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Elements of R Newman's song combined with a strict 39 Dangerous Street rewrite combine to produce a thing of beauty.
pop folk scottish rockabilly political perthshire
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Whats this pish about peace, love & understanding... when they're eating YOUR pan loaf, shiting on your living room carpet & wanking over yer granny's photo.
Scottish Acid Avant Rockabilly Folk Pop with an unforgiving political edge. 39 Dangerous Street formed in 1987, and signed to Splairgin' Glit the following year. William Pullar...Acoustic,electric guitar, vocals Kelvin Gilbert... electric guitar, backing vocals Samantha Baxter...Bass Marilyn MacFarlane...Drums, percussion Associate members Captain W... electric guitar, Fiona Kennedy... Piano, keyboards Marilyn completed an SVQ level 3 in Poultry Husbandry in 1998. She works with poultry in Errol. Samantha Baxter works at an animal science lab in nearby Bridge of Earn. William Pullar runs a small dry cleaning firm in Perth. Kelvin Gilbert's CV shows lengthy stays in Lennox Castle, Gogarburn, The Royal Edinburgh and Spinbinnie Hospitals between his musical forays... Captain W commutes between his home in the dark heart of Southern Scotland and the splendour of St John's Toun. Fiona Kennedy pops over from Comrie regularly. A small but committed bunch of fans keep us in beer and whisky at occasional Friday night gigs in Scone.
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Genre
Country Cover Songs
Charts
Peak #158
Peak in subgenre #15
Author
Newman/CaptainW?Pullar/Gilbert
Rights
Control/Splairgin' Glit
Uploaded
December 18, 2006
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MP3 3.6 MB 128 kbps 3:53
Story behind the song
Played it solo acoustic at our last gig in Comrie a fortnight ago. Went down well. Put this version down live at rehearsal last week.
Lyrics
Scabby lookin seagull on a marble stair Tryin tae find the ocean its been lookin everywhere hard times in the city in a hard toun by the sea There's naewhere tae run tae an there's nothin' here for free Auld whore on the corner she's waitin fur a train Alkie oan the pavement sleepin in the rain An they try an hide their faces an they try an hide their eyes Cos this city's dyin' and they don't know why. Oh Baltimore aint it hard just to live Just tae live Take my sister Sandy and my wee brother Ray Gonnae nick a motor tae drive us all away Live oot in the country where the mountains are high Never goin back there till the day I die
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