That was 100% ignorance on my part. Call it regional hubris, but I’ve presumed my entire life that Greg wrote SB.Did you mean Greg Allman? He covered the song by Blind Willie McTell who recorded the song in 1928.
That’s a very good one.Postcards.
During the school holidays I used to help out at my parents' friend's car wash, and it took me several goes before I realised I was never going to get the knack of lifting and rotating the wing mirrors before they went in the car wash, but at least they came off in my hand, rather than the car wash . Losing an aerial was another matter; sometimes it wasn't spotted until another car went through and both cars would get a sound thrashing, necessitating a paint job. But by far the most impressive feat was a Post Office driver who panicked and drove forward into the automatic washing machine, pushing the roof pillar of his van back about an inch and the machine out of action for weeks, until it could be remounted on its guide rails.Or forgetting to and having it ripped off.
Hilarious and gnarly punk. Loved it!Chart shows.
Chart shows.
…which would’ve usually been the fireman.Waiting in anticipation of the end of a passing train so we could wave at the guy in the caboose.
Ah, good ole HPS streetlights. I always assumed that orange glow was what they were referring to in the Long Black Veil lyric, “someone killed ‘neath the town hall light”.Sodium lights. Until about five years ago, all streets were orange every night!
They sure did look ghastly... starting in the late 60s, I believe. Saw them first when driving in on the (then) Congress Expressway toward Chicago. That was a the sign still strobed when it dotted the "i" after spelling H-O-T-P-O-I-N-T.Ah, good ole HPS streetlights. I always assumed that orange glow was what they were referring to in the Long Black Veil lyric, “someone killed ‘neath the town hall light”.
Every morning I'm out at dawn with the dwarfs and trampsSodium lights. Until about five years ago, all streets were orange every night!
I'm really interested in this subject.Everything about the night outside changed when we shifted to the modern white LEDs.
Do you recall what it was like during lockdown, with few cars and no aeroplanes? Blissful. The birdsong was wonderful.I'm trying to imagine what my town will sound like when there are very few petrol or diesel cars on the road
We have Mike Read's Heritage Chart Show in the UK, which would be unlikely to appeal to the under 25-year-olds mentioned in the original post At its peak the BBC were wiping tapes of Top of the Pops featuring classic bands like The Beatles, which seems unthinkable now. The Dutch TopPop, far superior to the UK's Top of the Pops technically, lasted until 1988, to be followed by the UK's TOTP in 2006. It's only because of the Dutch that we have the official video of Bowie performing Rebel Rebel 50 years ago.I don’t know. Chart shows are extremely popular with K-Pop fans worldwide.