RIP to the one, the only Dickie Davis. A staple of Saturday afternoon tv on ITV, he was a serious man with a serious tache. So well regarded he was immortalised by british cultural gurus HMHB.

When a band turns down an appearance 'The Tube' to watch their team in a Forth Division night match then that's the band for me.

LOVE THIS SONG AND VIDEO AND BAND,I AM 49 NOW LIVED IN BIRKENHEAD 27 YEARS LOVED THIS SONG AND BAND AND ALL THE ALBUMS FROM A TEENAGER,AND JEGSY DODD ASWELL,THE PARK HAS SERVED ITS PURPOSE,S ITS A MAGICAL PLACE TO BE,BIRKENHEAD GREAT TOWN.

Brian Moore's head looks uncannily like London Planetarium. Who else could have used such lyrics? Genius. Sheer bloody genius.

Sadly feels fitting right now : "And all those people who you romantically Like to still believe are alive, are dead" RIP Dickie Davies

So glad I'm of the generation that grew up with this music x

first time i heard this i was amazed and about a million times later i still am its pure genious.

Very Breaking RIP 🖤🕊🕊🕊🖤😭 Richard John "Dickie" Davies (89, rep. 18 min ago at "Miror", 14 min ago at "The Star" and 4 min ago at "The Sun"), legendary british sports tv presenter ("World of sport") ;-(

Had no idea there was a video for this! I played this 12" a million times in a row. What a classic. Thanks for sharing!

Wow. I remember seeing this on The Chart Show in 1986 and my mum being disgusted by the idea of wiping snot on the arm of someone's chair. Good times. :-D

RIP Dickie. There will always be this.

RIP Dickie, you bloody legend.

one of the best bands to come out of england....seen them in manchester a few times...they never let you down.....

I remember seeing this on the telly as a young lad.. And lovin it.

Thank you to John Peel for my introduction at the tender age of 16 to HMHB - RIP Mr Peel you shaped my whole life for the better 😘

@amimillie Yes that episode was broadcast on 10th October 1986, which had the Soup Dragons "Hang Ten" and Half Man Half Biscuit "Dickie Davies Eyes" played on the indie chart of the chart show. After playing Half Man Half Biscuit, which was at number 1 on the indie chart, they then played an indie exclusive of Goodbye Mr MacKenzie's The Rattler, featuring a young Shirley Manson playing the keyboards/vocals, who later on became the singer of Garbage !!!

Sleep well, Badger.

I can't imagine that Cadbury Flake Advert would be allowed today, that and the family in the Imperial Leather Advert passing the soap on a ski run between tubs!!! I feel blessed to be an 80s child!

Legend DD was

Ha Ha Ha! Class, Forton services, the angel of the north (west)! Love it, thank you.

Here in 2023 because this was the first thing I thought of on hearing that Dickie Davies has died

Still the best Synth opening to a number one hit EVA

I am now 51 and am still suffering from parental distaste. Bastards! On the plus side, I met a girl from Leeds while I was working in Portugal. She had a snake tattoo on one leg. It was one night, but I fell in love. We talked about this band and many others of the era until about 4 in the morning on her balcony. I was to meet her the next night but ended up stuck working at the airport at Faro. Fucking work! Internet. Should you chose it. Find my Algarve lover. She listened to The Brilliant Corners, The Smiths, Pixies, ETC. She is from Leeds, has a sister (who was present on the night) and we met in “on the rocks” . The Olympics were on TV and she told me her and her sister were synchronised swimmers! Thanks internet

Just brought of a copy of this single for £1.50.. what a fricken bargin!!! Shame it cost £2.10 in postage... aaaarh well such is life... lol

"God, I could murder a Cadbury's Flake/ But then I guess they wouldn't let me into Heaven/ Or maybe they would/ 'Cos their adverts promote oral sex...." ......More talent in those four lines than most can muster in a career.

That's the Birkenhead park and the Swiss Bridge on the lake there.I grew up a stones throw from there.

Great memories Saturday afternoon's world of sport R.I.P

R.I.P. Dickie

peacelove i remember skellys. records in the basement, its still going now just off oxton road

I always change it to Meecock Meecock Lucy Meecock whenever I watch Granada Reports. Bring back Bob Greaves!

Last night I dreamt that I wrote Lord of the Rings......turns out I was Tolkein in my sleep.

R.I.P. Dickie.

RIP Dickie

Thanks for posting.I was 75% sure that a video for this existed but because it's 22 years since 1986, someone put the elephant of doubt in my mind (see comments on my HMHB vid). Thanks for proving them wrong! 5 Stars!

Forton ! The best services on the M6

love it play it loud, loved frank side bottom 2

Best opening line to a song ever

How to "Explosively transition from Hippie to Punk in 1 easy lesson!" The album that sparks his metamorphosis is one of the finest I ever heard, by The Cramps.

RIP Dickie davies

I'm so pleased to see this. I did the offline edit on this video and I'm amazed it still exists. Jim Walli and Len, if you're tuning in, all the best. Nic.

My fave song of theirs.

Puts on Psychedelic Jungle by the Cramps and does his nut. I love it.

Love it ❤️❤️❤️

Absolutely quality

RIP Dickie Davies

RIP Dickie :(

fantastic :-)

Best band in the world

Sheer genius!

RIP Dickie Davies.

Just waiting for a quiz programme to ask what band refereneced Bob Todd, Rod Hull, Fred Timus, Dickie Davies etc.. in their songs

Wallasey lad

Many targets worth hitting but I'm actually quite fond of Phoenix in Obsidian.That's a title for you NIgel.

Rip Dickie Davis 🙏🏼

beautiful

Mono, seriously. You do a great band a disservice.

New HMHB albums great too

Keyboard featured prominently on this and many of the tracks on Back Again In The DHSS. Makes it stand out from most of their work in a slightly unwordly, Melancholy kind of way.

Dickie Davies is really called Dickie Mallan as he is the Emperor Mallan

great

I got banned from Facebook for 28 days for quoting the opening lyrics on a thread.

@MrBushytop "Although known to many readers as a trilogy, the work was initially intended by Tolkien to be one volume of a two-volume set along with The Silmarillion; however, for economic reasons the publisher decided to omit the second volume, and published The Lord of the Rings itself in 1954-55 as three volumes rather than one."

Still, still the best Synth...

they do, yeh

All music videos should have Moorcock in them

is that Charnock Richard services? Used to love the arcade there when we went to me nan's caravan.

Sometimes it is just a moment. Reffed on R5 today

grear

Rest in peace dickie Davis

3:55 Was that a cathode ray telly there an' all?

An entire career justified in the opening lines of this one song alone.

@MrBushytop intensely flattered. quite tearful actually albeit a bit dead.

i have hmhb on video somewhere on the wirral ill try and get it on here ....somehow

that's preposterous

Beatles fans might dispute that ranking :)

@malcolmcog It always was, and always will be, Forton Services! Don't let it die!!

Filmed in part at Charnock Richard M6 services. I weighed myself on that weighing machine, once, in about 1987

Hold up, is that Richard E Grant?

They don't make 'em like this anymore

But but Michael Moorcock, why?

When grange road was busy

2:11... Is that Keith Chegwin?!?

My ex girlfriend liked Jim Morrison AND Michael Moorcock. You can guess how that worked out

behave

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And all those people who you romantically Like to still believe are alive, are dead

Doesn't Neil look like Cheggers??

This is a bit too weird... even for me!

I love this song shove ye rap music as far as it will go HMHB take the piss

Possibly, quite possibly, one of the worst ever pop videos ever made. I love the song, love the band, and if they were good at doing videos it would have ruined the whole thing. So from that perspective, brilliant. Surreal in fact.

I think it's about pretentious students full stop, not just the trendy socialist ones.

Terrible parking at 2:00 Clearly over the line. So selfish. Is it any wonder you can never find a space these days.

R.I.P. Dickie.

RIP Dickie

R.i.p. Dickie Davies

RIP Dickie Davies.