I know there must be people in the world who miss The Darkness as much as I do, but I am surprised that it isn’t a great worldwide clamor. They were both more serious and funnier than they were given credit for (then which for they were given credit?).

Justin Hawkins is out of rehab and in a new band (Hot Leg), so hopefully that will at help fill the void. But until then, we’ll always have their two albums, their amazing Christmas song, and their plentiful B-sides.

Here’s a B-side I just heard yesterday, and it had Vegetable written all over it!

The Darkness - Shake (Like A Lettuce Leaf) from the Is It Just Me? CD single (amazon / itunes)

Awesome-as-per-usual lyrics after the jump.

Prawn cocktail, black forest gateau,
eggs and gammon with a bottle of lambrusco.
This is opulent luxury,
I’m as happy as a pig in shit could be. Ooo.
You keep your cordon bleu, and your seedless grapes,
You know where you can stick your brown eggs!

So just shake shake shake like a lettuce leaf,
Shake!

(lyrics from the website of The Likeness, a Darkness tribute band!)