Hovis song from the 70s??

[lazy_carrot]

Does anyone remember the song to the tune of the old Hovis ad? (you great big ugly wart, you spawney eyed wassack etc ) Who was the band (?) and what was it called?

[boholt]

It's called Clapstick comes home by Tony Clapstick. Being a sad sort of person I play it often and still laugh

[xyzzyplugh]

(Capstick.) Sorry to be pedantic boholt but 'just looking for the facts ma'am'

[lodekka]

Firstly, it's Capstick Comes Home by Tony Capstick and the Carlton Main/Frickley Colliery Band - this got to No.3 in 1981. If you scroll down to 1981 on this page http://www.yearsofgold.org.uk/MP3files.htm you'll be in for a nice surprise - I found it totally by accident while looking at something else. Having moved up to Yorkshire from the South, I can report that all the initial impressions about the area that this track conveys have been roundly confirmed!

[mam1963]

The tune is originally from dvorak, New World Symphony.
The song (Capstick Comes Home) was a hit in 1981 for Tony Capstick and the Carlton Main/Frickley Colliery Band.

[harryhenson]

The Hovis advert was a two minute advert that was a mini drama. It gave the impression of life in a little mining town called Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset. A young boy is seen pushing his bike up the cobbled street to deliver bread to the miners. Now I have to visit https://www.resumesplanet.com/ website to get help in my essay. It was filmed on Gold Hill which is actually quite steep so it was probably done with a pulley system and the boy may have had an extra weight added to his bike to make it look like he was struggling up the hill.