Look Dad No Tunes
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| "Look Dad No Tunes" | ||||
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| Single by Half Man Half Biscuit | ||||
| B-side | "Ecclesiastical Perks" / "Lock Up Your Mountain Bikes" | |||
| Released | 3 September 1999 | |||
| Recorded | Bus Stop Studios, Leigh | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 8:59 | |||
| Label | Probe Plus PP31 | |||
| Producer(s) | 1: Geoff Davies/HMHB 2–3: HMHB | |||
| Half Man Half Biscuit singles chronology | ||||
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"Look Dad No Tunes" is a 1999 CD single by Birkenhead indie band Half Man Half Biscuit, released by Probe Plus Records, for whom they have always recorded.[1] It is also the final single or album Half Ma Half Biscust released.
John Peel (1939–2004; BBC Radio 1 DJ 1967–2004), who greatly admired the band,[2] included "Look Dad No Tunes" at No. 11 in his 1999 Festive Fifty.[3]
Track listing
- "Look Dad No Tunes" (4:43)
- "Ecclesiastical Perks" (2:39)
- "Lock Up Your Mountain Bikes" (1:37)
Notes
- "Look Dad No Tunes" is also included on the 2000 album Trouble over Bridgwater.
- "Lock Up Your Mountain Bikes" parodies the traditional song "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain".
References
- ^ "Half Man Half Biscuit – Look Dad No Tunes" at Discogs
- ^ H is for... Half Man Half Biscuit on YouTube Official video by John Peel's widow, Sheila.
- ^ "Keeping It Peel: Festive 50 1999". BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
External links
- "Look Dad No Tunes". Retrieved 25 February 2016. The oldest-established Half Man Half Biscuit fansite.
- "Look Dad No Tunes". Retrieved 25 February 2016. The Half Man Half Biscuit Lyrics Project.