“Beer & Sex & Chips n' Gravy” is one of the finest collections of Punk Rock hilarity I have ever heard and after listening I guarantee you’ll be joining fellow enthusiasts in the dirtiest pub in town with only your flat cap for protection against the fleas that constitute the regular clientele.
Opener “Buenos Aires” is a horrendously bigoted pro- British Forces song that, after establishing that the residents of Buenos Aires are “bluddy fairies” with “greasy hair and sweaty bums”, asserts the Argentines will lose the Falklands conflict against the English Navy and furthermore ask for the recipe for Chips and Gravy (which is, along with Boddingtons beer, the guarantor of the Army’s success). Another classic we are treated to is the ale- fuelled anthem “Boddies” which reminds us that the cornerstone of manhood is resisting lager, shampoo and indulging in Boddingtons as often as possible lest we remain fucking puffs/cunts.
No release from The Macc Lads would be complete without a good old dose of misogyny and it’s definitely delivered in “Do You Love Me?” - the response to this question (asked of course by the inferior shag bucket whose meat apparently smells) is “I fuck you don’t I?!” If that wasn’t enough for you you can skip straight ahead to “Miss Macclesfield” which places half of the human race firmly in the fucking kitchen.
“Twenty Pints” is “Boddies” revisited and makes use of the same subject matter and celebrates the Lads’ weekly mandatory 20 pints of ale. The only vaguely uncomfortable moments on this album as far as common decency goes are those rooted in homophobia- purely because it’s unclear as to whether or not this is actually for comic effect (if it is then the humour seems at best misplaced and at worst arbitrary prejudice) whereas sexism and bigotry, however vulgar and repellent, are at least not primarily pre- occupied with the prejudices therein. These lads definitely aren’t to be taken seriously, and provided you don’t do that, it becomes irrelevant whether their homophobia is sincere- make of it what you will and listen to what you like.
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