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[Armchair Loyalist]

Panic on the streets of London
Panic on the streets of Birmingham
I wonder to myself
Could life ever be sane again ?
The Leeds side-streets that you slip down
I wonder to myself

(Opening lines of 'Panic' by the Smiths 1986)

 

[Mr Popkins]

watch out Carlisle!!!!

 

[bathseagull]

Eyes open in Dublin, Dundee and Humberside

 

[Uncle Buck]

I was driving up to Heathrow on Thursday night and that song was on my player, uncanny as the signs on the M25 said avoid London.

Thought I would share that.

Also one of the few songs that mentions Dundee.

 

[Stinky Kat]

For those who want more sonngs about Dundee look no further

Songs and Ballads of Dundee

This is a classic collection of over seventy folk songs and ballads, accompanied by extensive notes and carefully chosen pictures, that illustrate key periods in the history of Dundee. Throughout the songs there unfolds the story of the men of the sea, the great clipper fleets and the men of the whaling ships, the rise and fall of the jute mills and the women who supplied their workforce, the mass unemployment of the '30s and the slum clearance of the '60s and '70s. This is also the story of the great characters of Dundee, from Bonnie Dundee himself through McGonagall to the elusive Piper O' Dundee, with, of course, the full rich tapestry of worthies and rogues who people the pages of history of any great city. The result is a marvellous and unique picture of the vibrant life and times of one of Scotland's most colourful and distinctive communities. Full of humour and life, these songs and anecdotes and stories that accompany them convey, as no dry narrative history can, the energy and character of the people and place that is Dundee.

http://www.footstompin.com/books/obj26854/obj25166

 

[Uncle Buck]

For those who want more sonngs about Dundee look no further

Songs and Ballads of Dundee

This is a classic collection of over seventy folk songs and ballads, accompanied by extensive notes and carefully chosen pictures, that illustrate key periods in the history of Dundee. Throughout the songs there unfolds the story of the men of the sea, the great clipper fleets and the men of the whaling ships, the rise and fall of the jute mills and the women who supplied their workforce, the mass unemployment of the '30s and the slum clearance of the '60s and '70s. This is also the story of the great characters of Dundee, from Bonnie Dundee himself through McGonagall to the elusive Piper O' Dundee, with, of course, the full rich tapestry of worthies and rogues who people the pages of history of any great city. The result is a marvellous and unique picture of the vibrant life and times of one of Scotland's most colourful and distinctive communities. Full of humour and life, these songs and anecdotes and stories that accompany them convey, as no dry narrative history can, the energy and character of the people and place that is Dundee.

http://www.footstompin.com/books/obj26854/obj25166

Thank you for that.

I am pressuming that these songs and the like are best listened to with either Buckfast, Tennants, Irn Bru or something deep fried?

 

[Stinky Kat]

Thank you for that.

I am pressuming that these songs and the like are best listened to with either Buckfast, Tennants, Irn Bru or something deep fried?

Quiet right, I believe the locals recommend a large Vodka & Irn Bru and sausage piece

 

[Uncle Buck]

Quiet right, I believe the locals recommend a large Vodka & Irn Bru and sausage piece

Square sausage and haggis sir?

Still found it surreal the Dundee Utd fans going to the Cup Final in Arab head gear and orange boiler suits.

 

[Brixtaan]

Good effort Armchair but tenuous to say the least.

 

[Seagulls over Lewes]

Panic on the streets of London
Panic on the streets of Birmingham
I wonder to myself
Could life ever be sane again ?
The Leeds side-streets that you slip down
I wonder to myself

(Opening lines of 'Panic' by the Smiths 1986)

And what a f***ing great song

Long live The Smiths

 

[Rougvie]

Still found it surreal the Dundee Utd fans going to the Cup Final in Arab head gear and orange boiler suits.

TWATS of the very highest order, maybe they should remember to go to their home games, still the prospect of 10,000 Aberdeen on the first day of the season at their place might be rather unsettling.

 

[Bluejuice]

Ah lovely lovely Smiths.

They really haven't been equalled and there is simply NOTHING around today that sounds anything like them