"One of them comes over...

[The Red Baron]

...he's got a monkey on his shoulder..."

http://m.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/police-stop-doncaster-motorist-driving-with-monkey-on-his-shoulder-1-7585234

 

Can anyone name the track from which the lines above come?

[wilts rover]

Have you been hanging around waiting for the answer TRB?

[The Red Baron]

Have you been hanging around waiting for the answer TRB?

Indeed I have. I take it you can also identity the band and the album?

[Filo]

Have you been hanging around waiting for the answer TRB?

It's pre No More Heroes, it's some funny sounding name, but I can't remeber it, sounds a bit Roman if I remember

Indeed I have. I take it you can also identity the band and the album?

[wilts rover]

Have you been hanging around waiting for the answer TRB?

Indeed I have. I take it you can also identity the band and the album?

Indeed I can. I believe it is from the first album and the lyricist lives about 5 miles from me.

[The Red Baron]

Yes, IV (Rattus Norvegicus). Is it Hugh Cornwell who lives near you, WR? He split up with the other three, who I think are still performing.

I thought IV and Black and White were great albums. No More Heroes is the one everyone remembers, and the title track was very good, but I thought it was rather a patchy album.

[wilts rover]

Yes it is TRB. He lives in the same village as Peter Gabriel and Andy Latimer from Camel, now that would be some trio.

A few years back he put out a track called Please Dont Put Me On a Slow Boat To Trowbridge, which caused uproar in the local press (I think they had 6 letters about it) and to smooth things over with the locals, if you lived in the local area you could get in free to his gigs. I never bothered, but I did see Camel earlier this year...