lojo Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Listening to Paul Carrack being interviewed whilst on the M25 today (me not him) Interesting that this song was written about the fact the bands bass player was being poached, not about a girl at all. What a great song with a bass related meaning ... Any others like this ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike 110 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Me ...love the song and love Paul Carracks voice . He's also sublime on Tempted by Squeeze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I was listening to this and chuckled all the way through at the lyrics . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 love that song. great band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybertect Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Well, I suppose there's John Lennon's 'How Do You Sleep' http://www.metrolyrics.com/how-do-you-sleep-lyrics-john-lennon.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybertect Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 [quote name='mike 110' timestamp='1376764532' post='2178905'] Me ...love the song and love Paul Carracks voice . He's also sublime on Tempted by Squeeze [/quote] +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Tex is working at Kingston Hospital these days. I don't think it was the NHS that was trying to tempt him away from Ace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 The bass player was moonlighting with Sutherland Brothers & Quiver when Carrack found out about it & wrote the song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 In a similar, drummer-related way, [i]Why Did You Do It[/i] by Stretch is not about a girl, it's about Mick Fleetwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 There are quite a few of these if you look into it: Deep Purples "Speed King" was written about none other than banjolele toting B+W superstar George Formby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 And George Formby apparently wrote You Can't Keep A Growing Lad Down about Ron Jeremy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1376832603' post='2179640'] There are quite a few of these if you look into it: Deep Purples "Speed King" was written about none other than banjolele toting B+W superstar George Formby. [/quote] How so? I'd never heard that before and can't find any reference to that at all. The only version I found was that Gillan took a load of 50s rock and roll lyrics and stuffed the all together in a song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 [quote name='cybertect' timestamp='1376767079' post='2178948'] Well, I suppose there's John Lennon's 'How Do You Sleep' [url="http://www.metrolyrics.com/how-do-you-sleep-lyrics-john-lennon.html"]http://www.metrolyri...ohn-lennon.html[/url] [/quote] Forgot about that! It's quite an insight really, isn't it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 [quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1376837303' post='2179718'] How so? I'd never heard that before and can't find any reference to that at all. The only version I found was that Gillan took a load of 50s rock and roll lyrics and stuffed the all together in a song. [/quote] Of course you can't find any reference to it - I made it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Ah!! I see. Humour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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