Half Man Half Biscuit once had an
idea that they would listen to lots of Abba and then write an album that would
be produced by Luke Haines.
Everyone agreed that it was a
genuinely superb idea and they approached Luke who immediately agreed to get
involved.
Some people thought it was a
joke, but everyone that was participating in the sessions swore blind that it
wasn’t.
They were serious.
They were very serious.
A month went by, and then
another, followed by yet another and before they knew it a whole year had
slipped by, but that was okay because as they all emerged blinking from the
darkness of the studio where they had been ensconced for so long they had with
them a master tape that was filled with songs that they felt captured something
that they considered no one had ever done before.
For a couple of days they sat on
it while they all discussed what they should do with the songs.
Should they release it
themselves?
If they did then it would have to
be a limited run as financially that was all they could afford.
Or to reach the audience it
deserved they could look to the major labels and see if any of them wanted to
put their weight behind it.
The arguments for one or the
other raged late into the night and then they came to the conclusion that the
material was so strong that the more people that would hear it the better and
ultimately concluded that the latter was the best option.
So to this end they hired a venue
and invited all the major labels to attend for a listening party.
On the day they sat and watched
the reactions of the fat cats as they puffed on cigars and listened to the
mastered album from start to finish.
This singular piece of genius,
this wholly original work of artistic expression blasted out and begged for
something to be said.
Slowly one man stood up and
turned towards the band.
They all looked at him as he ran
his eyes around the room, licked his lips and then said ‘Is this Colin’s
Godson? Sounds like them.’
All the fat cats nodded.
An awkward silence filled the room until it was broken
when Luke Haines said ‘Who the fuck are Colin’s Godson?’ 
No comments:
Post a Comment