Songs about Manchester and its areas

[LongsightM13]

Off the top of my head, I can only think of a few pop/rocks songs which are about Manchester and areas in the city.
Rusholme Ruffians by The Smiths, Longsight M13 by Ian Brown and Bombs Away on Harpurhey by 80s indie act King of the Slums (anyone remember them?)
The Stone Roses song Daybreak includes the line "From Atlanta, Georgia, to Longsight, Manchester"
I can remember at school being taught a folk song called The Manchester Rambler, which I think was something to do with the Kinder trespass.
Anyone know of any more?

 

[fbloke]

Off the top of my head, I can only think of a few pop/rocks songs which are about Manchester and areas in the city.
Rusholme Ruffians by The Smiths, Longsight M13 by Ian Brown and Bombs Away on Harpurhey by 80s indie act King of the Slums (anyone remember them?)
The Stone Roses song Daybreak includes the line "From Atlanta, Georgia, to Longsight, Manchester"
I can remember at school being taught a folk song called The Manchester Rambler, which I think was something to do with the Kinder trespass.
Anyone know of any more?

'And Angry from Manchester writes to complain about all the repeats on TV'

 

[shadygiz]

suffer little children

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9DH0_b3F1c[/youtube]

 

[foxy]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTj6O8WXhAU[/youtube]

 

[1_barry_conlon]

Cheetham Hill by the Fall

And i would have said 'Dirty old town' by Ewan McColl but that's Salford unless you're incorporating the garden city?

 

[Manchester1894]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSf0U6bN8R8[/youtube]

Fuck Longsight
And Levenshulme
Same goes for Stockport and Hulme
We doing alright
Just post-house blues
Cos this is northenden in the afternoon

The kids are deranged
They love guns and kidnap
Thats just the way we do things here
The day dies down
Not a moment too soon
Under the northenden afternoon

Northenden afternoon

 

[Scottyboi]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTX-s5eGtLw[/youtube]
lmao moss side.

 

[Blue Smarties]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTX-s5eGtLw[/youtube]
lmao moss side.

Beat me to it pmsl

 

[Helmet Cole]

Is that M16 productions thing real? I think they might be taking the piss out of Ali G. What a set of gimps, they realy need to sort out who they are.

 

[Scottyboi]

This was made off one fone and ended up getting a few people in trouble lol. Was a reply to the croxteth vid.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25nDZ5MW_bc[/youtube]

 

[PistonBlue]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrT2E2U4t18&feature=related[/youtube]

 

[DT King of all Geordies]

Jean go solo - In Salford the sun doesn't shine.

Obviously inferring that it is lovely and sunny in Manchester.

 

[Scottyboi]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CYxT0iyRJ0&feature=related[/youtube]

A classic shame the pic quality isnt better.

 

[LongsightM13]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSf0U6bN8R8[/youtube]

Fuck Longsight
And Levenshulme
Same goes for Stockport and Hulme
We doing alright
Just post-house blues
Cos this is northenden in the afternoon

The kids are deranged
They love guns and kidnap
Thats just the way we do things here
The day dies down
Not a moment too soon
Under the northenden afternoon

Northenden afternoon

Quality! I like Doves, but must say I've never heard that track. A B-side?

 

[CELTICRORY]

Round Are Way - Oasis

 

[Sheikh Django]

Ewan MacColl - The Manchester angel.

Not his best track mind!

 

[pace89]

Mersey Paradise is about the bits of south Manchester that said river runs through.

 

[brass neck]

Ewan MacColl - The Manchester angel.

Not his best track mind!

This one?


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Ig1BGtxYg[/youtube]

-- Fri Apr 02, 2010 3:17 pm --

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPjggN-KByI[/youtube]

apparently the "Moo Moo land" lyric referred to the M.U. (Rag) graffiti all over the place, back in the day.

 

[Sheikh Django]

Ewan MacColl - The Manchester angel.

Not his best track mind!

This one?


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Ig1BGtxYg[/youtube]

-- Fri Apr 02, 2010 3:17 pm --

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPjggN-KByI[/youtube]

apparently the "Moo Moo land" lyric referred to the M.U. (Rag) graffiti all over the place, back in the day.

Eh? Which one? Neither of them are the same song or the same artist...!?
Confused I am!

 

[brass neck]

The Ewan Mccoll song was dirty old town, did you meen that one as his best one?


the other song got shoved on the same reply by the system and admitedly has nothing to do with Ewan McColl, all though I would of loved to of heard his take on it!!!