Dave Peacock was one of the best bass players I've ever seen. I'm a bass player I watched them live about 10 years ago and he was grinning at me watching his fingers all gig. Both Chas and Dave were accomplished session players! Thanks for the video! BTW "Rabbit" is cockney(Londoner) rhyming slang Rabbit and Pork = Talk
I love Chas And Dave. Brilliant, working-class songs about things that matter in the average lives of ordinary people! And great fun too. I saw them live a few years before Chas dies, and the audience reaction was electric. The best atmosphere at any gig I’ve ever been too, regardless of how big or small the artist was. I don’t often cry when a celebrity dies but I wept a bit when Chas Hodges passed away. I expect others have said this but ‘rabbit’ here is Cockney rhyming slang. Rabbit & Pork = talk.
They were also sampled by the Wu-Tang Clan and others as well. I met Chaz Hodges once when he was playing a gig (without Dave) in a pub close to me, he was a real gent! His piano playing was superb too.
Thanks for this classic tune. And so glad you loved it too, especially with having to translate the Cockney accents. I’d like to recommend to you a wonderful English artist called Jake Thackray. He has written some wonderfully funny and lyrically funny songs. Check out ‘ On again, On again’ and ‘La-Di-Da’. ❤️❤️❤️🎼🎼🎼❤️❤️❤️🎼🎼🎼❤️❤️❤️
Richie Blackmore far left.. Chas hodges (of Chas n Dave) 3rd in line. From 1963..THE outlaws (A Joe Meek Production). 👇 th-cam.com/video/IECo3FAGQBw/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
Loving your expressions that seem to say the UK is more nuts than you thought. When they say "You've got more rabbit than Sainsbury's" they're talking about the major UK supermarket who made an ad you might have seen, the iconic 2014 one to mark the WW1 Christmas Day truce.
There was a time when Artists had to have a version, that wasn't more than Three and a half minutes long! If it was longer it wouldn't be played on the Radio, that was certainly the case in the UK.
Thanks for this. It helps if you are familiar with ( Cockney) London Rhyming slang so, in this instance "Rabbit and Pork=TALK". "You've Got More Rabbit Than Sainsbury's". Sainsbury's is the second biggest UK Supermarket and sell actual rabbit meat.
'Rabbit', like perhaps, 'Barnet', 'butchers', 'Bristols' and 'berk' has passed into English vernacular so completely that few even realise it is Cockney rhyming slang.
I think this is one of the most obvious things to say, and in a few hours the comments section will probably be full of people telling you the same thing, but right now the video's been up for five hours and has 16 comments, which I have read and nobody's said it yet, so: "Rabbit" is one of those bits of rhyming slang where nobody uses the actual rhyming bit anymore. It's "rabbit and pork" = "talk". Something else I've noticed for the first time today, is that there's a really massively glaring edit in this audio, at 2:41 in your video. I'm surprised they didn't insist on redoing that.
Yes, I love all that rhyming slang, which really became popular when it was highlighted on the TV series, "Minder" .. And as you said, lots of them could be a bit hard to guess their origin or meaning because they wouldn't be used in full when being applied in conversation .. The "rabbit" example is a good one, and there's heaps of others such as calling a person's face their "boat", instead of saying the full rhyme, which is "boat race".
That's the whole point of rhyming slang. You don't say the rhyming word, so the uninitiated don't know what you're talking about. I'm going up the apples = I'm going up the stairs (apples and pears = stairs).
Probably one a lot of people can relate to. I used to work with someone who rescued domestic rabbits in trouble. She would spend the first hour of every day telling anyone who would listen about what her rabbits had been doing the previous day. Lovely woman who never understood why people were so keen to get away from her. And then there was the time when a colleague who used to shoot rabbits for a local farmer decided the workplace fridge would be a good place to store some while he was looking for a buyer for the meat. Nice Legs, Shame About Her Face by The Monks might be a good follow up to this.
@hanierfamily I so apologise for calling you American. Have worked both in America and Canada during my career.. Canadians are much more down to earth and realistic. But even in England.. To 'rabbit' is a very London cockney expression.
This is the version for radio and TV, when they sing "we make a wonderful pair" live it was "you've got a wonderful pair" 😉😉😂🤣😂
Dave Peacock was one of the best bass players I've ever seen. I'm a bass player I watched them live about 10 years ago and he was grinning at me watching his fingers all gig. Both Chas and Dave were accomplished session players! Thanks for the video! BTW "Rabbit" is cockney(Londoner) rhyming slang Rabbit and Pork = Talk
I love Chas And Dave. Brilliant, working-class songs about things that matter in the average lives of ordinary people! And great fun too. I saw them live a few years before Chas dies, and the audience reaction was electric. The best atmosphere at any gig I’ve ever been too, regardless of how big or small the artist was.
I don’t often cry when a celebrity dies but I wept a bit when Chas Hodges passed away.
I expect others have said this but ‘rabbit’ here is Cockney rhyming slang. Rabbit & Pork = talk.
'There Ain't no Pleasing You' is a very good Chas'n'Dave song!
Cynthia and Chris has reacted to this one.. It's there somewhere
The bass/keyboard riff on Eminem’s “My Name Is” is these guys. They were session musicians playing for Labi Siffre, and that’s what got sampled.
They were also sampled by the Wu-Tang Clan and others as well. I met Chaz Hodges once when he was playing a gig (without Dave) in a pub close to me, he was a real gent! His piano playing was superb too.
Now we need to hear " Gertcha!"
Always a proper giggle this lot ! cheers !
Thanks for this classic tune. And so glad you loved it too, especially with having to translate the Cockney accents. I’d like to recommend to you a wonderful English artist called Jake Thackray. He has written some wonderfully funny and lyrically funny songs. Check out ‘ On again, On again’ and ‘La-Di-Da’. ❤️❤️❤️🎼🎼🎼❤️❤️❤️🎼🎼🎼❤️❤️❤️
VIII might be roman numerals for 8.
the British phrase ‘to talk the hind leg off a donkey’
Chas Hodges was in The Outlaws with Ritchie Blackmore. We should see if there's anything available from them.
I have a vid of it.. I'll find it and let you know in due course
Richie Blackmore far left.. Chas hodges (of Chas n Dave) 3rd in line.
From 1963..THE outlaws (A Joe Meek Production).
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th-cam.com/video/IECo3FAGQBw/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
@GutsGrizzleCorrect me if I'm wrong, but I believe that Mick Underwood from Episode Six , and Gillan is in this band.
@Starburst_Candy Yes, spot on.
Michael John Underwood (5 September 1945 - 28 July 2024)
He was also in Heads, Hands and Feet with Albert Lee.
We're not to bad in old Blighty ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Loving your expressions that seem to say the UK is more nuts than you thought. When they say "You've got more rabbit than Sainsbury's" they're talking about the major UK supermarket who made an ad you might have seen, the iconic 2014 one to mark the WW1 Christmas Day truce.
Great musicians, they vowed to sing in their own accents. I watched a documentary a while back where they studied how complex what they did was.
Both are good Tottenham Hotspur Supporters. COYS
You keep a knockin' from The Outlaws with Chas Hodges from 1964. Way before they were famous.
It's on u tube
I drive a lorry for Sainsbury’s….. never delivered rabbit to them!
There was a time when Artists had to have a version, that wasn't more than Three and a half minutes long! If it was longer it wouldn't be played on the Radio, that was certainly the case in the UK.
Thanks for this. It helps if you are familiar with ( Cockney) London Rhyming slang so, in this instance "Rabbit and Pork=TALK".
"You've Got More Rabbit Than Sainsbury's". Sainsbury's is the second biggest UK Supermarket and sell actual rabbit meat.
I can hear your cat at the beginning of this video!
Brilliant musicians. In the 60s they used to play backing for loads of big stars who came over from the US without their bands. Gercha is best..
You must have gotten a new load of rocks for the backyard. 😂
A great song!
Nice Pub Song 🍻
I love Chas and Dave. They're always fun to listen to.
Gertcha is fun, my wife still shouts gertcha if cats come in to our garden to scare them off
I loved this song when it came out, but they played it so much on the radio and TV, that I wanted to give it a rest.😅
Loved it then, love it now ❤
Just great catchy pop; goodtime fun 😊
great live act saw em in preston real cockney geezers
It's a bit of fun.
rabbit london slang for yapping.More rabbit than (sainsurys being a major uk supermarket) etc
Bigmouth strikes again,by the Smith.If you haven'tdone it,you should.Leeds Yorkshire.
Thank you for doing this suggestion, it's one of their better songs, it's great fun.
'Rabbit', like perhaps, 'Barnet', 'butchers', 'Bristols' and 'berk' has passed into English vernacular so completely that few even realise it is Cockney rhyming slang.
Supported led zeppelin 1979
@@jamessewell5636 Yes on the bill at Knebworth.
you could try 'the wurzels' as well, with, 'combine harvester song,'
"Rabbit & Pork" = talk
Cockney rhyming slang, knock off the last words gives you "RABBIT"
I've been singing this to myself all day long😂😂😂❤
I think this is one of the most obvious things to say, and in a few hours the comments section will probably be full of people telling you the same thing, but right now the video's been up for five hours and has 16 comments, which I have read and nobody's said it yet, so: "Rabbit" is one of those bits of rhyming slang where nobody uses the actual rhyming bit anymore. It's "rabbit and pork" = "talk".
Something else I've noticed for the first time today, is that there's a really massively glaring edit in this audio, at 2:41 in your video. I'm surprised they didn't insist on redoing that.
Yes, I love all that rhyming slang, which really became popular when it was highlighted on the TV series, "Minder" .. And as you said, lots of them could be a bit hard to guess their origin or meaning because they wouldn't be used in full when being applied in conversation .. The "rabbit" example is a good one, and there's heaps of others such as calling a person's face their "boat", instead of saying the full rhyme, which is "boat race".
That's the whole point of rhyming slang. You don't say the rhyming word, so the uninitiated don't know what you're talking about. I'm going up the apples = I'm going up the stairs (apples and pears = stairs).
v111=8 ie henry the v111
Love Chas and Dave 👍
Cockney slang Rabbit and Pork=talk (rabbit for short)
If someone says you keep rabbiting on, you now know your talking to much lol
Probably one a lot of people can relate to. I used to work with someone who rescued domestic rabbits in trouble. She would spend the first hour of every day telling anyone who would listen about what her rabbits had been doing the previous day. Lovely woman who never understood why people were so keen to get away from her. And then there was the time when a colleague who used to shoot rabbits for a local farmer decided the workplace fridge would be a good place to store some while he was looking for a buyer for the meat. Nice Legs, Shame About Her Face by The Monks might be a good follow up to this.
😂😂😂
Nice legs, shame about the face, is a really great song
It's pronounced "Torkin"
I like rabbits 🐇
I like talking to them too. It's the only time I can have a conversation I enjoy.
I serenade my wife with this song 😀
🙈🙉🙊🏴✌️
There is no way amer are going to get the irony of this song..... But maybe you did.
@@davidsuttie4192 We're Canadian.
@hanierfamily I so apologise for calling you American. Have worked both in America and Canada during my career..
Canadians are much more down to earth and realistic.
But even in England.. To 'rabbit' is a very London cockney expression.
Not bad but in Aussie no one would understand what they are singing about.
Not many people outside London did, to be honest...
@@monaromark1021 strange, apparently some people think us cockneys are Australian 😄
@JaniceFK @JaniceFK My Trouble and Saucepans sound like Aussies especially her after a few Vera Lynns at The Rub-A-Dub.
Rabbit and pork= talk.cockney rhyming slang😊