mighty Sparrow's Garfield Sobers and that one about the test match at Lords.

Amazed I can't think of any Jamaican stuff.

joel wrote:

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I was listening to a reggae track a couple of months ago that referred to "length", in the cricket sense I think, but I can't remember for the life of me what it was called.

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You'd've thought Clement Dodd would've slipped in the odd reference- a good player in his youth, and (nick)named after a Yorkshire cricketer 'n all.

nn19 not out - Bloody hell that takes me back

i thought that was so funny ....

of course we're not the first to address this theme as i discovered when trying to find the lyrics of the legendary Rory's "spoof". I cam across: cricinfo.com and another one here with the great post:

>carrot rope' by pavement has the line of "the wicket keeper is down".

Tooheys ad campaign late 80's I think. Remember batting bunny Mike Whitney facing up to 'Big' Joel Garner. How'd it go again guys? How do you feel? When you face 'Big' Joel for the final ball and your blood chills.

There was also the "C'mon Aussie C'mon" by the Mojo Singers which was a returning ad campaign that ran for 4 years or so - initially to publicise Kerry Packer's brand new World Series Cricket "circus (as it was often called). The original song was a huge hit in the Australian charts as well.

Lyrics of the first and best version were.

You've been training all the winter
And there's not a team that's fitter
And that's the way it got to be
'Cause you're up against the best you know
This is Supertest you know
And you've go to beat the best the world has seen

Lillee's pounding down like a machine
Pascoe's making divots in the green
Marshy's taking wickets
Hooksey's clearing pickets
And the Chappells' eyes have got that killer gleam
Mr Walker's playing havoc with the bats
Redpath, it's good to see you back
Lairdie's making runs
Dougie's chewing gum
and Gilmour's wielding willow like an axe

C'mon Aussie c'mon c'mon
C'mon Aussie c'mon c'mon
C'mon Aussie c'mon c'mon
C'mon Aussie c'mon



Then there was the tribute to ABC radio and later television comentator and National icon Alan McGilvray but I have no clue who the singer was. I remember the tune and hearing a lot in about 1979 on the TV and radio. The only lyrics I can remember are

"From a lusty cover drive
to one that brings the crowd alive.
From a gentle push behind square leg
to a ball that takes the middle peg.
He's been there, he's done that
He's there from go to woe.
You know the game is not the same without McGilvray."

Anyone Aussies out there remember that one?

Golcar CC wrote:

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>carrot rope' by pavement has the line of "the wicket keeper is down".

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I was looking for a reference to Pavement. Apparently they took to watching cricket to alleviate tour boredom. I remember a gig review that Malkmus kept chanting "Keep it on the off side" during one song.

Tune.

The venerable Jack White is holding a cricket bat on the cover of the White Stripes' album Elephant. And makes mention of a third man to boot...

Golcar CC wrote:

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"I shall be released" by Bob Dylan on the original Basement Tapes is actually the lament of a young medium paced trundler ("they say everyone can be replaced/ .... A seamer's life with Kevin Shine comes down/ to whether Duncan Fletcher can be pleased /any day now, any day now/ I shall be released) who knows his ill-fated B tour to India means he'll shortly be released by his county side.

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This the Bob Dylan who wrote a song about how great it was to visit Mozambique in 1976 - right about the time it was one of the least desirable places in the world to visit? Not sure he always knows what he's talking about. A bit like this post really

Golcar - you do know that former England captain and pace bowler Bob Willis changed his middle name by deed poll to Robert George Dylan Willis? - Seems he was a bit of a fan.

-- Edited by El Presidente at 13:27, 2007-02-19

Golcar CC wrote:

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 Did you know that Harrison and Dylan formed the Travelling Willburies as a tribute to Bob Willis and John Emburey? 

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They certainly did. "Handle With Care" was an allegory about the dangers of ball-tampering, sung notionally from the point of view of the ball.
"Been beat up and battered around..."