Thanks for the comments. It would be nice to see a live performance of this song, which you rightly describe as awesome. I believe the BBC have lots of Jake Thackray footage in their archives, but the charges levied by them for releasing it to his relatively small fanbase is prohibitively high. Hopefully, folks posting his videos and songs on youtube will help to get his work the recognition it deserves and make release of more archive material a viable prospect.
"Far too tasty for the lips of the layabout likes of you" fantastic!!!
piedpiperpianos 1 month ago
One of his best! Unbeatable - and SO funny live - I was lucky enough to catch him twice
piedpiperpianos 1 month ago
A great example of his genius in songwriting. What a loss to the world of satire. RIP Jake.
simnebrael 2 months ago
THIS IS SO GOOD <3<3<3
JakeThackrayLover 4 months ago 2
wonderful stuff
gutplucker 10 months ago
What a consumate wordsmith Jake Thackray was. I l watched him on the TV with my parents as a child, and he still amazes me after all this time.
Lusoloonie 11 months ago
Well done mate.
Impossible to replicate.
His art and this song in particular.
Gangly1 1 year ago
Still sad at his death. Brilliant writer and singer. Met him once in Loughborough.
Boagernes 1 year ago
Thackray is evidently a tit-bit far too tasty for the likes of the first 61 viewers, but I always enjoy him. The Kiss is one of my favorites.
ushoys 1 year ago
Thanks for the comments. It would be nice to see a live performance of this song, which you rightly describe as awesome. I believe the BBC have lots of Jake Thackray footage in their archives, but the charges levied by them for releasing it to his relatively small fanbase is prohibitively high. Hopefully, folks posting his videos and songs on youtube will help to get his work the recognition it deserves and make release of more archive material a viable prospect.
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clarenceclutterbuck 1 year ago 5
Absolutely awesome.
I see it's only just recently been posted. I was hoping for a live performance, but it's still marvellous to see on here. Thanks for posting.
61 fuckin views, and no one thumbed up until I came here.
Are all you people fuckin MAD?
Thumbed, faved, and would have been featured too, had I not already featured the hair of the Widow of Bridlington.
Such an unassuming artist. Such a shame he didn't enjoy performing more, and didn't leave us with more of his work.
martiangrundy 1 year ago