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BOB-01 Two Stops from Upton Park
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a London honky-tonk knees-up - if you don't understand a word of it go to the translation page on http://www.martinstirrup.force9.co.uk/mp3boobies/boobies01uptonpark2.htm
pop rock fun jazz folk blues eclectic country contemporary singersongwriter london mandolin soft rock sixties accoustic seventies cambridge martyn humourous
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Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!
Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...
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Podcasts • Comedy
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Peak #5
Peak in subgenre #3
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Martin Stirrup
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Martin Stirrup
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November 23, 2008
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MP3 2.9 MB • 128 kbps • 3:13
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As in Barking - Barking Mad after the asylum that used to be there. Not my expression - I heard it first a year or so ago but it has all the hallmarks of classic London slang - the meaning twice removed from what is actually said, in the same way that the best rhyming slang doesn't use the rhyme anymore... I do claim Jacksons as my own, however... coined a couple of years ago when I was banned from using the long B word to describe government initiatives... ..and I was actually born one stop from Upton Park... so I have the right!
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He’s got a second hand whistle, nifty titfa on his bonce Making with the pearlies like a greasy nonce Says he’s got a council gaff down by the Cutty Sark More like…. two stops from Upton Park He’s got this floosie, a partridge short of a brace She’s been knocking back bacardis till she’s off her face She’s not exactly state of the art… in fact she’s … two stops from Upton Park They’re just about as Kosher as a nine bob note Straight as a corkscrew or a postal vote Whatever you think you’ll be wide of the mark Because they’re… two stops from Upton Park Here he come again, he’s not just acting the part Talking Jacksons* – and I don’t mean art If you think he’s straight you must be having a lark Cos he’s two stops from Upton Park … and I’m not talking West Ham, if you get my drift…
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AlanFarr
Jan 26
Love all the " 'ow's yer farva " East End Rhyming Slang - as you say, never completed. I was born in Acton London W3 meself, grew up familiar with all them expressions - “Jacksons” is a goodie from yourself. The keyboard and guitar solos were pretty nifty - 11/10.