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

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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. Some of the other guys that worked in the station would put some energy into their voices or put on a funny voice. Skiba sings it in a kind of exasperated way like He's tired of hearing this negative view constantly and just allowing that person to continue feeling the way they feel knowing he can't do anything about it. The single was backed by a cover version of the Who's song " So Sad About Us", and the song "The Night", written by Bruce Foxton. 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 !

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Tension is heightened by a heartbeat audio effect in the left stereo channel at points during the song.Sister Christian" was written by Night Ranger drummer Kelly Keagy, who was imploring his younger sister to be careful in her reckless youth, especially when "motoring" (driving around) with friends.

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On the back cover was a portrait photograph of Keith Moon who had died a month prior to the single's release.Phil went on to play bass with the Cure during the Love Cats era, also with Edwyn Collins, playing and co-producing Never Met A Girl Like You. This person got really burned in a previous relationship, and because of this is unable to love and show care in his present one, even though he so badly wants to. All the train had to be checked, to make sure no people were left sleeping on seats, no forgotten items. The song starts with the atmospheric sounds of a London Underground station, then a tense, syncopated beat carried by the bass guitar.

DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT Chords - JAM | E-Chords DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT Chords - JAM | E-Chords

The lyrics are sentimental, contrasting the warmth of home and domestic life with the dangers of 1970s London's urban decay and casual late-night violence. The last strays of the night, all heading home or to anywhere else in the night that might welcome them.So it was legitimately at 0000, as the pubs would have chucked out at 2330 (2345 to allow for 15 minutes drinking up time). 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. Maybe we would have come around to recording it later on in the project, but he'd just reached that point of 'Oh bollocks, this isn't working, it's a load of crap. The sound of an Underground train at the beginning and end of the song was recorded at St John's Wood Station. Tony from BelfastNowhere in the song does Weller mention skinheads and he was a great admirer of the origianl skinhead and sudehead movements with it's emphasis on black music and sharp clothes.