“The bastard son of Dean Friedman”
– The bastard son of Dean Friedman
So… what do we know about Dean Friedman?
The A to Z of HMHB
The A to Z of HMHB
“The bastard son of Dean Friedman”
– The bastard son of Dean Friedman
So… what do we know about Dean Friedman?
dirk hofman
In his song ‘Hey Hey Hillary’ (1998) Friedman (a baker apparently), rhymes Hillary with distillery and like Joyce she had a few quirks…
5 August 2014
Archie Dream Walker
My ‘dad’ liked Dean Friedman, in particular ‘shopping bag ladies’, which each time it was being played he’d say to me “very good words to this one, you should listen to them”. He’d hinted that I was a bastard since I was eight years old so when he played this fellas songs from when I was 13 onward I always knew what he was hinting. You can imagine my amazement when I heard HMHB song ‘the bastard son of Dean Friedman’, and then See That My Bike’s Kept Clean(I had severe head injury on my 13th birthday after a bicycle accident), Sensitive Outsider etc etc…even Quality Janitor(the au pair my dad married six months after my accident was called Janetta, she was 24 and seduced me more than him!!!)
5 August 2014
BrumbiscUit
Seems a good sport, seeing as he made his appearance on stage at The Robin2 in Bilston three years ago or so. That was one of my more refreshed gigs, so I had to ask a bloke beside me for confirmation it actually was DF. I can even remember his Lucky Stars hit and have been reminded of his existence during the ’79 TOTP recent re-runs.
5 August 2014
Chris The Siteowner
Gave me this spirited response when I drew attention to the curiosity which is his website a little while back. Splendidly geeky.
5 August 2014
third rate les
Jeff Dreadnought and I bumped into him after the Bilston gig so I have a set list from that one signed by Friedman himself. That was a cracking good night.
5 August 2014
EXXO
A very odd night, where HMHB and the audience both emerged with great credit from their response to Friedmann’s strange foisting of himself upon them, which could have got very embarrassing for the fella I thought, what with his own song being such a piece of shite and everything.
5 August 2014
BrumbiscUit
Well, the song is aimed at DF’s “normal” audience that is a little folksier and more East-Coast liberal than a typical HMHB crowd, but yes, it wasn’t very good.
CtSO’s observations about DF’s site seem accurate, though a delve into his site and looking at his leanings (DF’s, not CtSO’s) saw me warming to the chap. Not sure about the monkey called Amelia, though.
Dean-o!, Dean-o!, Dean-o!
5 August 2014
paul f
Just been on Deano’s website. The feller is nuts (in a good way, I’d venture to say). And I noticed that the latest article on his “press” page is from 2003, about his attendance at the Biscuit gig in Edinburgh.
6 August 2014
mac
Also grabbed the set list after the Bilston gig. couldn’t get Dean to sign it as there were a couple of blokes who were hounding him and wouldn’t let anyone else get near him. 😉
I too thought the appearance was uncomfortable but don’t mind the song. It is, after all, a response to BSODF.
I also liked the fact that he followed me on twitter after I mentioned the gig.
6 August 2014
EXXO
I remember thinking that I’d seen better comebacks after 20 seconds (e.g. from local rappers at a community festival in the park) than Deano managed after 20 years, and the band seemed to be thinking the same thing.
7 August 2014
Brumbiscuit
Rumour has it, secret gig and all that, that Nerys Hughes is booked into The Robin2 hotel on 9/10.
7 August 2014
dr desperate
And Albert Hammond at the Olde White Rose.
7 August 2014
dr desperate
Fans should take note that DF’s Bilston gig next year has been re-scheduled, fortunately to May rather than February.
24 July 2016
Mr. abelazar woozle
He’s playing in Sheffield later this month if anyone wishes to press a paternity suit?
11 July 2017
hendrix-tattoo
In today’s Express Dean reveals his 6 best albums…
https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/942285/dean-friedman-best-albums-joni-mitchell-simon-garfunkel-west-side-story/amp?__twitter_impression=true
6 April 2018
hendrix-tattoo
‘Supercalifragilisticborussiamönchengladbach
https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/943138/Dean-Friedman-music-review-UK-tour-40th-anniversary/amp?__twitter_impression=true
8 April 2018
Flintlock
I was looking for some advice on how to work my synthesiser last night, and I found this;
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFa4_po__8wMNscyFfDy6Dn-_hZdtr-jo
6 May 2019
hendrix-tattoo
That Song about Nigel from the man himself
6 June 2019
brumbiscuit
The 10th anniversary of Deano’s Bilston appearance passed me by. That gig surpassed the Cardiff Point gig on St David’s Day 2007 quite comfortably – and that was superb.
30 November 2020
Chris The Siteowner
Audio interview between The Saint of Retropopic Radio and Dean Friedman.
“Why did momentum slow for Dean after the release of his commercially successful second album? What was the reason behind the BBC banning the sensational song ‘McDonald’s Girl’? How did this affect Dean’s career? In what way did he react to this? What does he think of the Half Man Half Biscuit song ‘The Bastard Son Of Dean Friedman’? How did he get along with Nigel Blackwell when he met him? What was the inspiration behind ‘A Baker’s Tale’? How does he see his musical future?”
10 January 2021
cream cheese and chives
In a Covid related conversation recently, I said I thanked my lucky stars. This led to DF’s song becoming the mother of all ear worms. This was NOT a pleasant experience as either my wife or I kept finding ourselves squealing, ‘Did you see Lisa?’
This podcast was a welcome and entertaining antidote.
10 January 2021