The Wurzels - Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) [totp2]

WiggyVideos4 · 1.8M views · 2008 · 3:02

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Music performance & songsmusic

Why Hacker News recommends it

Posted as context for the song reference in the title of a story about a combine harvester software lock, and as a joke elsewhere.

What it is

A Top of the Pops performance of The Wurzels' 1976 novelty hit Combine Harvester (Brand New Key). It is a West Country English comic cover of a pop song.

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What Hacker News said

Cites hnbad · 2021-07 · on “I've got a broken combine harvester – manufacturer won't give me software key”

The title of the article is a pop culture reference that may fly over most people's heads, so for context here's The Wurzels performing the song "Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)": [this video] The song itself is a parody/adaption of the Melanie song "Brand New Key" ("I got a brand new pair of roller skates, you got a brand new key"): [LINK]