The Dream Academy wrote it with Drake in mind, no question, but it's resonance is far broader, isn't it?
What was Britain like in 1984/85 when it was recorded and released? Thatcher, miners' strike, and so on. It looked back on 1960's not so much nostalgically, as a time when something broke and nothing was ever the same again. Places once full of life and hope maybe, but now there's no more work. So what are you left with but "the stony ground". It could be about any working class, industrial town really.
Incidentally, I wish I could find find the 'hidden' lyrics; those Nick Laird-Clowes sings towards the end when the chanting and drums are in full swing... "Make it easy on yourself..." (Drake again)
The Dream Academy wrote it with Drake in mind, no question, but it's resonance is far broader, isn't it?
What was Britain like in 1984/85 when it was recorded and released? Thatcher, miners' strike, and so on. It looked back on 1960's not so much nostalgically, as a time when something broke and nothing was ever the same again. Places once full of life and hope maybe, but now there's no more work. So what are you left with but "the stony ground". It could be about any working class, industrial town really.
Incidentally, I wish I could find find the 'hidden' lyrics; those Nick Laird-Clowes sings towards the end when the chanting and drums are in full swing... "Make it easy on yourself..." (Drake again)
It always hits me square in the heart this one.
@Kestrel1971 you are spot on. get's me too. thanks for the post.
@Kestrel1971 you are spot on. get's me too. thanks for the post.
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@Kestrel1971 yeah i can't listen to this song without a tear rolling down my cheek.
@Kestrel1971 yeah i can't listen to this song without a tear rolling down my cheek.