Dusty Springfield, as always, has the answer, in 'Just a Little Lovin':
Just a little loving
Early in the morning
Beats a cup of coffee
For starting up the day
And, romantic so and so that I am, I always dissolve when I hear Roberta Flack:
The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun
Rose in your eyes
And the moon and the stars
Were the gifts you gave
To the dark
And the empty skies, my love
Written by Ewan MacColl, father of Kirsty, which brings us back neatly to Billy Bragg. Who remembers these immortal lines from the same album as New England?
I am the milkman of human kindness
I will leave
An extra pint...
Also, from the Clash's Guns of Brixton:
When they kick at your front door
How ya gonna come
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun?
Finally, the marvellously weird Montague Terrace in Blue by Scott Walker:
The little clock's stopped ticking now
We're swallowed in the stomached rue
The only sound to tear the night
Comes from the man upstairs
His bloated belching figure stomps
He may crash through the ceiling soon
The window sees trees cry from cold
And claw the moon
'Hurrh. Hurrh hurh. It says "your anus" on that boat.'
'Hurrh hurrh, yeah. And it says, like, "tight 'un" next to to it.'
'Oh yeah. Hurrh hurrh.'
'Cool. Hurrh, hurrh.'
I just read a fascinating book about the English imagination / culture over the centuries, and it seems that the English are most preoccupied with what's on the surface and what's behind them, along with a big streak of melancholy.
As an Englishman, I think I can safely say that spanking the surface of my behind would bring out the melancholic in me :shock: :shock: :shock:
This is hilarious. I only wish I had the time today to seek out more of the threads SH members are in.
I'm with Davej. Perhaps we could organise exchange visits or something. Get JAG along to a Munch! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
I missed the Glasgow Munch, but YIPPEE! I'm free that weekend!
:happy: :happy: :happy:
Can I come too?
Great thread!
Some of my faves:
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Born to Run (Springsteen)
Stiff Little Fingers - Jonny Was (Marley)
Grace Jones - La Vie En Rose (Edith Piaf)
Clash - Armagideon Time (erm..?)
And of course everything by Dusty Springfield. Including her posthumous version of Natalie Imbruglia's Torn. It appeared in my head one day, and I nearly cried.
I'm more at the bi-curious stage I guess, given that I've not had sex with another man (yet!:twisted: ), but it's something I've heard about from several different sources. I think you've got a point HungryP - SH is one place where there's total freedom to be who you are. And that's not just sexually either. Big up for SH!
OK guys, I got the banana and pepperoni pizzas... hang on...
ARE THERE ANY WOMEN HERE?
Ah yes, the wonderfully named Deaf Shepherd. You know there's also Arran Maiden and McTallica, I take it?
And I kind of remember the Humpff Family - around the time of Botany 5, and Ege Bam Yasi?