The Genius Of Half Man Half Biscuit #2

OK, so it's time for a first here on Is This The Life? - our very first guest contributor! Yes, up to now I've penned every word you've read (or not!) on this site, but today, none other than Charity Chic offers his thoughts on his favourite Half Man Half Biscuit tune. It's a huge honour to have him here, and no doubt something of an honour for him too...

Nigel Blackwell National Treasure would be a great name for a Half Man Half Biscuit song. I’m sure that the Bard of Birkenhead could conjure up some trivia for a good few verses. For it’s the words as opposed to the music that make the Biscuits what they are and which leads to them being held in such high esteem. It’s not really the music or the voices that you visit them for but the lyrics.

"There’s a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets."
"I heard a lovely rumour that Bette Midler had a tumour."

A lovely mix of celebrity and  observations about the minutiae of life often with a bit of football thrown in – indeed a band who never used to play on dates that clashed with the home games of their beloved Tranmere Rovers.

My choice for this series is an oldie - Architecture, Morality Ted and Alice. Any song which begins with the lines "The wonderful dexterity of Hanu Mikkola / Makes me want to shake hands with the whole of Finland" has got to be worth a listen.

Long may they reign – they are the kings of Hi -Vis.

Quality as always from CC. Thanks mate.

• Architecture, Morality Ted and Alice - Half Man Half Biscuit (from 'The Trumpton Riots' EP)