What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



Seriously, how can you not like Life In A Northern Town? A song written of Nick Drake and perform magnificently on SNL in that first clip. Probably bought the album on that song and the rest turns out quite well with three songs I love and only one I didn't care for. The U.K. group only had a three album span and this is the only one I have. The album made it to #20 in the states with that leadoff single at #7 (#15) U.K.) and a follow up of the discofied The Love Parade bombing out at #36.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Bound To Be

Best Track - Life In A Northern Town

A Salvation Army band played
And the children drank lemonade
And the morning lasted all day,
All day
And through an open window came
Like Sinatra in a younger day,
Pushing the town away
Ah -

(Chant)
Ah hey ma ma ma
Life in a northern town.

They sat on the stoney ground
And he took a cigarette out
And everyone else came down
To listen.
He said "In winter 1963
It felt like the world would freeze
With John F. Kennedy
And the Beatles."

(Chant)
Ah hey ma ma ma
Life in a northern town.
Ah hey ma ma ma
All the work shut down.

The evening had turned to rain
Watch the water roll down the drain,
As we followed him down
To the station
And though he never would wave goodbye,
You could see it written in his eyes
As the train rolled out of sight
Bye-bye.

(Chant)
Ah hey ma ma ma
Life in a northern town.
Ah hey ma ma ma
Life in a northern town.

1) Life In A Northern Town - ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xyQ5jBJx5g
2) The Edge Of Forever - **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QJFUC7ztHc
3) (Johnny) New Light - **
4) In Places On The Run - **
5) This World - ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMphZZGCKTs
6) Bound To Be - *
7) Moving On - **
8) The Love Parade - **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dis191uHCZQ
9) The Party - ***
10) One Dream - **

3's - 3
2's - 6
1's - 1

Grade - 2.2