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http://www.kirstymaccoll.com/information/conn/b.htm


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i) The picture!


ii) Briquette changed his name from Patrick Cusack, presumably thinking Briquette was more rock'n'roll   Never thought of the bogs as rock 'n' roll!


iii) Most interestingly, "He [Pete/Paddy] married Stiff star Jane Aire and co-wrote the unreleased second single for Kirsty, You caught me out with Kirsty and Simon Crowe. The Rats also played on the single."


http://www.kirstymaccoll.com/music/lyrics/you_caught_me_out.htm


Written by Kirsty, Pete Briquette & Simon Crowe


1979 white label - You caught me out


Never released - appeared only on white label single


Until.....


http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007KLLBU/ref=pd_sr_ec_ir_d_h_/202-0963153-9059824


From Croydon to Cuba: An Anthology [BOX SET]  



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pete is soooo cool.he was an amazing bassist.i hope to play some of his stuff one day, when i work out the riffs!

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why the hell is there a picture of gary roberts ???

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1)  ArrGee - You bought the box set for that one track, didn't you?


2)  I think Peat Briquette is more rock 'n roll.


3)  I really haven't a clue what either a bog or peat is.  Earth that burns and can still be used as a roofing material?  I don't understand any part of that.


Edited to add - well, I guess wood burns and is used as a building material.....hmmmm.



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1)  ArrGee - You bought the box set for that one track, didn't you?

 Well, I am tempted to.  But not because of that one track. I happen to like Kirsty MacColl.  Saw her live a few years ago, and the diversity of her music is quite incredible.  Bit like a femaile Elvis Costello.


Oddly enough she is famous for her cover versions (Days/New England/Perfect Day/You Just Haven't Earned It Yet ...) and singing with other bands (Pouges - Fairy Tale of NY; Happy Mondays - Hallellujah; Smiths - Ask) than for her own compositions (Guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis, perhaps her best known).  Again ironically enough, They Don't Know is better known for the cover by Tracey Ullman, than her original.


Sadly missed.


http://kirstymaccoll.com/information/articles/1995/times95/



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I happen to like Kirsty MacColl.  Saw her live a few years ago, and the diversity of her music is quite incredible.  Bit like a femaile Elvis Costello. Oddly enough she is famous for her cover versions (Days/New England/Perfect Day/You Just Haven't Earned It Yet ...) and singing with other bands (Pouges - Fairy Tale of NY; Happy Mondays - Hallellujah; Smiths - Ask) than for her own compositions (Guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis, perhaps her best known).  Again ironically enough, They Don't Know is better known for the cover by Tracey Ullman, than her original. Sadly missed.

Elvis Costello - check.  Elvis Presley - check.  Tracey Ullman...sings?  Everything else you mentioned is a mystery (although I think I heard Fairytale of NY once, don't know who performed it).



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Tracey Ullman...sings? 


In the promo she was dancing with Neil Kinnock the then Labour Party Leader, famous for blowing a commanding poll lead http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_Rally.


It led to one of the most famous front page headlines (along with Freddie Starr ate my Hamster!)


1992: Sun frontpage


Tracey was (still is in the US, I guess) a comedienne (Appeared in Three of a KInd on BBC TV with Lenny Henry, the most unfunny comedian ever) who has string of novelty hits, predominately covers with quirky promos....


Position Artist Title Format Date Details



  • 4 Tracey Ullman Breakaway Single Mar 1983  

  •  2 Tracey Ullman They Don't Know Single Sep 1983  

  •  8 Tracey Ullman Move Over Darling Single Dec 1983  

  • 14 Tracey Ullman You Break My Heart In 17 Places Album Dec 1983  

  • 23 Tracey Ullman My Guy's Mad At Me Single Mar 1984  

  • 18 Tracey Ullman Sunglasses Single Jul 1984

courtesy http://www.everyhit.co.uk



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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_Rally.


It led to one of the most famous front page headlines (along with Freddie Starr ate my Hamster!)


Tracey ... has [a] string of novelty hits, predominately covers with quirky promos....





The wikipedia link shows once again how some things just don't translate well across the ocean.  We're used to that sort of campaign crap, it's nonsense we expect and tolerate.  I think I remember hearing about that headline, though.


Who is Freddie Starr and whose hamster did he eat?  Is this record industry lore like Ozzy and the bat, who was it - Alice Cooper? -  and the chicken, the Rats and the rats?  (sidenote - may the souls of my childhood hamsters, Snoopy and The Red Baron rest in peace forever.  I'd be traumatized if Freddie Starr, whoever he is, had eaten them!)


Never heard anyone's version of the tracks Tracey covered.  Speaking of which, did "Weird" Al Yankovic's twisted covers make it in the UK?  http://www.weirdal.com/catalog.htm



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 Who is Freddie Starr and whose hamster did he eat?  


 Never heard anyone's version of the tracks Tracey covered. 


Speaking of which, did "Weird" Al Yankovic's twisted covers make it in the UK?  http://www.weirdal.com/catalog.htm




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Starr  Don't know whose hamster it was, but no one famous.


Never heard Move Over Darling by Doris Day? My Guy's Mad At Me is Madness's My Girl's Mad at Me.  Apparently Tracey Ullman also covered You Caught Me Out http://www.rreini.com/tracey/discog.htm and made #8 in the Billboard chart with They Don't Know.


We got two of them.  Eat It and Like a Surgeon!  The promos were great and shown a lot, but I'm not sure anyone bought the records.



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Never heard Move Over Darling by Doris Day? My Guy's Mad At Me is Madness's My Girl's Mad at Me.  Apparently Tracey Ullman also covered You Caught Me Out and made #8 in the Billboard chart with They Don't Know.


The promos were great and shown a lot, but I'm not sure anyone bought the records.





Don't think I HAVE heard the Doris Day, but it's possible that I just don't remember.  The others, of course, not a clue.


I don't know anyone who bought Weird Al over here, either.  But I guess someone must have.



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Tango wrote:

pete is soooo cool.he was an amazing bassist.i hope to play some of his stuff one day, when i work out the riffs!
He IS an amazing bassist. Wait till you see Bob live!

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note  ii) Briquette changed his name from Patrick Cusack, presumably thinking Briquette was more rock'n'roll   Never thought of the bogs as rock 'n' roll!

 


Haven't you read Is that it?, ArrGee? That's mentioned there as well. Pete thought his "name was too Irish" and "made it more Irish" (?!). lol



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haha.thats well class



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Haven't you read Is that it?, ArrGee? That's mentioned there as well. Pete thought his "name was too Irish" and "made it more Irish" (?!). lol

Yes, I read Is that it?, though many years ago.


I think the story goes that they all gave themselves ludicrous names, and peat briquette was one that stuck.  I think Fingers was another.


Only thing is he wasn't called that because it was more rock 'n' roll!



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Yes, I read Is that it?, though many years ago. I think the story goes that they all gave themselves ludicrous names, and peat briquette was one that stuck.  I think Fingers was another. Only thing is he wasn't called that because it was more rock 'n' roll!

 


OK, I see the point. So the question is: Whose version is right? Bob's or Kirsty's? Or maybe both, it's just the point of view?  



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ArrGee wrote: Yes, I read Is that it?, though many years ago. I think the story goes that they all gave themselves ludicrous names, and peat briquette was one that stuck.  I think Fingers was another. Only thing is he wasn't called that because it was more rock 'n' roll!   OK, I see the point. So the question is: Whose version is right? Bob's or Kirsty's? Or maybe both, it's just the point of view?  

 


Given they couldn't even get Pete's picture right, I think I'd trust Geldof on this! 


 


BTW I have ordered the MacColl compilation, I'm a sad completist



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  BTW I have ordered the MacColl compilation, I'm a sad completist

ROFL! 



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