Quite brilliantly, Glasgow comedy, rock 'n' roll/indie mentalists Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 contacted human rights activist and gay icon Peter Tatchell ahead of this release and he let them use his artwork on the cover. Another celebrity mentioned in the song 'Gay Icon' (think Scissor Sisters only less disco and generally better and more fun) is Stephen Fry who also appears in parenthesis in the song's title also expressed his delight about being mentioned. The full title is 'Gay Icon (Please Don't Die Stephen Fry, Can't Be Wrong Elton John)', but sadly Mr. John was too busy having babies to get back to the band. Apparently the song was inspired by The Colonel celebrating Hogmany in Edinburgh when he accidentally found himself in a gay club that duly embraced him, so a tribute of sorts, and a fine one at that.
Elsewhere on this humorous collection of great tunes we get a full-on alternative party anthem in 'How Many Manys Are Too Many Many' where references are made a motley crew including Colin Montgomerie, Jimmy Krankie, The Pope and Adolf Hitler amongst others, all swamped by heaps of backing vocals, brass and guitars. Yeah it's a bit novelty but it pisses over most novelty records. There are a couple of decent remixes thrown in too, as well as a clean version of previous track and spaghetti western style romp 'Capturado'. Not taking yourselves too seriously can be a virtue but making comedy/novelty/tongue-in-cheek records is rarely a good idea. It's best not to question how they did it, but Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 have managed to make a rare and brilliant success of it here.
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