Song, by Toad

My pals Celebrity Chimp have been up to mischief once more, with four new songs making an appearance on their MySpace page.

They’re bastards, Celebrity Chimp, because the songs they write border on being novelty tracks – Pornstar, Too Pretty For Prison, Swingers, you get the gist – but it is definitely possible to read each and every one as genuinely barbed social commentary.  Why is this bad, you wonder?  Well because it might easily be total bollocks.

Both Andy and Tom are quite capable of writing songs that are simply irreverent and daft just for the fun of it, with no satire involved.  That said, they are both equally capable of lacing more pointed meanings with just enough slightly surreal fluff to disguise it and keep you guessing.

More specifically, they are almost certainly reading this and sniggering to themselves, which is why they are bastards.  How serious are they being?  Well it’s almost certainly that quintessentially British approach of being both 100% serious and completely tongue in cheek at exactly the same time.  And then chuckling to yourself when people don’t quite know what you mean.  Like I said, bastards.

Oh, and the tunes are fucking excellent as well.  Total bastards.

Celebrity Chimp – Swingers
Celebrity Chimp – Celebrity Chimp