tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post3249430953197957781..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: Why American place names "sing" and British ones don'tDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-56659895421473570792013-05-31T23:15:59.354+01:002013-05-31T23:15:59.354+01:00I'd like to say a word for Noel Coward in this...I'd like to say a word for Noel Coward in this debate. "London Pride" captures the capital in wartime beautifully and "There Are Bad Times Just Around The Corner" heads off across the entire country with an almost deranged humorous urgency. This is only the first verse...<br /><br />They're out of sorts in Sunderland<br />And terribly cross in Kent,<br />They're dull in Hull<br />And the Isle of Mull<br />Is seething with discontent,<br />They're nervous in Northumberland<br />And Devon is down the drain,<br />They're filled with wrath<br />On the firth of Forth<br />And sullen on Salisbury Plain,<br />In Dublin they're depressed, lads,<br />Maybe because they're Celts<br />For Drake is going West, lads,<br />And so is everyone else.<br />Hurray-hurray-hurray!<br />Misery's here to stay.Roger Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162453304943857974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-50534863002353441972013-05-31T11:26:30.662+01:002013-05-31T11:26:30.662+01:00Well, it's a nice theory, but counterexamples ...Well, it's a nice theory, but counterexamples include Billy Bragg's <i>A13 Trunk Road To The Sea</i> and, um, an awful lot of Half Man Half Biscuit songs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10154903370394451698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-75693933953173491222013-05-29T19:54:11.677+01:002013-05-29T19:54:11.677+01:00I think Reno is a good place to shoot a man just t...I think Reno is a good place to shoot a man just to watch him die.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09370562958134584972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-38433960894500330152013-05-29T19:09:33.385+01:002013-05-29T19:09:33.385+01:00It's because you're not American.It's because you're not American.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133562658425661113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-65155168579558801892013-05-28T17:47:02.339+01:002013-05-28T17:47:02.339+01:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6OHD2uCpfUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6OHD2uCpfURichard Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237260684135790673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-47720733347999267202013-05-28T15:47:03.635+01:002013-05-28T15:47:03.635+01:00Hence the singalong popularity of 'Amarillo...Hence the singalong popularity of 'Amarillo'.<br />But not 'Galveston'.Do You Do Any Wings?https://www.blogger.com/profile/16464188169541771585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-19900505421528882672013-05-28T15:04:53.581+01:002013-05-28T15:04:53.581+01:00You may be biased by the sense of 'otherness&#...You may be biased by the sense of 'otherness'. I'm particularly taken by 'Guns of Brixton' and picked Watford as my 'football' team to root for from the states because of 'Watford Gap' (only to find out it's 60 miles from Vicarage Road - oh well, too late).Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14475111924076369276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-26035306120258027582013-05-28T10:42:29.135+01:002013-05-28T10:42:29.135+01:00New York is used in quite a few, quite good songs?...New York is used in quite a few, quite good songs?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16389758534793908387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-9370633537748759442013-05-28T10:29:12.531+01:002013-05-28T10:29:12.531+01:00My favourite English example of this is Oliver'...My favourite English example of this is Oliver's Army - "...the boys from the Mersey and the Thames and the Tyne..."<br /><br />OK, not place names, but try "...the boys from Liverpool, London and Newcastle..." or even "...the scousers and the cockneys and the geordies..." ;-)Eric Kleptonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13279366242949275787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-1240113025330992792013-05-28T09:39:28.141+01:002013-05-28T09:39:28.141+01:00This probably explains why the best song about a B...This probably explains why the best song about a British location is Waterloo SunsetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-10908597161293760742013-05-28T09:03:31.734+01:002013-05-28T09:03:31.734+01:00I sort of agree but surely New York has more songs...I sort of agree but surely New York has more songs than any other city.<br /><br />Texas, Memphis, Las Vegas and New Orleans are also popularAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619706840188407214noreply@blogger.com