In 1972, Paul McCartney released a song called “Give Ireland Back To The Irish” and in 1992 the Morrissey song “The National Front Disco” has the refrain in it ‘England for the English’.
When listening to the Shadows’ “Kon-Tiki” after reading Bill’s post about it, I was reminded of the Beatles song “Hold Me Tight”. If one imagines “Hold Me Tight” as an instrumental, it sounds like a Shadows track.
When I first heard of Brexit, the song “European Son” by JAPAN sprang to mind. When I first heard that song I told my then-girlfriend that I thought the lyrics might be about human trafficking. She told me that the lyrics were about English existentialism and tourism within the E.U.
Has anyone noticed how useless the weather forecasts in the UK have become? This morning they predicted clear skies and sunshine for msot of the day in London. It's mid day and the sky is resolutely overcast with not a sign of a break in the clouds. They can't even get consistent weather icons for the local and national weather forecasts. The national forecast will show London with one icon and the local forecast will show a different one.
In 1972, Paul McCartney released a song called “Give Ireland Back To The Irish” and in 1992 the Morrissey song “The National Front Disco” has the refrain in it ‘England for the English’.
Didn’t know that the term ‘goth’ was a term in 1919 …
The severed head incident in Edinburgh is gruesome, ridiculous, and timeless.
When listening to the Shadows’ “Kon-Tiki” after reading Bill’s post about it, I was reminded of the Beatles song “Hold Me Tight”. If one imagines “Hold Me Tight” as an instrumental, it sounds like a Shadows track.
When I first heard of Brexit, the song “European Son” by JAPAN sprang to mind. When I first heard that song I told my then-girlfriend that I thought the lyrics might be about human trafficking. She told me that the lyrics were about English existentialism and tourism within the E.U.
Maureen Humphreys’ sampled voice of ‘NO NO NO’ and ‘Seee-cret’ on the OMD songs “Tesla Girls” and “Secret” makes these nice songs naughty earworms.
The backing vocals Fło & Eddie contribute to the T-Rex song “Cosmic Dancer” always remind me of similar in the Beatles song “Octopus's Garden”.
The Latin verb sistere (to stand/to stand for) is pronounced ‘Sister Ray’
In Old Norse, the word 'thing' means court. The German last name Dinger means lawyer. It's a ding thing.
Roddy Frame & Georgie Fame
‘She’ll take a slowcar to China
A little green worm inside my head
She’ll take a slowcar to China
A little green worm inside my head tonight.’ (from “Slow Car To China” — Gary Numan)
Jackie DeShannon - When You Walk In The Room and The Beatles - What You’re Doing have almost the exact same guitar hooks.
Shoe repairs and key cutting - these two services have been in an unlikely symbiotic relationship for decades... why?
"Nightingale” by Roxy Music and “Eight Days A Week" by The Beatles are similar though they're different moods from one another.
I'm watching the African Cup of Nations. One of the South African players has the surname Sithole. So close!
Has anyone noticed how useless the weather forecasts in the UK have become? This morning they predicted clear skies and sunshine for msot of the day in London. It's mid day and the sky is resolutely overcast with not a sign of a break in the clouds. They can't even get consistent weather icons for the local and national weather forecasts. The national forecast will show London with one icon and the local forecast will show a different one.
I only found out this morning that the song “Pac A Mac” by Madness is a ‘safe-sex’ song.