A Slow Song Lyrics

Lyric discussion by BarnabyHughes 

Cover art for A Slow Song lyrics by Joe Jackson

I think this is a masterpiece; Whether it's two men or a man and a women we've all been there.

Picture the modern nightclub scenario; You go to a club (The Rivoli Ballroom in Crofton Park, South London springs to mind) with your lover/friends, you pay a kings ransom to get in. The dance floor is over packed with moshing idiots because the greedy nightclub owner has over filled the place to capacity. And to top it all off you got some arrogant DJ that thinks he's God playing his relentless 'headbanging' dance tunes....................You then both leave under a cloud because some pilled up idiot couldn't keep his hands of you or your girl, somebody spilt their plastic glass of beer over you and to top it off; your clothes got messed up because people have been barging into you all evening.

Joe is brilliantly lamenting the days when romance and love could actually flourish at the disco, the days when DJ's would play your favorite tune and would always play a couple of slow songs at the end of the evening 'Smooch Time' setting the scene for a passionate night ahead..........Ah those were the days!!

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