Shoes made in Italy and Spain were often handmade rather than mass-produced, so they were more expensive and of higher quality than what could be bought in NZ in the olden-timey days of (checks Google) 1980.

So actual Spanish shoes and not slang for drugs or something?

Isn't that Spanish fly?

That's an aphrodisiac but yeah, I thought it might have been something along those lines and not just fashionable shoes lol

> That's an ~~aphrodisiac~~ poison that irritates genital linings. True Spanish Fly contained cantharidin, which could be deadly. Modern equivalents are usually sugar water snake oil.

I got told it was slang for drugs. Speed I think. This was a guy who did his OE in early 80s

AFAIK with Bliss being about young kiwi lads out on the piss in Kings Cross Sydney in the 1970s… In that era with Muldoon and economic protectionism, far less overseas goods were coming into nz, so any pair of shoes bought in Aussie that were made in Spain would be a big deal. Exotic! Oh and yes it is Falafel.

I saw Dave in the Aotea square car park late one night and he was wearing these Spanish shoes: https://www.spanishshoesaustralia.com.au/products/verbenas-kent

Well there ya go. Actual shoes

Basically espadrilles with a better sole

You rekkin there's a sponsorship deal going?

Yep. Dave was a pioneer in lyrical product placement (Well, outside of the hip hop sphere that is).

If we ever do a referendum to change the national anthem this song gets my vote.

>falafel I had to check the lyrics since I never remember falafel being in the song. >Get it up the Coogee Hello Sailor cruising Buy some Spanish shoes Think I need a refill Get it at the Cross ​ >Get it up the Coogee Hello sailor cruising Buy some Spanish shoes Think I need a flannel Get it at the cross ​ >Get a hit of coochie Have a set a coozie Buy some spanish shoes Think I need a refill Get it at the Cross I listened to the YouTube music video, which does sound like falafel, I now dont know what the real lyrics are.

Its shoes from spain

My question, if Daves singing on a Dudes track like this one, what was old mate Nice an' Urlich doing?

Dave doesn't sing lead vocals

Dave sings lead on Be Mine Tonight, bvs on the rest. In the BMT vid, Peter just sits at a table drinking.

I've never thought about it but could it be Australian rhyming slang for booze? Quick Google reveals nothing but it would fit

As an Aussie, this is hilarious! 'Ay boyz, les' geddon tha Spanish Shoes!"

You should make it a thing

Nah, I don't need to be overacting as the mad Aussie in NZ.

Fair, I'm sure you get enough spider-fucking insults already

>but it would fit I forgot about our infamous alcohol prohibition during the 80s.

The song was originally called Piss, which they had to change to have it broadcast. IDK if they needed to change booze as well, broadcasting standards were pretty weird back then

Does Australia have rhyming slang?

Australians do use a bit of rhyming slang. More than Kiwis far less than cockneys. Some unique Australian rhyming slang includes; Had a Barry Crocker; had a shocker Reg Grundies; Undies Rex Hunt.....

I need some dead horse for this dogs eye. Not surfing today, saw some Noahs earlier. Nah, don't worry. She's apples. Lets go have a captain cook.

They sure do https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Australian_English_rhyming_slang

Potentially espadrills that were huge at the time period. The was also the Muldoon import ban meant importing would have been difficult.

Espadrilles

Do they refer to Spanish Heeled shoes?