Spitting Image - Spit in Your Ear (with free poster)

Now for some cutting-edge satire from 36 years ago, courtesy of Spitting Image. There's a lot packed on to this record, so I'll pick out a few random bits for mentioning here.

A note for non-UK residents - you may not understand a lot of characters and references, but you'll probably recognise enough to make this worth downloading. Er, well not 'worth downloading' exactly, but if you're bedbound with a broken pelvis then it may take your mind away from the pain somewhat.

There's a fair bit of royal family here, but from 1986. Diana, Philip and Princess Margaret aren't dead, Andrew's not shamed, Charles isn't quite such a sanctimonious arse and Harry is a tiny babe in arms; he has yet to grow into a sanctimonious arse.

There's ZZ Top singing about their beards and being interrupted by John Cole (BBC journalist) for some inexplicable reason. What about 'The Chicken Song'? That's here. We have Margaret Thatcher and Neil Kinnock sparring in the House of Commons and there's an unfortunate song called 'I've never met a nice South African' which reflects attitudes towards the shunned SA of 1986. Funny, but many South Africans are now living here and I've not met a bad one.

The President of the USA also gets mocked for being scatterbrained - imagine that.

Worthy of note are a couple of names cutting their comedy teeth. We have Chris Barrie and Harry Enfield before their success, providing dodgy impressions for cash. The better part of Spitting image is the puppets, so having an audio-only experience falls about as flat as this record. However this is Pigeonshit after all, so it clears the bar nicely.

Spitting Image - Spit in Your Ear 260kbps VBR

For anyone wondering what the show's like, here's an episode from back in the day -

 

Since 'World Athletics' are such twats, you'll need to go and watch this on Youtube (the link works).