This song is a good example why I LOVE BIAB. This was going to be my first instrumental and twice as long! I input the chords and then Freddie turned up for the gig, man. My brain immediately started writing lyrics, the 1st verse was there in seconds and it deteriorated from then on Its about a chip shop years back that served the BEST chips in town even tho the owner had one disgusting habit to check the oil was at the right temp for frying when he opened. Couldn't write a verse for that

Fish 'n chips
when I'm hungry after work
my tummy rumbles I need to walk so I
put on my coat and head down to town
I'm gonnna have me some fish and chips

drown them in vinegar
smother them in salt
grease dripping from off your fingers
1st bite man they're hot

sliding cross the counter
as you struggle to stay on your feet
they're wrapped in yesterdays paper
with the newsprint now on the chips

drown them in vinegar
smother them in salt
grease dripping from off your fingers
1st bite man they're hot

dropped on the floor just added taste
you scoffed it all dont leave no waste
you kik the paper into someone's garden
whoops beg your pardon!

drown them in vinegar
smother them in salt
grease dripping from off your fingers
1st bite man they're hot


RealTracks in song: ~~538:Bass, Acoustic, Pop Sw 190
RealTracks in song: ~1098:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm JazzSwingFreddie Sw 190
RealTracks in song: ~940:Piano, Acoustic, Rehearsal Showtunes Sw 140
RealTracks in song: 2337:Violin, Background, PopHigh Ev 085 (1TrackStringSection)
RealTracks in song: 2337:Violin, Background, PopHigh Ev 085 (1TrackStringSection)
RealTracks in song: 2336:Viola, Background, Pop Ev 085 (1TrackStringSection)
RealDrums in Song: EthnicSwing^1-a:Sidestick, HiHat, b:Sidestick, Ride
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enjoy

Alyn

I was laughing during the first line. And I'm still laughing. Very funny and enjoyable listen. You're nuts! Love it! Tom

HaHa.....you truly see a song everywhere and
that is a gift.

Cool vocal and lyric and a fine production to
wrap it all up. Just when I was getting Old
Man Boogie outa my brain

A lot of fun here!!

J&B

Alyn,

You are such an original!

this is a delight.

"oh...beg your pardon.." Loved that!

The song was only as long a 1/3 of a song. So I had to listen 3 times. I think I'll go listen 3 more...

floyd

Hey Alyn.

Just got back from the Fish & Chip restaurant - how weird is that?

Brilliant little ditty. Maybe you should point out to our friends in the US that chips = French Fries over here. Maybe they know that anyway?

Can only guess what the missing verse was. Maybe you could PM me?

ROG.

cute song and well down. Always fun to listen to your stuff.



Charlie

Got a kick out of it!! As a lover of fish and chips, I had to take an immediate listen. It reminds me of a story. A countryman of yours and his wife opened a fish and chips shop in Sausalito in the 60's (this was when my family used to go sailing there and inspired my love of the town). Mr. and Mrs. Salt (not sure if that's the actual name) started H. Salt Fish and Chips working behind the counter. They must have been at least in their 50's at the time. The shop was a smashing success (have to use British Parlance) and they quickly expanded. They were bought out (possibly by KFC) and retired very rich. I remember the paper they used at the bottom was imitation newspaper with print and headlines to replicate the original style. Cool song, and very naturally and spontaneously delivered. A real treat (like the food itself)!! Take care. Greg

Great tune. You reminded me of this wonder story a few years back explaining real "chips" for folks on the other side of the pond. Thanks.


http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/07/13/156725811/an-olympic-sized-outrage-grows-over-french-fry-sales-at-the-games

Love this Alyn!
I get a bit of a George Formby vibe here.
Mostly an Alyn vibe though!
Cheers.

sadly so.

I still laugh myself at the song so am really glad it got you going also.
thanks for commenting

Alyn

Thank you that is a lovely thing to say.
So glad you had a laugh and that you now have 2 songs stuck in your brain YAY!!!

Alyn

it came as a surprise to me when I saw that it was only 1.30 long but after the oops bit it had to stop LOL as I had difficulty saying the last verse from laughing.

thanks for the 3 listens!!

Alyn

I bet YOUR chippie was a lot cleaner than this beauty from the early 1970's. We expected Travolta to be serving because of all the grease!!

PM on the way

Alyn

Damn you Alyn, Im hungry Now

What a fantastic write had me smiling all the way through.
Loved it.
Very naturally funny.
Rob.

Glad you enjoyed it! BIAB is great for stuoid songs like this LOL

Alyn

Thanks for the lovely story, old chap ( more British parlance!!)
Nothing can beat eating chips with newspaper print all over them, followed by a cup of coffee made with water, flowing through lead pipes, and boiled in an aluminium kettle. How on earth did we survive LOL?

Thanks for listening

Take care

Alyn

great read never knew of that then.
Glad you enjoyed the mini song.

Alyn

At the time I was writing the song I was actually cleaning windows, so how did that rub off LOL. By cleaning windows I mean I running CCleaner and defragging my internetz computer!!

Glad you enjoyed

Alyn

Hahahaha!!
I must admit I want chips tonight also *lick lips*
thanks for listening and commenting
all the best mate

Alyn

Hi Alyn,

what a fun song on a rainy day!
I really enjoyed this.

Guenter

A funny song Alyn,

You truly are an original.
This song reminds me of 'are you being served'.
The way of singing, the arrangement.

Well done.

Rob

Ha you've got the rain as well
So glad you enjoyed it

Alyn

Thanks what a great comedy that was.

so glad you enjoyed the song and had a laugh

Alyn

"I'm free"

Hey there, Alyn.

Like all those before me, I'm still laughing after having listened. This is a great little number! I don't think anyone could get more original than this. You've sure got the knack when it comes to comedy! I could imagine this as a clip in The Goodies.

Brilliant!!!!

All the best,
Noel

• 90dB's version of my song Brighter Than Any Star

Ditto for the comedy Alyn and reminds me of the many times staggering home from a night in the pub, calling into the local chippy on the way home and then eating lip and tongue searing greasy chips, straight out of the newspaper as I staggered onwards. Brought back a few happy memories of several very good chip shop owners did that too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Salt_Esquire

Had to post this for you Alyn. Glad to see I didn't dream the whole story up! Take care. Gre

HA HA Alyn. That was fun! What a great choice of Real tracks for the song. When I was at university in Cape Town there was a take away joint that we used to call Greasies. I cant remember if it was really called that or not. I do remember that you could smell that typical Greasies smell if you got into somebodies car the day after they had a huge bender and got the munchies on the way home.

Love the line "Oh pardon me"

Great job

The Goodies WOW! I have always wanted a 3 seater bike LOL

Glad you had a laugh!!
Thanks for the Brilliant!!

Alyn

Cheers Nev,
The wander home with volcanic chips was an integral part of growing up. Watneys and grease what a combo!!

I wish you all the best,

Alyn

What a great name to own a chip shop!
Like my friend Mr Pain the dentist LOL

Alyn

Seems greasy chips, and beer, are a part of a musician's formative years LOL
And I forgot about that smell the next day. My guitar even smelled of chips for a while as I usually played it when I got back to the pit until the neighbours started banging the walls. Great days LOL
Well they did repeat


So glad you enjoyed
Alyn

Alyn,

I'm still laughing! Very funny, cleverly written. And your production really fits this one!

Thanks, now I'm hungry!

Steve

Hello Gibson,

The mix is very well done, unfortunately I'm not good enough in english to appreciate the lyrics as I should,
On the other hand, I like the orchestration, strings are wonderful

Regards

Clever, funny, totally original, and it all went by too soon leaving me wanting some more Fish 'n chips!



Yep, BiaB is a gem.

Another total original from you Alyn, love this little song and give me such a laugh, nothing like when you are starving with hunger and the nearest quickest place is the local chip shop.

You sure can write about anything.
That CD must be overloading by now if you ever decide to release it.

musiclover

Hahaha,

glad you enjoyed the song and hope you enjoyed the little bite to eat it evoked LOL

Alyn

My French is much worse than your English so I used Google and I hope it translated well.

quand je suis faim après le travail
mon ventre gronde je dois marcher donc je
mettre sur mon manteau et la tête en bas à la ville
Je suis gonnna me faire un peu de poisson et frites

les noyer dans du vinaigre
les étouffer dans le sel
dégoulinant de graisse de vos doigts
1er morsure homme qu'ils sont chauds

coulissant traverser le compteur
que vous luttez pour rester sur vos pieds
ils sont enveloppés dans du papier d'hier
avec le papier journal désormais sur les puces

les noyer dans du vinaigre
les étouffer dans le sel
dégoulinant de graisse de vos doigts
1er morsure homme qu'ils sont chauds

tombé sur le sol juste de goût ajouté
vous avez mangé tout Ne laissez pas de déchets
vous botter le papier dans le jardin de quelqu'un
whoops vous demande pardon !

les noyer dans du vinaigre
les étouffer dans le sel
dégoulinant de graisse de vos doigts
1er morsure homme qu'ils sont chauds

Thanks for listening and commenting

Alyn

This song seems to have a subliminal effect I never intended!!

Yeh BIAB is a gem, perfectly put.

Thanks for listening and commenting

Alyn

Thanks for commenting.
This song was about a greasy chip shop BUT the best chippie I have EVER visited was somewhere by the harbour in Kinsale, Co Cork. THAT was a place the band I was in,"The Roosters", always frequented when we played the Cork Blues festival many years ago.

I know but I am having difficulty choosing the songs, especially when I suddenly write stuff like this LOL

All the best

Alyn

very nice – had a good laugh! :-)
great vocals and work with the biab-tracks!

thanks einar, glad you had a laugh as well.

All the best

Alyn

You somehow managed to make that dish both tasty and disgusting at the same time!

But in all seriousness, that was a very innovative choice of RT's, you sure know your application. Well done

Thanks Eddie,
Wouldn't be comedy without contradictions, in my mind.
Thanks for listening and commenting.

Alyn

Love it!

Glad you enjoyed it

Alyn

Interesting song.... been seeing this and decided to drop in to have a listen.

Fish & Chips... back in the day, there was a place that sold them and since they were relatively edible and inexpensive and I was a poor musician trying to pay my rent with not much left to buy food, I ate there quite often.

The greasy part is absolutely dead on..... hot? Depends on when they fried them up.... mostly no....sometimes...... deliciously yes.

Herb,

Thanks for listening.
In a musician's formative years; "crashing on the floor, man" and cheap food were part of the trials we had to survive. I did 2 years of that in the '70's until I thought I can't stand this anymore, I need a proper job!
The older the chips; the more solid the block!
Anyway this quick song seems to have hit home with the number of views and I will let it fade away now!!

all the best

Alyn