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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNPIdGBn7M4
 
Richard A Thackeray

Richard A Thackeray

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Location
Normanton, Wakefield. West Riding of Yorkshire
I heard the first track I've written about, on the radio the other day (not sure if it was on '6 Music', Radio 2, or Radio Leeds?)

Since then I've revisited my vinyl LP (released in 1984!!) that it came from, & was blown away by how good it was, & the phrasing/couplets/verses
Stuart Adamson, you were a genius, sadly a doomed one:notworthy:

SteelTown
Wrote about Corby (Northamptonshire) that Scots travelled to work, after their own Steelworks & shipyards closed/slowed down

I came here with all my friends
Leaving behind the wait of years
Leaving alone in a flood of tears
Out on a prospect that never ends

All the landscape was the mill (a huge place, that dominated, & lit up the landscape)
Grim as the reaper with a heart like hell
With a river of bodies flowing with the bell (personally, I think this is 'Melt', as in molten steel)
Here was a future for hands of skill


We built it all with our own hands
But who could know we built on sand
But now it's barren all too soon
There is no miracle in ruin

We set the flame and it burned so blue
With open eyes I watched it grow
A sea of palms in an ocean of snow
Hands with the courage to start anew
Here was a home for the lost and scared
Out of the yards and run dry dock
The call of the steel that would never stop
Here was a refuge for those who dared

They travelled with hope, & then Corby grew almost silent in the 80s

There I stand with my own kin
At the end of everything
Finally the dream has gone
I've nothing left to hang upon


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTkGSI7nZFg



And there's one track that almost prophesises Donald Trump!
Flame Of The West

A stranger came by traveling
He went to every door
He said he’d lost his people
He had come to look for more

And many did believe him
As he talked upon the square
The spell he wove upon us
Fills my body with despair

His eyes were full of demons
As he made the message clear
He strode the world like Caesar
With a trident held his fear

It’s just how its always been
One man with a ruling dream
And everyone falls for him
Heroines in an ancient film

It’s just how its always been
One man with a ruling dream
And everyone falls for him
Heroines in an ancient film
Called the flame of the west

Look out for that stranger
If you pass him on your way
He never sees a danger, (North Korea??)
In the darkening of the day

There will be dollars in his hand
He has all hell to pay
And he will pass them to you
If you promise you will stay


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDjMrVzJoLg



The rest of the tracks are all strong too
Where The Rose Is Sown, & Come Back To Me, in particular
 
Houthakker

Houthakker

A Happy Wanderer
Location
Lancashire coast
The wife is watching Emmerdale, I'm browsing CC and Listening to a little Pink Floyd on the headphones.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOXTdFbjtSg&t=288s
 
postman

postman

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Location
,Leeds
We have just got back from the Dark side,Lancashire Mrs Postman played a Josh Growbag cd, in the car,and very good it was too.
 
classic33

classic33

Leg End Member
The pair of drunks next door, arguing over the telly. Which is up loud to cover the noise made by the washer.

Every now and then, there's a shout up the stairs, making it very clear they don't want to hear their kids screaming.

Edit
He's just kicked the dog into the wall. It's now wimpering away, unable to defend itself.
 
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