Northampton - The story behind the song

[cursesfoiled]

I'm trapped in a hotel in Northampton right now, and this video is helping make sense of it all

[ezbrown]

I especially love that the image shown of men in a factory under the lines about 'energy' looks to me an awful lot like the Carlsberg factory! Oh, how I miss the place...

[Graham6410]

If anything the Aliens should come with their Heatrays and vaporize Northhampton

[ctyrerdavies]

at the end is he implying that the aliens are alcoholics?! day. made.

[antimental]

holy shit lol this might be the best thing on the internet at the moment

[tris7]

Northampton development Corp should be executed! For crimes against humanity. 'look at our new bus station and grosvenor centre! There's no way that in 20 years time people will be desperate to demolish our beautiful concrete monoliths of shite!!' seriously how are these people not in prison, if not for the bus station and demolishing most the town, but for investing public money into that song!

[katie9925]

Good lord! I love it :)

[reyrFuaP]

Fucking awesome

[linfinification]

This is amazing!! It makes me grieve for my home town (for a second). Thanks for the giggle

[DoLeaveItOutMate]

I have watched this video four times in a row and I still totally lose my shit every time. How she managed to sing this with a straight face will remain one of pop's great mysteries.

[thestjohnlady1]

Anyone know where I can download both her full songs about Northampton?

I have tried iTunes ~ and of course they have nothing.

[zeonbub]

The bit with all the pipes and valves was filmed inside the Carlsberg brewery which is located in Northampton

[MsTemeraire]

Now where can I get a mp3 of this???? it's hilarious!

[tris7]

That developer bloke- If you are still alive I hope you are in hiding for what you did to our lovely town, ie demolishing most of it! twat.

[radiodarkhorse]

I think Uttoxeter should have this song now.

[spitroastfor6]

so gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay­

[Skipissatan]

this is absolutely awesome, I wish my town had a song this good!

[thestjohnlady1]

Gotta love this haven't you really?

[fatjimmorrison]

This is actually the best thing ever.

[bearcub410]

meet me on lea road ? LOL

[bearcub410]

god i miss northampton , meet me at monk's park club ? LOL

[SirJekyllAppliance]

must've been .79 or very early 80s

[inglegt]

Sixty miles by road or rail...

Everything about this is just perfect. Even funnier than the Telly Savalas promotional film for Birmingham.

Can't type for crying...lol.

"long haired pop impressarios"...have to stop watching.

[LauraTokioPendragon]

lol this is funny i saw this on 8/10 cats a while ago, im oringally from northampton lol

[dandyhands]

"Science fiction themes ARE big business right now"!

chortle chortle!

[BenjyandLucy]

OH DEAR GOD.

when were they talking about northampton on 8/10 cats???

[Overseerofdoom]

ahh 8/10 cats... thankyou for giving me a new reason to hate living in northampton lol

[DarylJCheetham]

@Overseerofdoom You dont know how lucky you are. I was born in Northampton, but now in Lincoln, and its an inbred shitehole of a town. Planning on moving back down there when money's available, so ancy swapping?

[Overseerofdoom]

@DarylJCheetham no tah i live in Derby now. loving it :D

[HotSpace2007]

Should of been a # 1 hit lol

[goplayupyourownend]

Ahh Northampton.Jewel of the Midlands.What a great place to come from .But it was never the same after they closed the Odeon.Basil Bean it's all your fault.

[poacher2506]

it is a large steaming pile of crap,and there was excesive use of the carlsberg brewery.WHY.?

[boddahchris]

where can i get this song on mp3?

[EvenThisNameTaken]

@boddahchris

I'm just about to post it....

Just digitising it now.

[boddahchris]

@EvenThisNameTaken

Your a legend!

[EvenThisNameTaken]

@boddahchris

I must get a better converter so I can add pictures!

[EvenThisNameTaken]

@boddahchris

I tried to upload the B-side but I get an error message every time. I'll try it again later...

[MrPhoenix888]

WTF!!??

[joeSD95]

8/10 cats like everyone else lol

[TheSoundDepo]

Northampton? Energy? hmm..... I'm not so sure.

[loukh100]

haha did everyone google this when hearing it on 8 out of 10 cats what a crack up... i wanna make it number 1!!! x

[TheSoundDepo]

Exactly how i got here lol!

[coolguy9996]

yeah, i did. You're right. we should make it a number 1

[DeltaconnectPilot]

Just saw the 8 out of 10 cats and decided to search for it and ive found the crappest song ever. SUCCESS :D

[htebazileharas]

Just saw the 8 out of 10 cats repeat and I'll agree that I'm both Northamptonian and strange ... maybe I'm one of them haha

[solitaire9]

lmao, now i know why northampton people are so strange, they're aliens!

[lalalameowmeow]

LMAO also from 8 out of ten cats,

[haimaker65]

How did I not know about this!? Mind you, Basil Bean pretty much succeeded in turning my home town into an alien environment. So glad i watched 8/10 cats tonight!

[acelectrician]

Same here glad I watched channel 4 I want the original copy lol

[sniff001]

This is hilarious! Especially when I come from the county! Is there anywhere where you can buy this or download it?

[stuartg234]

haha, i love it

[arealhighlander]

oh dear god, everyones just seen it on 8 out of 10 cats n googled it LoL.

I remember hearing this on a John Peel show when I was a kid, probably still got in on a cassette somewhere!

[Mrmusic94]

I just saw this on 8 out of 10 cats.

Bit of a LOL WUT moment.

[2001drdre]

8/10

[Ricksy89]

Just seen this on 8 out of 10 :P funny

[marsmanic]

8 out of 10 cats :L

[LazarouMonkeyTerror]

Oh man, this is f*cking sublime! I feel so proud of my home town, no wonder my parents from the planet Thraxxon moved their so long ago.....

[Toomra]

So bloody funny!!

[irkibby]

From 2:56 onwards, it seems that someone has placed some pornographic material next to the recording camera, and Basil Bean is attempting to look at it without making it noticable

[basslinefisheh09]

haha yes now i can say i live with aliens :) haha

[TheJamieExperiment]

Northampton isn't populated by aliens... it's populated by crazy people. I love my hometown but the council in place at the moments slowly destroying it. Those fucking retards... give control to the aliens they could do a hell load better.

[spaggie]

They are entirely idiotic turning down an Ikea on swan valley taking up the cobbles on the market square knocking down the co op arcade making roads completely confusing having a mugger friendly bus depot (greyfriars) not building an underpass between the two sides of the trading estate on the towcester road and just generally being fuckwits (I could go on for hours) Art Deco town centre cinema allowed to crumble until Jesus army bought it for peanuts....) I moved away

[TheJamieExperiment]

Hey believe me if it was financially viable I would to... the turning down Ikea BIG BIG Mistake. Give the aliens there land on earth!

[na2961]

So did I, But for years the local council has always been backwards, some of the lovely buildings that have been destroyed over the years. The development corporation has a lot to answer for...

[suzee0202]

shoes, aliens explains alot of things.. maybe they were the people thingss that stole the tenner out of my money jar!

[samandnag]

Northampton is populated by aliens??? I knew it.

I feel proud of my town now.

XD

[Navtheimpaler]

This explains every thing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[laurence1211]

LOL, classic...

[bmxsmurf88]

LOL wow, did it make it into the charts?

i do like northampton, being my hometown, but sooo glad got out of it when went to uni!

[dannyboyteenagekicks]

What the fuck is with this video?! I only continued watching it because... Northampton rules!!!

[irkibby]

fucking pissed myself.

[AlexTheMagix]

Seriously, what the fuck? :P

[cydonianlady]

Yep. Northampton is defintely full of flipping aliens.

[rathermisplaced]

i live in northampton, and its going to the dogs.

[kellyshigh]

nuke the stink hole.....i've heard a rumour that there testing a new mind warping defense mechanism in northampton its the reason no body smiles or says hello, misserable bunch of warehouse wankers and estate agents, shit pubs, shit restaurants, shit shops the holy trinnity of shitness......

[charlielei2000]

I live in Northampton and grew up here and I love it!!

[ambrielx]

I wonder if the man from the NDC was the inspiration for Rowan Atkinson's "Mr Bean" ?

[troaster9]

OMG DOES ANYBODY HAVE THIS ON MP3?????????

I REALLY WANT IT.thanks!

[AngelsInFlight22]

As much as I love Northants, this seriously need a grimey beat!

[KILLAZXP300]

punks all the rage at the moment

[KILLAZXP300]

BASIL BEAN DESERVES AN OBE.

[koskenkorva217]

LMAO. I remember this. Our headmaster played it in assembly when it was released.

I bet the aliens have gone to MK now; it'd be cheaper to park their spaceship.

[francodatanko88]

"no traffic jams in northmpton"!!!!!

so the aliens are to blame for the traffic

[russ399]

Quite clearly the aliens just wanted Carlsberg!! Northampton is the best place they could have landed in England.

[kellyshigh]

wanker

[weycrest]

Didn't Terry Wogan make this song popular, with his Northampton "Light House" comments. Brings back memories of Northampton!

[kingtruman]

Cheers for uploading this, been trying to find a bit more info on the song for a while!

[barnskiano]

lyrics?

[lilscooter11]

LOL, This. Is. Greatest. Song. Ever.

[gingerwolf79]

This is fantastic, i love it. hahahah

[timmy1984]

Surely thats an April fool?

[sawasboarding]

hus this...big up northhampton

[kalem1988]

I cant believe that iv never hearsd that single, lmao, i live there >.< still, the song is... well.. shit

[ssophieee]

Theres another version of this in the Shoe Museum. I could recite the words to it.

I want this song now.

[NatashaHelene]

WHY?

[liverpool20000999999]

i love ntfcx

[thomasmlynar]

i have this single.

[1981chrismartin]

'Free from traffic jams'??!! Try it now!

[theoperatives]

i love northampton if i was a alien i would first destroy the lodge and all of the fags inside and then i would settle down on top of the bus station

[davepx]

This was a John Peel favourite fondly remembered by many of us among the likes of The Fall, the Cravats and Furious Pig. Could someone upload the 45 on the blogosphere? It's one of the internet's most glaring omissions so far. And you know, I think in a sense we've all at some time or other found the answer at Northampton.

[ubervick]

what is she sayin in the song? "northampton middle england?" i love this! hurrah for shoetown!!

[katestylee]

that was supposed to say "i cant believe 'it' didnt get into the charts"..unfortunately im not the genius behind this..wish i was though..,anyone up for the re-make?

[katestylee]

i cant believe i didnt get into the charts..its time for a re-make of this classic tune i think..northampton will be back on the map for sure

[KILLAZXP300]

i reckon they were still coming down off some some serious acid

[Documentally]

Man this is weird.. I have just filmed a guy from Northampton who says he has an alien implant.. Crazy tune.. :)

[adarlingtonuk06]

anybody know what year this was? (free of traffic jams? is he joking!)

[simonswebsite]

The year was 1980. I discovered this gem when I was searching for archive footage about Northampton to include in a documentary I made last year about the town. I'm hoping to get the documentary online soon once some problems have been sorted. :)

[adarlingtonuk06]

thanks simon , look forward to seeing your documentary when it's online

[BackToEarth]

Holy Crap! Boots has been there for ages