I remember when John Peel used to present his show. He'd play Napalm Death or Boltthrower then follow it with Mongolian throat music and then the Wedding Present. Quite possibly where my taste in music comes from- listen to it first then make your mind up.
@@thegranddilligaf John Peel was a legend. I've got a very wide-ranging musical taste too. Oh, and apparently Bill Steer from Carcass is a big Wurzels fan. lol
The humoir of this song was great as a kid. There were nuanced layers of gentle comedy permeating our lives back then that are now sorely lacking in these 'improved' times.
I live in Vancouver and come from Devon a guy gets on my bus last week and tells me that that these guys are realy realy popular on the east coast of canada...I never knew that
You're luckier than I am. First of April 1976 (a terrible date to be born on) and to just rub it in further "Save all your kisses for me" by Brotherhood of Man was number 1. How I hate that song. I mean they're no Abba.
I used to work in a timber yard in east London. The yard manager was from the west country, so we naturally called him "Wurzel". Great bloke, hope he's doing well.
I just asked GA (Google Assistant) what's her favourite song, and she answer Combine Harvester! I thought okay let's play it! That's why I'm here noww, can't believe GA has better taste in music than me😜😂🤣
You can’t say the word ‘combine’ without thinking the word ‘harvester’ because of this song. That’s how much this parody has influenced the English language.
Watching this reminds me what a great year i was i thinking 13 at the time i think the hot summer i can remember i have some very fond memories off 1976
Andy Roddick should get a promotional fee for all the attention he's brining to The Wurzels. Thanks. Now I'll have this song in my head for a long time.
This has been stuck in my head all day today! i love how this was back wen all we had was innuendo and foot tapping tunes, now we can swear and really spell out how we did that ho last night to "banging" tunes! u wonder if wer actually better off lol
This song made sure Paul McCartney had to wait over a year for his first post-Beatles #1 single in Britain. [Silly Love Songs simply wasn't good enough...although it topped Billboard for five weeks!] Five years earlier he got his first #1 in America with...wait for it...Uncle Albert(Admiral Halsey)!
Thanks for posting this childhood memory. It is a reminder that there is a lot of stuff from the Seventies that is worth preserving...but on the other hand there is excruciating shite like this that just a waste of videotape.