‘I went out on the nick’ – to nick = to steal. To go out with the sole purpose of stealing things.
‘South Street, Romford, Shopping Arcade’ – South Street is a major road in Romford which is a market town in Havering and also happens to be where I was born, raised and currently live. There are several shopping arcades but a lot of them hadn’t been built at the time, so I can’t tell you which one it is, my granddad seems to think it’s one that’s not there anymore. The Jewellers form later in the song does still exist however. Though it’s changed it’s name.
Razzle Magazine – a porn magazine
Silhouette of Nudes – another porn magazine
‘Have you got any form?’ – do you have any previous convictions.
‘I slung my hook’ – to sling your hook is basically to fuck off, to depart from somewhere quickly.
This is one of my all time favourite songs; I’ve actually done this too as a kid, thieved magazines from South Street. It was the song that got me into Ian Dury also.
From my home-made Ian Dury companion (yeah...)
‘I went out on the nick’ – to nick = to steal. To go out with the sole purpose of stealing things.
‘South Street, Romford, Shopping Arcade’ – South Street is a major road in Romford which is a market town in Havering and also happens to be where I was born, raised and currently live. There are several shopping arcades but a lot of them hadn’t been built at the time, so I can’t tell you which one it is, my granddad seems to think it’s one that’s not there anymore. The Jewellers form later in the song does still exist however. Though it’s changed it’s name.
Razzle Magazine – a porn magazine Silhouette of Nudes – another porn magazine
‘Have you got any form?’ – do you have any previous convictions. ‘I slung my hook’ – to sling your hook is basically to fuck off, to depart from somewhere quickly.
This is one of my all time favourite songs; I’ve actually done this too as a kid, thieved magazines from South Street. It was the song that got me into Ian Dury also.
Oh and yes i did notice the rhyming scheme.