Pe@rson From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 18823 posts, RR: 54 Posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 1203 times:
Does anyone else here like Ralph McTell's Streets of London track? I think it's a brilliant feel-good song.
I have written the lyrics for you - so there's no copyright issue:
Have you seen the old man
In the closed-down market
Kicking up the paper,
with his worn out shoes?
In his eyes you see no pride
And held loosely at his side
Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news
So how can you tell me you're lonely,
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London
I'll show you something to make you change your mind
Have you seen the old girl
Who walks the streets of London
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags?
She's no time for talking,
She just keeps right on walking
Carrying her home in two carrier bags.
So how can you tell me you're lonely,
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London
I'll show you something to make you change your mind
In the all night cafe
At a quarter past eleven,
Same old man is sitting there on his own
Looking at the world
Over the rim of his tea-cup,
Each tea last an hour
Then he wanders home alone
So how can you tell me you're lonely,
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London
I'll show you something to make you change your mind
And have you seen the old man
Outside the seaman's mission
Memory fading with
The medal ribbons that he wears.
In our winter city,
The rain cries a little pity
For one more forgotten hero
And a world that doesn't care
So how can you tell me you're lonely,
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London
I'll show you something to make you change your mind
"Everyone writing for the Telegraph knows that the way to grab eyeballs is with Ryanair and/or sex."
Banco From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 14752 posts, RR: 55 Reply 1, posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 1180 times:
Quoting Pe@rson (Thread starter): Does anyone else here like Ralph McTell's Streets of London track? I think it's a brilliant feel-good song.
Does anyone else here have a desperate urge to violently murder each and every busker on the Underground who sings this poxy song?
Why is it that they only have a reperoire of three songs, including this one with apparently new and interminable verses with lots "Mmm, hmm, mmm" bits in it, interspersed with "Thank you very much" whenever it looks like he might have to say a word. Is there some deal I don't know about, whereby people give money if only he'll stop singing THE STREETS OF FUCKING LONDON EVERY 2 MINUTES.
And then when he does stop singing that one, he moves onto bloody Elton John, and you just know he's going to do Candle in the Wind with the puke-inducing Princess Diana lyrics, and you look around and every single commuter has broken into a run to get away from him, only to find that his mate, or brother round the corner really is singing from the same hymn sheet because by the time you get to him you find it's all in synch and you're actually going to be there in time for the next line.
Oh, and whilst I'm on the subject, the dog has a better voice than you, Mr Busker, and there's also a damn good reason why no-one - and I mean no-one - has had a lengthy musical career playing 9 instruments at the same time: Because it means you do them all really badly. Are you such a Billy-No-Mates that you don't have someone else who could join you? Have they all shot themselves because of you playing Streets of London to them for the 400th time?
And when you do try to play the mouth organ, one out of key blast on the harp does not mean you can play the bloody thing.
I was in London today, you might be able to tell.
She's as nervous as a very small nun at a penguin shoot.
Cornish From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2005, 8187 posts, RR: 56 Reply 3, posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 1176 times:
Quoting Banco (Reply 1): Does anyone else here have a desperate urge to violently murder each and every busker on the Underground who sings this poxy song?
Yes
So you enjoyed your day travelling on the tube today then Banco ?
The one thing that is FAR worse however are the buskers that get onto the Piccadilly line tubes on the Heathrow branch. I had to run that gauntlet every day in one of my old jobs and there you have NO escape from them - and they tend to be even more shockingly bad
This might be a post for the things that annoy you thread going on at the moment
Just when I thought I could see light at the end of the tunnel, it was some B*****d with a torch bringing me more work
Banco From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 14752 posts, RR: 55 Reply 5, posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 1164 times:
Quoting Cornish (Reply 3): So you enjoyed your day travelling on the tube today then Banco ?
Well, put it this way: I hate the Tube, for all the above reasons. So, I decided, since it as a nice day, to walk up to Piccadilly from Victoria. That was my first mistake. How was I to know it was Changing of the bloody Guard at Buckingham Palace today?
She's as nervous as a very small nun at a penguin shoot.
Pe@rson From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 18823 posts, RR: 54 Reply 7, posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 1152 times:
For fuck's sake. This website really pisses me off sometimes.
Quoting Cornish (Reply 4): Not that it represents any streets of London I've ever walked
So, naturally, everyone's awfully rich, living an unbelievably good life. Open your eyes. No-one's lonely, on their own... There's no homeless, desperate people. Just like there's no poverty or aids in the world.
Your comment is quite possibly the stupidest I've read for a long time.
[Edited 2006-01-26 18:35:52]
"Everyone writing for the Telegraph knows that the way to grab eyeballs is with Ryanair and/or sex."
Banco From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 14752 posts, RR: 55 Reply 8, posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 1139 times:
Quoting Cornish (Reply 6): I thought they did that every day ?
Er. Individuals maybe, but this was the whole changing of a regiment thing. with them marching down the Mall playing Colonel Bogey, with tourists apparently trying to hold back the entire tide of humanity so that they can take a photo with their arm round a policemen - who's desperately trying to hide the semi-automatic he's carrying behind his back...
She's as nervous as a very small nun at a penguin shoot.
Cornish From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2005, 8187 posts, RR: 56 Reply 9, posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 1135 times:
Calm down Calm down (as the Scousers would say).
Quoting Pe@rson (Reply 7): So, naturally, everyone's awfully rich, living an unbelievably good life. Open your eyes. No-one's lonely, on their own... There's no homeless, desperate people. Just like there's no poverty in them world.
No of course I don't think that, and yes I'm well aware of the awful poverty some people have to live in and realise how lucky I am.
David L From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 9212 posts, RR: 42 Reply 10, posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 1131 times:
Quoting Pe@rson (Thread starter): Does anyone else here like Ralph McTell's Streets of London track?
Well, yes but...
Quoting Banco (Reply 1): Does anyone else here have a desperate urge to violently murder each and every busker on the Underground who sings this poxy song?
That would kill it for me. Fortunately, I don't need to go to London anymore.
Ever seen a guy hammering away at random on a Tupperware box and expecting money for it? That's the class of busker you get in Edinburgh. At least there's no tune in there for him to murder.
Banco From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 14752 posts, RR: 55 Reply 15, posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 1112 times:
Quoting Pe@rson (Reply 11): Perhaps not, but to imply that the song and the lyrics - when sung in a proper way by a proper singer - isn't good or heart-felt is silly.
I don't agree with spousal abuse either, but I still hate "I Will Survive" with a passion.
She's as nervous as a very small nun at a penguin shoot.
Gkirk From UK - Scotland, joined Jun 2000, 24621 posts, RR: 59 Reply 16, posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 1112 times:
Who gives a toss about London anyway?
It's full of tramps, business people who live outside of London and cheeky Cockney gits and the Royal Family.
The World would be better off without London IMO
The 8 million who live there should be deported to France
When you hear the noise of the Tartan Army Boys, we'll be coming down the road!
Cosec59 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 22, posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 1072 times:
Quoting Banco (Reply 21): Not forgetting Canyons of Your Mind - one of the finest parodies of the most buttock-clenchingly embarrassing film theme tunes of all time.
I've still got Gorilla and Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse on vinyl
Columba From Germany, joined Dec 2004, 6798 posts, RR: 5 Reply 24, posted (7 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 1039 times:
Reminds me on my English class we had the lyrics in our third year text book......
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25 Banco: Did they make you go out and perform it at the local railway station? I'm going to find out who is responsible and wipe them off the face of the eart
26 Cornish: Apart from the Brazilian tourists of course who'll be keeping their distance I'll get my coat.....
27 Skidmarks: Well, James, we finally know how to REALLY piss Banco off!! If he ever attends a meet - we just hire a busker to sing outside his hotel room until he
28 Cosec59: After a few quality wine's I'm sure we won't need to hire a busker
29 Banco: If you're willing to risk an Accessory to Murder charge...
30 Banco: I await the cries of outrage on here with bated breath...
31 Skidmarks: Wicked, evil man!! May you be haunted by "Ralp McTell" for all the days of your life! Andy
32 Banco: Alternating with Elton John ballads, of course. My God, that really is a vicious punishment, isn't it?
33 Skidmarks: Ah, dear old Elton (with emphasis on the "old"). Someone else who is flogged to death (or should be!) Andy
34 PMN: How exactly would you define the word 'proper' when used in a musical context?! Paul
35 Gkirk: You've got a cheek calling someone else That's like JGPH1A calling someone else the Michelin Man.
37 Cornish: I suspect attending one of your spotters meets would be punishment enough for Banco
38 Banco: Heh. Well, I wasn't going to say it, but....
39 Columba: No we only had to translate it and sing it quite a few times in class, bad enough.
40 Skidmarks: Looks like a challenge here................ Andy
41 Kaddyuk: Personally i think the best thing about the streets of london... are the ones that lead you OUT of the city...
42 David L: And all we got in our German classes was some stupid song with a chorus along the lines of "Wi di wi di witt bum bum"... WTF? Some kind of "lifestyle
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