Great. Such a gem of a song.
Comparable to diamonique rather than diamond perhaps?
Well. Yeah. Ha-ha. It's not up there among the best, for sure. But the corny quirkiness is rather lovely. Love that he sings in his Geordie accent.
Thats not Geordie, I’d say its a Yorkshire accent.
Really? Had no idea. That makes it even funnier.
Edit: After listening to several clips of Geordie Yorkshire accents, it's pretty clear it's Yorkshire. Love it. Mark's really good at doing accents.
He is actually! Well he spent a lot of time in Leeds (Yorkshire) and with Steve Phillips so a Yorkshire accent should come easily. He did a Welsh accent during that Brian Johnson interview and was pretty funny. I'd be told by a Welsh person no doubt there are many regional variations but to me it was a typical "Welsh" accent. Maybe years spent with Terry Williams and Geriant Watkins have rubbed off. Whenever I try a Welsh accent I slip into an Indian one somehow!
Yes, Badges is very much a Yorkshire accent. I always wonder what people from Gods Own Country think about that with Mark being an outsider so-to-speak.
Definitely a Yorkshire accent and I should know, because I live there! There are many Yorkshire accents, depending on where you live - some are a bit rough and others are really lovely and soft, but I would say MK's Yorkshire accent is a Leeds one. I have lived in Leeds for many years and still don't have one, just my original Liverpool twang, although watered down a bit now!
I agree that MK is very good at accents.
BTW I love Badges. It makes me laugh a lot!