Very, very good stuff, Mr Moth: seriously enjoyable song, although you had me in one with the use of all that Trumptonshire footage.
Interesting to hear in the lyrics one of the obvious questions I would have asked you: given that you're a young man (hey, everything's relative
), how come you have nostalgic yearnings for those programmes, which predate you by quite some years?
I mean, born in 1961 and thus a kid when Camberwick Green, Trumpton, and Chigley came out later in the 1960's, I know why they work for me (he says, quietly wiping away a tear for a childhood lost in the woods of West Sussex), but for the younger generation?
I suspect it's because the originals themselves were already deeply nostalgic in their invocation of a lost or perhaps even imaginary world, and thus in some way, timeless from the outset. Between the beautifully dedicated stop motion animation, the music, the stories, and, of course, the unforgettable narration by Brian Cant, well, they're out and out classics.
Strikes me you're mining some of the same vein that has worked so well for Big Big Train, albeit much of their focus seems to have been on Victoriana and perhaps the 1930's world of Billy Bunter, rather than later years. What is it with us Brits and our yearning for the "temps perdu"? I work for a bloody space agency, and even I suffer from it ...
In any case, hearing this song has made me want to buy your album, so job done
Oh, but one last thing. Comic Sans? Seriously? Of course, absolutely no blame can be placed on you for that, but take my advice: have a word with your video producers ... (tongue in cheek)
