One of the best songs ever about how a bloke feels when his girlfriend goes off with someone else... David Lewis Gedge isn't ashamed to be absolutely honest, he doesn't hold back anything... So many Manchester song writers write about pain, but most seem to put a slant om it that it really doesn't hurt or bother them anymore... He doesn't and this song is all the more poignant for it...
I agree, DL Gedge is all of that except that - being from Leeds - he would blanch at the thought of someone thinking that he was from Manchester. The rivalry between the two cities is legendary and dates back to the 15th C and the war of the roses. The Houses of Lancaster (red rose) and Yorkshire (white rose) now only seem to do battle on a football field where both teams still wear their respective colours. To someone from Leeds/Yorkshire any delight experienced in manchester would be regarded as rare.
I agree, DL Gedge is all of that except that - being from Leeds - he would blanch at the thought of someone thinking that he was from Manchester. The rivalry between the two cities is legendary and dates back to the 15th C and the war of the roses. The Houses of Lancaster (red rose) and Yorkshire (white rose) now only seem to do battle on a football field where both teams still wear their respective colours. To someone from Leeds/Yorkshire any delight experienced in manchester would be regarded as rare.
One of the best songs ever about how a bloke feels when his girlfriend goes off with someone else... David Lewis Gedge isn't ashamed to be absolutely honest, he doesn't hold back anything... So many Manchester song writers write about pain, but most seem to put a slant om it that it really doesn't hurt or bother them anymore... He doesn't and this song is all the more poignant for it...
I agree, DL Gedge is all of that except that - being from Leeds - he would blanch at the thought of someone thinking that he was from Manchester. The rivalry between the two cities is legendary and dates back to the 15th C and the war of the roses. The Houses of Lancaster (red rose) and Yorkshire (white rose) now only seem to do battle on a football field where both teams still wear their respective colours. To someone from Leeds/Yorkshire any delight experienced in manchester would be regarded as rare.
I agree, DL Gedge is all of that except that - being from Leeds - he would blanch at the thought of someone thinking that he was from Manchester. The rivalry between the two cities is legendary and dates back to the 15th C and the war of the roses. The Houses of Lancaster (red rose) and Yorkshire (white rose) now only seem to do battle on a football field where both teams still wear their respective colours. To someone from Leeds/Yorkshire any delight experienced in manchester would be regarded as rare.