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Close Escape

by | Feb 21, 2024

The song “Close Escape” picks up where its predecessor “In The Middle Of The Night” left off. The story depicts a perverse individual who derives pleasure from making unsolicited calls to women and asking them about their underwear. The author,...
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E.R.N.I.E.

by | Feb 21, 2024

During their summer tour in 1980, the band previewed another song called ‘E.R.N.I.E.’, which was Suggs’ tribute to premium bonds. Premium bonds are a popular lottery system that was introduced in 1957. The initials ‘E.R.N.I.E.’ means...
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Embarrassment

by | Feb 19, 2024

‘Embarrassment’ dealt with an altogether more serious issue. Lee Thompson’s 17-year-old sister Tracy had become pregnant with a mixed-race child, which caused consternation among some of the family’s friends, relatives and neighbours, who...
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Baggy Trousers

by | Feb 19, 2024

Suggs later recalled in an interview that “I was very specifically trying to write a song in the style of Ian Dury, especially the songs he was writing then, which [were] often sort of catalogues of phrases in a constant stream.” He contrasted “Baggy...

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