| The Jam – Down In The Tube Station At Midnight Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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BTW - Lyrically I think this is a work of art. Brown leather captures the fashion at the time (try watching 'Life on Mars' Wormwood Scrubs - classic London prison ('Scrubs). The lyrics after "It blended in with the weather" I have only just found out and this has impressed me even more than the words I already knew. An absolute classic - probably one of the most definings songs of 70s London. " |
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| The Jam – Down In The Tube Station At Midnight Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Not sure that longliveconrad can quote that these are conservatives!! - I would suggest National Front as were prevalent in the late 70s / early 80s. Other info from other sources: This anti-racism song was a first-person narrative about a brutal mugging by jackbooted right-wing thugs in London. Despite having a BBC airplay ban due to its "disturbing nature," it became The Jam's second UK Top 20 hit. The then Radio 1 DJ Tony Blackburn complained that, "It's disgusting the way punks sing about violence. Why can't they sing about trees and flowers?" Paul Weller wrote this in a matter of minutes. The song was recorded at St John's Wood Station. |
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