"She used to drink in the hills, only now she drinks in the valleys". This refers to where the successful actors (screen, TV, as well as music) would live in the "Hills" -- you've seen them. The mansions in the Hollywood hills, behind the relic "HOLLYWOOD" lettering. And if you don't make it, you live in the valley (which doesn't have to be Hollywood, it could be LA, victorville, palmdale, lancaster, etc. If you have heard Warren Zevon's "Even a dog can shake hands", he references success and failure (Sign page forty-two / We'll do the rest for you / Find a way to make it pay Don't lose your head You'll end up dead Or you'll be living in the Valley someday)
As to the reference to Croydon Girl. I've been to Croydon, which is outside of London neare Gatwick International Airport. The short stint in Croydon, well it reminds me of Brooklyn New York before they fixed it up. I'm sure it's beautiful now (I was there in the late 80s on "holiday")
"She used to drink in the hills, only now she drinks in the valleys". This refers to where the successful actors (screen, TV, as well as music) would live in the "Hills" -- you've seen them. The mansions in the Hollywood hills, behind the relic "HOLLYWOOD" lettering. And if you don't make it, you live in the valley (which doesn't have to be Hollywood, it could be LA, victorville, palmdale, lancaster, etc. If you have heard Warren Zevon's "Even a dog can shake hands", he references success and failure (Sign page forty-two / We'll do the rest for you / Find a way to make it pay Don't lose your head You'll end up dead Or you'll be living in the Valley someday)
As to the reference to Croydon Girl. I've been to Croydon, which is outside of London neare Gatwick International Airport. The short stint in Croydon, well it reminds me of Brooklyn New York before they fixed it up. I'm sure it's beautiful now (I was there in the late 80s on "holiday")