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Adamsdown Song
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Result of a community project involving inner city kids in Adamsdown, Cardiff.
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Pupils from Adamsdown, Stacey and Tredegarville Primary Schools took part in a project in Spring 2009 with local author and songwriter Jon Blake to create and perform a song for Adamsdown, Cardiff. The song was engineered by Gwill at the Atrium, Adamsdown; guitar was by Richard J Parfitt (ex 60ft Dolls); bass by Callum Duggan; drums by Alistair Pilgrim; various instruments by Jon Blake. Lead vocal is by Jessicca Hornby with backing vocals by Asha Salaax, Chloe Smith, Emma Bishop, Hollie Hayward, Megan Slater and the massed ranks of Year 5, Adamsdown and Stacey Primaries and Year 6, Tredegarville Primary. For more about the song see . Adamsdown Song has now been followed by the Adamsdown Sings project: a cross-section of Adamsdown residents are recording songs written for them by Jon Blake and Mark Roberts. Completed tracks and work in progress will be uploaded here.
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Pop • Dance-Pop
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#5,194 in subgenre Peak #1
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Peak #1
Author
Jon Blake/Adamsdown pupils
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Jon Blake
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May 08, 2009
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MP3 3.9 MB • 128 kbps • 4:14
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Oh, can’t you see the old farm fields And the cows going down to market On Constellation Street Ah, can’t you hear the workers’ boots On the black bridge to the steelworks All the places that we meet Oh we’ve got Diamonds, we’ve got Pearls In our inner city world We’ve got life from Broadway down to Tin Street We’ve got Comets, we’ve got Stars In this universe of ours We stand on a hundred years of history Oh, can’t you see down Stacey Road Fred Keenor’s in the schoolyard With a long long way to go Borne from the trenches of the Somme To the victory steps of Wembley He just kept on keeping on (Chorus) Doo, do do do do do. . . We’ve got diamonds we’ve got pearls Doo, do do do do do. . . This is our inner city world Oh, can’t you hear the newborn cry In the wards of the Infirmary As the old trams rattle by Ah, take a walk down Mucky Park Past the loan sharks and the broken glass Not always easy to survive But we’ve got Diamonds, we’ve got Pearls In our inner city world We’ve got life from Broadway down to Tin Street We’ve got Comets, we’ve got Stars We’re the city’s beating heart We stand on a hundred years of history (repeat chorus)
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lifetracks108
May 23, 2009
This was lovely - good job!!
Michael Hughes
May 18, 2009
What a wonderful song! Excellent performance from the band & especially the singers--and Jessicca is amazing! This song really paints a picture in my mind--thank you, and congratulations everyone for this incredible piece of music.