Post by albertbenzlerfan on Jul 16, 2023 5:45:54 GMT
Sorry if I'm being too formal here. I really have no idea how to use a forum.
Released on VHS and CD in September 1996, "British beef is better by far" is a comic song written by Ross Young, a cattle farmer and business consultant from Stoke St. Gregory, England.
The song was made to uplift cattle farmers in England, whose businesses had been hit hard by the Mad cow disease crisis. The release contained two songs, "British beef is better by far", and "Moo cow blues". British beef is an upbeat jazzy tune about the pride of British beef. The B side, Moo cow blues, is largely unknown however it tells the story of BSE from a cow's perspective.
The song was recorded with the Blazers Jazz Band, the Somerset Levels Male Vocal Chorus led by dairy farmer William Tilley, and songwriter Ross Young on lead vocal. The song was recorded after a rehearsal in the George Inn at Middlezoy.
Unfortunately no full uploads of the song have surfaced yet. However, a presumably unaltered segment of the song was sampled by an artist named V/Vm. The sampled track in question, named Beef Interlude, appears in two releases: Chart Runners, from 1998, and AuralOffalWaffle, from 1999. Due to the lyrics being very similar to British beef's other found lyrics and the vocal chorus and jazz band it's assumed this is infact a segment of British beef.
Lyrics to British beef are mostly unknown however some lyrics are found via archives on newspapers.com and the previously mentioned Beef Interlude track by V/Vm:
From newspapers.com:
"Oh praise our british beef,
It's our pride and our belief,
That british beef is better beef by far.
There's no doubt about it,
So we must shout about it,
That british beef is better beef by far."
It's our pride and our belief,
That british beef is better beef by far.
There's no doubt about it,
So we must shout about it,
That british beef is better beef by far."
From Beef Interlude:
"I've been abroad and had some pink salami,
where horses are for courses, how bizarre.
Although we have been humbled we've got the Euros rumbled,
cause our british beef is better beef by far."
Sources:
Farmers Weekly - Singing away BSEblues... (December 3rd, 1999): www.fwi.co.uk/news/singing-away-bseblues
Leon and Hits - Beef Interlude (Track originally released in 1998): www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXbXHq1nDtg
The Times - Beef crisis gets verse (September 12th, 1996): archive.org/details/NewsUK1996UKEnglish/Sep%2012%201996%2C%20The%20Times%2C%20%2365683%2C%20UK%20%28en%29/page/n5/mode/2up
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