^ that sounds like the guy Steven Wilson is singing about in Luminol, as he describes here.
I previously commented on my irrational dislike for "the street" as a place, and busking ("street music") falls under that heading: it doesn't do anything for me. This even extends to the kind of "Live Music" I see advertised outside pubs here in Dublin. Just "Live Music", no elaboration required. It's basically busking indoors: the same old songs, played with no feel, just blasted out in to the ears of drunk people. The last time I found myself in such a place, late on a Friday night, I lasted about 1/2h before I made my excuses and bolted for the door.