Down in the Tube Station at Midnight / So Sad About Us / The Night [7" VINYL]

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no explanation of how they would know his address though) but it does mean he has no thought of getting back anytime soon. There is in my mind no song that expresses the harsh reality of prejudice and senseless violence so vividly. Phil from Antwerp, BelgiumThis song still sends shivers down my spine every time I listen to it, even after so many years. The last strays of the night, all heading home or to anywhere else in the night that might welcome them.

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The song, written by Eddie Miller and Jimmy Campbell, explores the delicate nuances of love and showcases Arnold’s emotive vocals.Do this with all the vocabulary and, over time, this will help improve all your English skills — reading, writing, speaking and listening.

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Chastened by the experience, he emerged a more bitter, cynical person and he penned this song from the perspective of an ordinary working man on the way back to his suburban home, who is beaten senseless by skinheads. It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives. The single was backed by a cover version of the Who's song " So Sad About Us", and the song "The Night", written by Bruce Foxton. Tony from BelfastNowhere in the song does Weller mention skinheads and he was a great admirer of the origianl skinhead and sudehead movements with it's emphasis on black music and sharp clothes.Skiba sings it in a kind of exasperated way like He's tired of hearing this negative view constantly and just allowing that person to continue feeling the way they feel knowing he can't do anything about it. An overflowing rubbish bin with discarded fast-food wrappers and fizzy-pop cans at the bottom of it. Despite having a BBC airplay ban due to its "disturbing nature," it became The Jam's second UK Top 20 hit.

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I was insistent on him reviving it, and once the band got involved and we developed the sound it turned into an absolutely brilliant track, a classic. This sentence feels as if the only thing it wants to convey is their history together, namely, husband and wife. There's no way they'd lock him in, so the only explaination is that its a crime-scene and his body has not yet been moved.Tension is heightened by a heartbeat audio effect in the left stereo channel at points during the song. Originally, Paul Weller had wanted to exclude the song from the All Mod Cons album, [2] on the grounds that the arrangement had not sufficiently developed during the recording sessions. This anti-racism song was a first-person narrative about a brutal mugging by jackbooted right-wing thugs in London. Cause they took the keys, and she'll think it's me" I view this as him stating that the thugs will then go to his house and cause great harm to his wife -- when she hears the door open with the keys, she will think it is her husband but rather it will be a Clockwork Orange. The song starts with the atmospheric sounds of a London Underground station, then a tense, syncopated beat carried by the bass guitar.

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All the train had to be checked, to make sure no people were left sleeping on seats, no forgotten items. The then Radio 1 DJ Tony Blackburn complained that, "It's disgusting the way punks sing about violence.Finally, and this is speculative and I may very well be wrong in this assumption, but is the London underground not shut at midnight? Feelings that may be universal, without necessarily being totally specific to us, or a place, or a time.