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2007
The Libertines: Up The Bracket
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B00006JSIU
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This album by the rock band The Libertines, contains the Hancock inspired track ‘Up The Bracket’.
The title "Up the Bracket" alludes to the phrase used by Hancock meaning a punch in the throat. Hancock is also referenced in the opening track, "Vertigo" - "lead pipes, your fortune's made", being a line from the Half Hour episode "The Poetry Society". The lead singer of the band, Peter Doherty is known to be a lifelong fan of Hancock. Interestingly, the line "Up the Bracket" is also a slang term for snorting cocaine.
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