big gaz
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Walking down an empty road
I saw a man in old grey clothes
A stranger
Passing by he smiled at me
But when I looked
I realized the danger
Bloody classic always played in Pips ;-)
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Best single that never made the UK top 40 singles chart
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I saw a man in old grey clothes
A stranger
Passing by he smiled at me
But when I looked
I realized the danger
Bloody classic always played in Pips ;-)
Out on blue 6
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Madness took this into Top 40 but the original and best version didn't.
Scritti Politti - The Sweetest Girl
big gaz
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Far too many to name them all. But I would certainly include everything Ian McNabb has ever released as a single.
Lyrics to this for instance are genius.
I agree in what you say there. Head like a rock is a great album. His book Mersey Beast is a very good read.
Looks just like her mother
Strangely nothing like her brother
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davyhulme blue
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Loved pips mateWalking down an empty road
I saw a man in old grey clothes
A stranger
Passing by he smiled at me
But when I looked
I realized the danger
Bloody classic always played in Pips ;-)
unicorn
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Also, only one Icicle Works single ("Love is a wonderful colour") made the Top 40 but pretty much all their '80s singles were worth a Top 10 place, especially Hollow Horse, When it all comes down and Understanding Jane.I agree in what you say there. Head like a rock is a great album. His book Mersey Beast is a very good read.
Looks like her mother
Strangely nothing like her brother
Cruel world.
I think Birds Fly may have gone top 40.Also, only one Icicle Works single ("Love is a wonderful colour") made the Top 40 but pretty much all their '80s singles were worth a Top 10 place, especially Hollow Horse, When it all comes down and Understanding Jane.
Cruel world.
Up Here In the North of England was another great one that should have been a hit.
unicorn
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Oh yes, another classic that didn't even touch the Top 100 (12" only wasn't it ?). Saw them a dozen times round the country in '80s, thought they were as good on record as live.I think Birds Fly may have gone top 40.
Up Here In the North of England was another great one that should have been a hit.
NB I thought Birds Fly made Top 40 but scandalously only No. 53 on reissue.
The Icicle Works - Wikipedia
big gaz
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Fragile thing - Big Country
This was the single from Driving to Damascus and if what I was told there was a fuck up in the packaging of the single resulting that shops had their stocks recalled, therefor no single to purchase.
The rest is a tragedy.
Eddie Reader does vocals and harmony on it. If one of you clever kind persons could put it up, I would appreciate the gesture.
This was the single from Driving to Damascus and if what I was told there was a fuck up in the packaging of the single resulting that shops had their stocks recalled, therefor no single to purchase.
The rest is a tragedy.
Eddie Reader does vocals and harmony on it. If one of you clever kind persons could put it up, I would appreciate the gesture.
unicorn
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Fragile thing - Big Country
This was the single from Driving to Damascus and if what I was told there was a fuck up in the packaging of the single resulting that shops had their stocks recalled, therefor no single to purchase.
The rest is a tragedy.
Eddie Reader does vocals and harmony on it. If one of you clever kind persons could put it up, I would appreciate the gesture.
big gaz
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Cheers unicorn, very kind of you.