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So Long, Bannatyne Lyrics
Well he moved out of the city from his little tiny place alone
Yes he moved out of the city from his little tiny place alone
So long Bannatyne, hello my Chevrier home.
Well now there might be a few things missin’
Like the Indians on a Saturday night
Yes there might be just a few things missin’
Like the odd hotel bar fight
So long Bannatyne, hello my Chevrier home.
Maybe in the summer I can build myself a rec room
And buy a power mower for the lawn,
Or maybe that depends on the orders from the office and accountants and the label and Don
The Emperor...
Hello my Chevrier
Hello my Chevrier
Hello my Chevrier adobe,
I’m so proud of it, speak so loud of it, always.
Yes I moved out of the city and I left my Bannatyne behind
Oh I moved out of the city and I left my Bannatyne behind
I really like it here,
The people are kind to me, at quarter to three
When I sail my red Chevy past the house on the breeze
I’m huggin’ and a kissin’ and a smoochin’ and a lovin’
Ballin’ and a partyin’, fightin’ day and night
And everybody knows that that’s the way it goes,
So long Bannatyne.
Yes he moved out of the city from his little tiny place alone
So long Bannatyne, hello my Chevrier home.
Like the Indians on a Saturday night
Yes there might be just a few things missin’
Like the odd hotel bar fight
So long Bannatyne, hello my Chevrier home.
And buy a power mower for the lawn,
Or maybe that depends on the orders from the office and accountants and the label and Don
The Emperor...
Hello my Chevrier
Hello my Chevrier adobe,
I’m so proud of it, speak so loud of it, always.
Oh I moved out of the city and I left my Bannatyne behind
I really like it here,
The people are kind to me, at quarter to three
When I sail my red Chevy past the house on the breeze
I’m huggin’ and a kissin’ and a smoochin’ and a lovin’
Ballin’ and a partyin’, fightin’ day and night
And everybody knows that that’s the way it goes,
So long Bannatyne.
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I did some online research:
"Bannatyne" is the name of a campus of the University of Manitoba, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
"Chevrier" Blvd. is a street in Winnipeg, about 5 miles from downtown Winnipeg.
I have the vinyl LP; the jacket has, on its front side, the words "So Long, Bannatyne" above the "red Chevy" with a Manitoba plate. In the background is a building labeled "Bannatyne Apartments".
On the back side of the LP jacket is the red Chevy again, but this time it's in a residential neighborhood.
I couldn't find any Canadian towns named "Bannatyne" or "Chevrier".
So, I'd say the song is about leaving college, or leaving an apartment in the city, and moving out to a house in the suburbs.
@wdfarmer The song "So Long, Bannatyne" refers to a street name where Kurt winter used to live, Bannatyne Boulavard 543. The lyrics "Hello, My Chevrier Home" in the song also refer to a new home in Fort Gary on Chevrier Ave. The apartment on Bannatyne can be seen in the album cover. If you search "So long, Bannatyne" and look at the images you will come across the house in Fort Gary.
@wdfarmer The song "So Long, Bannatyne" refers to a street name where Kurt winter used to live, Bannatyne Boulavard 543. The lyrics "Hello, My Chevrier Home" in the song also refer to a new home in Fort Gary on Chevrier Ave. The apartment on Bannatyne can be seen in the album cover. If you search "So long, Bannatyne" and look at the images you will come across the house in Fort Gary.
Sorry Bannatyne Ave and chvrier blvd
Sorry Bannatyne Ave and chvrier blvd
Follow up: Over on http://www.guesswhofans.com/songdiscussions/slb.html , there's some discussion of this song. One poster says the red Chevy belonged to band member Kurt Winter; another says "You all know the story about how it was a song about Kurt moving to a house in the Fort Garry area, right?"
I checked some maps: There's a Bannatyne Ave. in Winnipeg. The Fort Garry campus of the University of Manitoba is also in Winnipeg, about 5 minutes from Chevrier Blvd.
So it looks like the song was about Kurt Winter's move from an apartment on Bannatyne Ave. in Winnipeg, to a house on Chevrier Blvd. elsewhere in the same city.