Long shot track ID - A capella song about fishing

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I heard this once, late night on radio 3. It was sung a capella by a bloke with a fairly deep voice, about the decline of the fishing industry in the uk. Kind of like that song on the advert for fish in the uk ('when the boat comes in' or whatever it is) but way more depressing and political.

― hmmm (hmmm), Thursday, 24 November 2005 14:53 (twenty years ago)

I get the impression you don't much care for the song.

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 24 November 2005 15:02 (twenty years ago)

Oh no, I really loved it. I just can't remember anything more about it.

― hmmm (hmmm), Thursday, 24 November 2005 15:51 (twenty years ago)

I think I heard this too. How long ago?
Was it on Late Junction?

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Thursday, 24 November 2005 17:23 (twenty years ago)

And was it about 10 minutes long?

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Thursday, 24 November 2005 17:26 (twenty years ago)

It sounds like John Conolly - but what track I'm not sure.

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Thursday, 24 November 2005 17:39 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

I have just remebered that it contained the lyric 'big boat for sale'.

― hmmm (hmmm), Sunday, 14 May 2006 14:17 (nineteen years ago)

DANCE TO YOUR DADDY/ DANCE TI' THY DADDY is the traditional song you're comparing it to but i'm not sure what this one is.

― jed_ (jed), Sunday, 14 May 2006 14:34 (nineteen years ago)

if you're really that desperate to find out go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/ and click on "contact us" you'll be amazed to find that they will actually answer you back possibly with the right answer! the BBC have loads of people employed just to reply to queries of this sort.

― jed_ (jed), Sunday, 14 May 2006 14:38 (nineteen years ago)

Very sensible. I do really want to hear it again.

― hmmm (hmmm), Sunday, 14 May 2006 14:39 (nineteen years ago)

a song about fishing? depressing and political? surely this is some kind of rare British Sea Power track.

― punis (punis), Sunday, 14 May 2006 14:54 (nineteen years ago)

sixteen years pass...

this sounds pretty cool, anyone figure this out in the last 17 years?

― JoeStork, Thursday, 4 May 2023 04:42 (two years ago)

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