Papa's got a brand new flu strain

2009-05-03 by Hal Berstram

Pigbag – Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag

The recent outbreak of ‘swine flu’ had me thinking about pig-themed tracks and to be honest, I couldn’t think of many good ones. Pink Floyd’s “Pigs (Three Different Ones)”, despite a welcome dig at Mary Whitehouse, is the weakest track on their Animals lp and the Beatles’ “Piggies” is a similarly duff component of the ridiculously uneven White Album.

Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” is classic heavy metal, but a bit too much for 8.30am on Sunday morning.

And so I was left with Pigbag – a short-lived early 80s British funk outfit who achieved huge success with this single in 1982 before splitting up the year after. The 7” mix of this is reasonably easy to get hold of on umpteen “best of the 80s” compilations, and the reissue of Pigbag’s album Dr Heckle and Mr Jive on BMG in 2000 featured the 7” mix as an extra track. But I’m not sure if the 12” mix is still available elsewhere. Which is a shame, ‘cos it’s great.

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Buy the album
(includes 7" mix)
Buy original 12"
on discogs... seems to be fairly cheap
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  1. KL says (on May 29, 2009 @ 08:05 AM):

    You guys have done it again!

    For years my wife and I have been trying to remember/find the song from the 90s that had crappy CGI skeletons flying around and a catchy brass riff… I had tried all kinds of googling to no avail. Then I heard this track and thought "wow that sounds really familiar… could it be…?" And lo and behold five minutes later I have found the track: Perfecto Allstarz – Reach Up

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxzlb-iNpc8

    Thank you DC!!!!

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