I got twenty acres and you got forty-three

[sovay]

Through a nearly normal chain of musical association beginning with the Moog Cookbook's "Basket Case" (1996) and progressing through Rasputina's "Why Don't You Do Right?" and "Brand New Key" (1996), spatch has just played me the Wurzels' "Combine Harvester" (1976) and I'm going to bed.

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[asakiyume]

Oh yes! I love "Combine Harvester." Wakanomori introduced me to this when we first met. It was one of his father's favorites, and the Wurzels sing it in a Dorset accent, so it's perfect.

[moon_custafer]

Due to my particular radio-listening tastes as a teen, I think I heard "Combine Harvester" well before I heard "Pair of Roller Skates." In fact I'm not sure I've ever heard the latter in its entirety.

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[thisbluespirit]

and "Brand New Key" (1996), [personal profile] spatch has just played me the Wurzels' "Combine Harvester" (1976) and I'm going to bed.

As a bona fide wurzel myself, I did not need to look anything up to see what would get a person from "Brand New Key" to Combine Harvester; I just got an instant earworm, lol.

[gwynnega]

The Moog Cookbook were friends of friends of mine, back in the day.

Here's a track that seems to go along with the general vibe: "Wichita Lineman" (1997) by Optiganally Yours.