What song best represents Cambridge?
BBC Five Live have been running a thing all week about what songs best represent the country's big cities so their listeners have picked Waterloo Sunset for London, Walk on for Liverpool, Fools Gold for Manchester etc.
So come on WANers, what song by a Cambridge artist would represent Cambridge?
Saturday Sun by Nick Drake for me...
Published by Richard at 12:07pm on Fri 14th September 2007. Viewed 3,284 times.
"Ghost Town" Specials.
Published by ababoonsass at 12:10pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
"Cambridge is Full Of Smug Tossers" by The Nimbies
Published by Diprobase (not active) at 12:15pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
Do they owe us a living... Crass
Published by brenda (not active) at 12:19pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
Bike or Grantchestow Meadows - Pink Floyd
River Man -Nick Drake
if i remember rightly Specials played a gig at a marquee on Jesus Green which ended in a punks v skinheads punchup. shortly before the song Ghost Town came out with line *too Mmuch fighting on the dancefloor"
Published by steve w at 12:22pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
That was a mental night - exciting but very scary vibe - LOADS of trouble!
Published by Dr Rhythm at 12:34pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
"Fuck this town" Stray Cats (X-rated version)
Published by ababoonsass at 12:36pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
Fucking hell man, piss off to London and leave us in peace!
Published by simon_b (not active) at 12:37pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
"Baker Street" Gerry Rafferty???
Published by ababoonsass at 12:42pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
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Published by World Music World (not active) at 12:43pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
Now WMW gets the idea.
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Shitty Little City - The Hope.
Published by Three Headed Lizard at 12:48pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
NB - the original 'brief' was a song by a Cambridge artist. This is too hard!
Published by Jude 1 (not active) at 12:50pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
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I agree with Jude, on reflection maybe it is too hard to think of Cambridge artists, it is tiny town in comparison to the others I guess.
Published by Richard at 12:55pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
A place you deserve - Broken Family Band
"When you hold out your hands I bet they're shaking
Do you still smoke enough for two?
The air that you breathe it's all fake there
Up here its thick and strong
Why don't you come back and live in the city?
Come and live in the city with me
Change the dirt under your fingernails
And see how happy we can be"
Published by ababoonsass at 12:55pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
Some songs by Cambridge artists about Cambridge (apologies for inaccurate titles etc.):
UM 'One Day I'm Gonna Buy This Town', also 'Caught Myself Out', the one with the lines 'I'm trash and I know that I am/And I should just chuck myself in the Cam (Voice of self-criticism: What!? Off a bridge?).
Also 'There's So Many Voices' by The Doozer, which is about going into Gee's to get a new voice.
Published by bad-timing at 12:56pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
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Published by World Music World (not active) at 12:56pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
*buys DS a ticket to london*
Published by simon_b (not active) at 1:05pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
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Simple Pleasures - Kimberley Rue
Opening lines:
I wish every day would be like today
Right here in Cambridge I will stay
Published by tallthinkev (not active) at 1:13pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
love the Kimberley Rew song
Ezio - Alex
Oh - and Alex, this is your song
I would like to see it fly
Above the roofs of Cambridge
So that one day you'll be mine
Published by steve w at 1:16pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
CAMBRIDGE
Wired
only halfway wired to some uncelebrated dream
Wired
in the back page listing where dust fills in the seams
We are found in no place
We are forgotten phrase
Wired
dancing across the wires like puppets on a string
Wired
and our hearts in sequence beat around a ring
We leave no stone unturned
We leave no fire unburned
There's no second guessing
for things that are out of our hands
and no tears of regret for nights that will never
heppen here in Cambridge
Broken
and our vows like split leaves
fall to earth apart
Broken
in the spaces where we never found a spark
I remember street signs
I remember plans
Once as twice
and twice as once
and once is never enough
here in Cambridge
Written by Vic Bondi... he is a professor of American History at Harvard.
Published by ababoonsass at 1:16pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
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Why does everyone tell Bigmal to go back to Scotland if he hates the English so much, but then whinge about Cambridge?? Is there a forcefield stopping you leaving?
Published by katemac at 1:22pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
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Published by World Music World (not active) at 1:22pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
clearly.
Published by katemac at 1:23pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
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Published by Georgie girl (not active) at 1:23pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
Albert King - (Ful)born Under a bad Sign
Goldfrapp - Black Cherry (Hinton)
Oasis - Whatever(sham)
The Flaming Stars - (Ar)bury My Heart At Pier 13
The Velvet Underground - Andy's Chest(erton)
Tom Waits - Murder in the Red Barn(well)
Gene - We Could Be Kings (Hedges)
etc.
Published by Matt Abysmal at 1:34pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
Very smart.
Published by ababoonsass at 1:38pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
There's nothing smart about remembering the titles of Gene songs... *massive shame*
Published by Matt Abysmal at 1:41pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
I saw them twice... and like it very much. Am I bad?
Published by ababoonsass at 1:47pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
Hope Street - Levellers
Published by strawberry-ozzy (not active) at 1:49pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
'Why does everyone tell Bigmal to go back to Scotland if he hates the English so much, but then whinge about Cambridge?? Is there a forcefield stopping you leaving?'
people do love a good moan though. for all the time and effort some people put in complaining about living here, they could probably have moved long ago.
Published by harvey_dangerous at 1:50pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
or from an actual cambridge artist i would have to say
Emit/Collect - Zer0
Absolute quality breakbeat stomper of a tune played all over the place by Renie Pilgrim, Anne Savage and loads of others.
Published by strawberry-ozzy (not active) at 1:52pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
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Published by World Music World (not active) at 1:52pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
just in case you haven't heard how good emit collect is have a sample
Published by strawberry-ozzy (not active) at 1:56pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
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Published by World Music World (not active) at 1:57pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
Fuck, I love my house, Il ove my friends and my life as a whole. I do like Cambridge very much for a lot of different reasons. It's just a bit pokey really and soul-less at times.
Published by ababoonsass at 1:57pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
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Published by World Music World (not active) at 1:58pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
Moving requires actually doing some househunting and looking for relevant jobs in said area that will pay enough. Spending years whinging about the town you're living in when you actually moved back to said town from London seems a bit silly.
Published by simon_b (not active) at 3:10pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
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Published by Georgie girl (not active) at 3:13pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
p.s only just noticed ABA's more positive post...
Published by simon_b (not active) at 3:15pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
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Published by Georgie girl (not active) at 3:17pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
I didn't have a choice, my little brother had died suddenly and my parents had broken down with the grief. I had to come back...
I lost my career in London, I left my friends... I'm not bitter and I enjoy my life as much now as I did then.
I love Cambridge, I hate it too..
I wished there more more bands I liked... to have a local band I could believe in, that'd be something.
Published by ababoonsass at 3:17pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
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Published by Georgie girl (not active) at 3:22pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
I think if Cambridge was bigger it'd throw up more good bands. As a percentage we've probably got the same proportion as other town, but we've got a tiny population.
Published by simon_b (not active) at 3:51pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
itchykoo park the faces-all together now
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UNDER THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS LALALALA
Published by bigmal at 3:57pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
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Published by World Music World (not active) at 4:07pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
OK, very sweet so how about At home Here by Hamfatter?
Published by Richard at 4:17pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
hey WMW are you sure ????
Published by bigmal at 4:21pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
George - awww, how sweet is that :)
Published by katemac at 4:22pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
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Published by Georgie girl (not active) at 4:23pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
OK WMW i have looked it up and and you are correct .thank you very much for knocking me off my pedestal ,thank you very much indeed !!
(goes away muttering and writing a certain name in a book)
Published by bigmal at 4:26pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
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Published by World Music World (not active) at 4:48pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
OOOOoooh is that a song
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Why does everyone tell Bigmal to go back to Scotland if he hates the English so much, but then whinge about Cambridge?? Is there a forcefield stopping you leaving?
Published by katemac at 1:22pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
COUGH COUGH
whats this........ when have i ever whinged about the bloody English .
Published by bigmal at 5:07pm on Fri 14th September 2007.
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