Babybird - Bad Old Man

[JJ62]

I'd forgotten what a fuckin' great song this is. Dark and very creepy, that piano line is brilliant.

[chammone5]

Wot a tune! This is how to write a song ;)

[emperorglenuff]

All I knew about Babybird was a faint nostalgic memory of seeing 'You're Gorgeous' on Top of the Pops when I was a kid. Although on the surface a disposable pop song, it stuck with me for some reason, and now I can see they actually created interesting and odd material.

[shaunmm2k]

This song still amazes me. Love it, ageless, inspired, pure musicians and lyricists. Never thought to karaoke it, thanks for the idea!

[LaStreisand]

Another one I taped off Steve Lamacq's Evening Session when I was about 12. Used to listen with headphones when mum was on the landing.

[auxlen]

such a great peice

[RainbowDissenter]

I got told that this was about Rupert Murdoch.

Listening with that interpretation, half of it makes perfect sense, the other half makes no sense at all. But I don't think it's ever going to match up perfectly to somebody real.

[50lancealot]

check out king bing

[bbird74]

I cant look away its like a car accident where someone was mauled with blood every where! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! The song kicks ass but so many hints and allusions.

Why is this sooo damn scary and kewl at the same time. Disturbing yet facinating.

[oldfilikin]

@bbird74 i reckon this song is about a real person, tarrant maybe??

[letsbeone]

@oldfilikin Yes, that fits. Good call. 

[mushroomcloud420]

looks like glen beck

[peej67ify]

frightening. . . brilliant. . . scary . .  !!!!

[Privatejoker88]

Looks like Peter Kay!

[lezzliea]

@Privatejoker88 It is Peter Kay,that's what's so funny about it.

[hambonioful]

i will transfer anyone who posts the guitar chords for this song money through paypal.

i am an honest man.

[salemdoom]

I think this is my fav Baby bird song, it so hard to choose from so many good ones though..

[CentralCake]

This is TERRFYING

[iamsarahreid]

cant stop listening to this

[charlieduncancomedy]

i always had a sneaky feeling it might be a little bit inspired by chris evans. he was a major major tv celebrity at the time and was always so full of entirely valueless chirpiness that you had to suspect he had some dark history behind him. but then he married billie piper and proved he was just a normal guy

[lezzliea]

@charlieduncancomedy What's 'normal' about Billie Piper ?

[Privatejoker88]

Anyone else thinks he looks a bit like Peter Kay?

[Hydermard]

Kinda like portishead had a sex change. I like it.

[f0x0man]

does anyone know the chords for this song? just the progression would be fine.

peace

[b0b1919]

@f0x0man Am, E/G, Gmaj. D/F

[hambonioful]

@f0x0man i dont know them mate,but if you get them could you send me them and if i get them i will send you them.cheers

[jodibjodi]

mathew tonight im going to be a bad old man!!!

[CrazyRoho]

Van Damme brings me here...

What a great song... great artist... great video...

[hume12345]

well crafted song.

[machman336]

does any body know what or who this song is about

[DaveUndertaker]

It's a prophecy about the birth of Jeremy Kyle.

[greenelf12]

lol

[b0b1919]

@DaveUndertaker HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA fucking right on

[saneman32]

@DaveUndertaker

[hkrobin]

It's a Jerry Springer type character (he was huge in the UK at the time). Not anyone in particular, just the idea of those people who exploit others for fame and hide their baggage to be holier than thou.

[3milesofbadroad]

Bad Old Man He had a bad old man who beat him Took a hammer to his knees just to please him Now he's thirty-five and half-alive He's an open mouth in a beehive He's gonna smile and be happy Make everyone know that he's happy Put his smiling face on a billboard Kiss him from your car, he's happy He's not happy With his swollen lips around his early teens

[joefuckitup]

anyone know where i want nothing or ill memorise your eyes are? 2 of the best and hardest to find songs babybird ever performed!cant find any vids anywhere..

[russosaurus]

I haven't heard this song for years but every day it comes into my head and I still remember all the lyrics! Haunting!

[mrdrewski101]

me too i havent heard this for over ten years but im sure i heard a track with a woman singing with the guy and it sounded even better.

[stevew1982]

Must be the first time the word peadaphile has been sung in a song .Up yours Cowell

[dosie451]

Too much beautiful truth. Certainly not boring. Hopefully Mr. Cowell faces a village mob one day.

[toxic88candy]

i was trying to find this song ages ago! thanks for putting it up. puts a smile back on my face!

[Animatemc]

i haven't heard this in 10 years but i think about it heaps wicked to hear it again cheers.

[ryko26]

Excellent comments below - I would pay good money to watch

a) Simon Cowell confronted with this

b) boundsgreenboy on the karaoke

[boundsgreenboy]

Bizarrely,i spotted this song in a book of karaoke songs in a pub i used to go to-i sang it a couple of times,freaked some of the locals thats for sure ! I even caught the karaoke guy looking at the listing in the book with a look of bewilderment on his face.

[clubland459]

Hilarious about the kareoke. I've been told it's on kareoke 'menus' but I didn't believe it!

[amybmw]

I rarely sing kareoke, but I would actually sing this just to see the look on everyone's face. Damn you. You're so lucky!

[charlieduncancomedy]

i saw this in a kareoke book too and really wanted to sing it but thought it might make the people i was with think i'm weird. boundsgreenboy, you are a king

[oldfilikin]

@boundsgreenboy nice 1, that must've been funny

[13KAW]

@boundsgreenboy genius!!!

[clubland459]

@boundsgreenboy Hilarious.

[paulsmartialarts]

@boundsgreenboy Yup! I found it in The White Hart in Dumfries. I did Rock DJ instead.

[kieran8581]

great song don`t make them like that, most songs these days are shite

[jaggerbog]

yeah, but can you imagine some dude trying to pitch this to Simon Cowell on X Factor?

personally, I'd love it- 'razor blades in the ice-cream? what the hell are you singing about?!'

[clubland459]

Imagine Cowells face if some burke sang Babybirds 'The F word' on the X factor.

[sticky847]

shame they were never bigger as they are v good,tho never thought of them as being glossy.

[sitjib]

Great song from one the best bands/artists in history.

[Privatejoker88]

Thanks for posting this, it's brilliant. I love it when glossy pop acts show they've got a dark, brooding side!

[gungadin60]

he is just so right  da

[niallholohan]

thanks for putting this up. I had this on videotape and on the CDrom of the fword single, but havent seen it in ages. would love if someone could put up the "if you'll be mine" video, i used to have it on videotape too

[ClarkesYard]

Thanks for uploading this, it's not the easiest video in the world to find.

[timothyleighton]

Love this video. It fills me with hope that when my looks are gone, I can't afford to dress right and my body's gone south I can at least look like the oldest naughty boy in the world ever, in a charity shop anorak and jumper I found in a hedge.

Sheer class.

[tigerbay70]

great comment. made me smile and i agree with you 100%.

[nige12]

Great song but a very dull video clip, I guess they shouldn't of blown their budget on all that old man makeup.

[eoinmacnamara]

This song is good says me