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

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John nodded at the train guard — he recognised him from the dozens of times he had seen him before but could not remember his name. Greg House from Princeton, NjCould have been used in the Australian skinhead film Romper Stomper. There is a scene where the skinheads beat up some Asians in the tube stop. As John made his way to the platform, he met the passengers leaving the station. The usual late-night crowds. A man in his forties, looking weary and deadbeat. Another poor guy doing a late shift somewhere in the city. Are you sure you’re looking on the right platform?” asked John. He would talk to the station chief about Colin.

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Then, when he finished work, he had to get home. It wasn’t too far — sometimes he took a taxi — but other times he walked and the streets were empty with strange shadows creeping across between the houses. You could be onto something, in the Seventies the tube closed much earlier but at midnight it would be around the time of the last train, hence more isolated. It is a sarcastic jab at how she views herself and how her "ex-lovers" only wanted to be with her to increase their fame. John waited a second to see if Colin would volunteer to do the rounds of the station. One of them had to walk around the whole place, just to make sure there were no people left inside.Artists - The Jam". Rolling Stone. 8 November 2001. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012 . Retrieved 7 November 2020. Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it. I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example: I can make the bad guys good for a weekend" - the bad guys are the paparazzi to Swift, but are good to the "player" since association with Swift immediately gives publicity. Any publicity is good publicity and Swift knows this.

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One of these days, Colin might move out of his chair. Although John couldn’t recall ever seeing Colin doing anything but sitting down every shift. The last strays of the night, all heading home or to anywhere else in the night that might welcome them. We've been asked whether "Somewhere Only We Know" is about a specific place, and Tim has been saying that, for him, or us as individuals, it might be about a geographical space, or a feeling; it can mean something individual to each person, and they can interpret it to a memory of theirs... It's perhaps more of a theme rather than a specific message... Feelings that may be universal, without necessarily being totally specific to us, or a place, or a time..."The lyrics after "It blended in with the weather" I have only just found out and this has impressed me even more than the words I already knew.

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John marched down the corridor. He could hear the last train arriving. It pulled into the station and then he heard Colin’s tired monotone voice. The word "midnight": What is midnight? Its the end of a day/ start of a new one. This may be a metaphor for the end of a life. Its midnight for a reason, I'm guessin that is it. Davie from Scotland, IrelandThe Jam and Paul Weller at their absolute best - Brilliantly raw sound especially Live - The best song of All Mod Cons LP by a mile !!! Taysom, Joe Taysom·6 October 2020 (6 October 2020). "The reason why the BBC banned The Jam's anti-racism song 'Down in the Tube Station at Midnight' ". Far Out . Retrieved 7 November 2020.

I think this song more than any other shows off Weller's skill as a songwriter. The passage: 'And I said - "I've a little money and a take away curry, Some of the other guys that worked in the station would put some energy into their voices or put on a funny voice. You can tell me when it's over" - the tabloids rumor relationships are over before the couple announces it officially. John gave them a curt nod and walked on. The two lads laughed loudly and broke into a rendition of a popular song.

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Write down all the words and phrases in your vocabulary notebook. Look in your dictionary and find the meaning of each word. Write the definition next to each word. She'll be lining up the cutlery, you know she's expecting me, polishing the glasses and pulling out the cork 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. [3] He was persuaded to include it by the record's producer Vic Coppersmith-Heaven. [3] [4] Lyrical theme and musical composition [ edit ] The sound of an Underground train at the beginning and end of the song was recorded at St John's Wood Station. [5] Cover art [ edit ]Muz2549 from London A brilliant song, a forgotten classic, never get bored of singing along to it, songs like this had deep meaning and soul, that's what is missing today, glad I grew up in the jam, clash etc era He carried on walking to the very end of the platform, past the two benches on the side. He stopped and looked behind him again. A short corridor led to another door and a public walkway. Both sides of the walkway were filled with advertising. An overflowing rubbish bin with discarded fast-food wrappers and fizzy-pop cans at the bottom of it.