Pants Of Ping

Gulp.

Well hello

An NME image of sweater-losing ~~Cock~~ Cork eccentrics ~~Stump~~ Sultans of Ping FC from 1992 discovered by vintage website Brand New Retro.

Kieran c asks:

“Is it just me or was the silly-looned gent at the back a bit greedy when the meat and two veg/twig and berries/family jewels/, etc. were being handed out? I call fake on his obscene package….

FIGHT!

Sultans of Ping NME article, 1992 (Brand New Retro)

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38 thoughts on “Pants Of Ping”

Del McG January 23, 2015 at 3:45 pm

Still no sign of that jumper either

newsjustin January 23, 2015 at 3:46 pm

It’s just you. Standard enough package in tight pants.

As you were.

scottser January 23, 2015 at 4:46 pm

nah, there’s a pound of denny’s finest down there.

Count Chuckula January 23, 2015 at 3:48 pm

His pants are on back to front, accentuating the, er, effect. Explained in the article. Apparently, it was the style at the time.

andyourpointiswhatexactly January 23, 2015 at 3:49 pm

Style at the time for him, I’d say.
Ms Piggy January 23, 2015 at 4:04 pm

I remember 1992. I do NOT remember men wearing their trousers backwards. And I think I would. Imagine the practical implications :-)
1. Jess January 23, 2015 at 4:18 pm
  
  Kriss Kross ‘ll make ya!
2. Trav January 23, 2015 at 4:20 pm
  
  “And everything is to the back with a little slack
  ‘Cause inside-out its wiggida wiggida wiggida wack!”
3. rory January 23, 2015 at 9:13 pm
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxu2bvPwjPw

andyourpointiswhatexactly January 23, 2015 at 3:48 pm

Jeekers tonight!

JimmytheHead January 23, 2015 at 3:52 pm

Sultans of Ding-a-ling

Del McG January 23, 2015 at 3:55 pm

Would have gone with Sultans Of Wang personally, but whatever you’re having yourself
1. JimmytheHead January 23, 2015 at 4:14 pm
  
  Ding, Wang… its all protein at the end of the day
  1. Del McG January 23, 2015 at 4:21 pm
    
    … and very nearly a Chinese snooker player too!

Custo January 23, 2015 at 3:53 pm

best band ever.

apart from Rollerskate Skinny.

Spaghetti Hoop January 23, 2015 at 3:55 pm

I like your manifesto, put it to the testo.

Clampers Outside! January 23, 2015 at 4:36 pm

Make it with pesto.
1. Spaghetti Hoop January 23, 2015 at 4:39 pm
  
  Eat natural food baked twice daily.
  1. Toe up January 23, 2015 at 5:14 pm
    
    I always thought they said:
    
    East natural food,
    Bathe twice daily
    
    There are conflicting entries on different lyrics sites.
    1. Spaghetti Hoop January 23, 2015 at 5:18 pm
      
      Think you’re right about bathe.
      
      *huge urge now to outstretch arms in circular flying mode around a dance floor as “dancing at the disco” fades out….
    2. Clampers Outside! January 23, 2015 at 5:22 pm
      
      I thought it was bathe too :)

Corky Duke January 23, 2015 at 4:03 pm

Up until last year some time i thought this bad were absolutly rubbish….until i heard the song “give him a ball and a yard of grass”. Now i just think they are rubbish.
“Give him a ball & a yard of grass
He’ll give you a move with perfect pass”

Corky Duke January 23, 2015 at 4:03 pm

* Band
1. Del McG January 23, 2015 at 4:06 pm
  
  **Absolutely
Toe up January 23, 2015 at 5:15 pm

No more plastic pitches!!

QPR, you’ve got a lot to answer for!!
Someone January 23, 2015 at 6:58 pm

If God had meant it played up there,
He would’ve put goalposts in the air.

Ironballs McGinty January 23, 2015 at 4:12 pm

His “Ken Barlow is Jesus” t-shirt was a particular favourite at the time.

Clampers Outside! January 23, 2015 at 5:21 pm

Is that Quark from Deep Space Nine – back / left?

I’d know that smile almost anywhere.

NiallJames January 23, 2015 at 5:42 pm

“He’s a nice young man with a lovely smile”
Andyourpointiswhatexactly January 23, 2015 at 6:20 pm

Gawd. I get the nerdy reference and you’re right. Heh.

Pedant January 23, 2015 at 5:50 pm

Great band. Well able to get weird

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=UHObqllJt2w

Love this tune

NiallJames January 23, 2015 at 6:05 pm

Superb.
That’s it decided so. Staying in listening to the Sultans for the evening.

Frilly Keane January 23, 2015 at 5:51 pm

Ah. Thanks a mill BS

Great t’see Murty again. Always with that smile. Even when the showbanders Dancing Bastards From Hell dumped him without even a trace of common courtesy.

I must dig out his old fanzines
Have a pinta rasa
And ring home

Otis Blue January 23, 2015 at 7:24 pm

The singer, Niall Flaherty, completed his PhD in 2008 and is currently a lecturer in the History of European Political Thought, Kings College, London.