tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post7105826268923826410..comments2023-08-17T08:12:31.706-05:00Comments on Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches: "Life in a Northern Town"Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335496287080742001noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-90401570068419012812018-02-05T03:45:49.999-06:002018-02-05T03:45:49.999-06:00Yes Life in A northern town a brilliant song. The ...Yes Life in A northern town a brilliant song. The original video is so evocative of my young days in north Wales. Hebden bridge I fly over every two weeks on the way to work in Scotland cool looking down on the valley.<br /><br />As for Penny Lane, Well, I've been in the Bank there as well as having my haircut in the barber shop many years ago when in college in Liverpool. The road sign for Penny Lane was replaced on a regular basis , cant imagine why. Richienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-80026320534427964902009-02-10T04:55:00.000-06:002009-02-10T04:55:00.000-06:00It is an odd choice for a strip routine! And I'm a...It is an odd choice for a strip routine! And I'm assuming this was twenty-some years ago. If it was recent, it would be even stranger. Sort of a melancholy bump 'n' grind.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335496287080742001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-10759013316419380892009-02-10T03:52:00.000-06:002009-02-10T03:52:00.000-06:00I love this song and the video but at the time it ...I love this song and the video but at the time it came out, I watched a stripper doing an impassioned "bump and grind" to the record! Strange choice, I thought! I quit going to strip clubs.Bookstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-8001233413810841322009-01-30T19:01:00.000-06:002009-01-30T19:01:00.000-06:00Oh, and my favorite Beatles album is The Beatles, ...Oh, and my favorite Beatles album is <I>The Beatles</I>, next being <I>Revolver</I>, followed closely behind by <I>Abbey Road</I>.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335496287080742001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-61136910802084937002009-01-30T18:58:00.000-06:002009-01-30T18:58:00.000-06:00Heh - don't worry about that. I think you have to ...Heh - don't worry about that. I think you have to actually use HTML to paste a clickable link within the comment section. That does suck. Cut and paste is fine. Thank you for them!<BR/><BR/>Yeah, "Penny Lane" is the Beatles right at the pinnacle of their career, just as the whole thing was beginning to topple. It's such a change from what they'd been doing the year before. I guess "Eleanor Rigby" and other things ("Tomorrow Never Knows") on <I>Revolver</I> sort of prepared people for it.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335496287080742001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-57930813470606767962009-01-30T12:34:00.000-06:002009-01-30T12:34:00.000-06:00Whoa. I thought those URLs would show as links. ...Whoa. I thought those URLs would show as links. Oh, well, cut and paste into the address bar will work. But doesn't this blogging software support links?Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377350508311660619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-61595888867036420332009-01-30T12:32:00.000-06:002009-01-30T12:32:00.000-06:00Here's the link for the Paul Simon trivia (it's in...Here's the link for the Paul Simon trivia (it's in the second comment):<BR/>http://preview.tinyurl.com/ctgrwg<BR/><BR/>And a little more explanation of the connection:<BR/>http://preview.tinyurl.com/bgakqh<BR/><BR/>"Penny Lane" is also my current favorite Beatles song, though it's changed places with "In My Life" multiple times over the years. It's the Judy Collins version of "Life" that I like best, however.<BR/><BR/><I>Abbey Road</I>, specifically the second side of the original vinyl, is my favorite album.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377350508311660619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-78683940437087025332009-01-30T05:04:00.000-06:002009-01-30T05:04:00.000-06:00Whoa - good call on "Life in a Northern Town" bein...Whoa - good call on "Life in a Northern Town" being a melancholy counterpart to "Penny Lane" (that title is, of course, actually held by "Strawberry Fields Forever," or, if not, "In My Life"). "Penny Lane" is my favorite Beatles track, by the way.<BR/><BR/>I think you've mentioned your fondness for "Ode to Billy Joe" in a previous post comment. It is so evocative of southern "swampiness."<BR/><BR/>That's a fantastic bit of trivia, Leigh. Thank you for it. I had no idea that Paul Simon <I>gave</I> guitar lessons, much less to The Dream Academy's lead singer. It makes sense he wrote it around that chorus!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335496287080742001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-4864615377276836482009-01-30T00:39:00.000-06:002009-01-30T00:39:00.000-06:00Boy, I love this song. It is a melancholy counter...Boy, I love this song. It is a melancholy counterpart to "Penny Lane", which I've always thought was one of the Beatles' best.<BR/><BR/>I'm very partial to songs that evoke a strong sense of place. Bobbi Gentry's "Ode to Billy Joe" is another of my favorites for this reason. It gets stuck in my head for days at a time, though; it's kind of an earworm. <BR/><BR/>I've read that "Life in a Northern Town" was originally written around the chorus; Nick Laird-Clowes sang it for Paul Simon, who was giving him guitar lessons, and Simon remarked, "You should write a song around that". He was right; the chorus is another earworm (I mean that in a good way!)Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377350508311660619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-4473572041585468432009-01-27T17:48:00.000-06:002009-01-27T17:48:00.000-06:00The reality that lightning sometimes strikes only ...The reality that lightning sometimes strikes only once (as far as having a pop hit goes) makes acts with staying power (U2 comes to mind, Madonna, once upon a time) even more incredible. Only the Beatles could come up with masterpiece after masterpiece, IMHO.<BR/><BR/>Wow, Tony. This is fortuitous. What are the odds that a guy living in Hebden Bridge would visit this specific blog, and the blogger (from a little U.S. town called Nacogdoches, Texas) would do a post featuring an obscure video by a one hit wonder band set precisely where you live?? Apparently, those odds are pretty good. Nick Drake was a talented guy. Volkswagen used his "Pink Moon" back when they were relaunching the Beetle. It's such a great, mystical song.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335496287080742001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-53508972513306838362009-01-27T13:52:00.000-06:002009-01-27T13:52:00.000-06:00! Live In Hebden Bridge.I have never seen this vid...! Live In Hebden Bridge.<BR/>I have never seen this video before! <BR/>I Love Nick Drake.<BR/>Three Cheers For YoU!!!tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-56939285696910536952009-01-27T13:40:00.000-06:002009-01-27T13:40:00.000-06:00I'm always amazed when a band comes out of nowher...I'm always amazed when a band comes out of nowhere and produces a masterpiece and then fades back into oblivion. Modern English comes to mind as another example. The talent obviously was there in making the masterpiece - where'd it go on all the follow up attempts?Video Zeta Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418506488234665178noreply@blogger.com