Entertainment For Lively Minds
Songs about being cool, or a wannabe
Posted by Nick Duvet on 3 April 2011 - 7:38am.
I had Quadrophenia on the turntable today. It sounds great, especially "I'm One"; Townshend nailing the upstart Mod's need to be seen as a Face.
My teenage children are going through that whole thing of agonising over how distressed their jeans should be. So it seems fitting to have a thread about that adolescent need to be cool, or at the very least, to have the right clothes.
Any suggestions?
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Nodoubt the purists will suggest Dobie Gray's version is superior, but this was my first introduction to the song and remains fab, IMHO.
Bryan Ferry
I saw him kick off his first UK tour in years at Carlisle in 2006, & he started with "The in crowd".
Fabulous song, & I think his is the best version by a long way.
Dion
King Of The New York Streets
People called me the scandalizer
The world was my appetizer
I turned gangs into fertilizer
King of the New York streets
I broke hearts like window panes
For breakfast I'd eat nails and chains
To my kingdom I'd proclaim
King of the New York streets
I floored my accelerator
All the way to the equator
Just a local gladiator
King of the New York streets
Well, I was only sixteen years old
So what could I have known?
In my mind these passing years
The legend sure has grown
People come from miles around
To see my royal tenement crown
Always up, Jack, never down
King of the New York streets
Schools gave me nothing needed
To my throne I proceeded
Every warning went unheeded
King of the New York streets
I stood tall from all this feeling
I bumped my head on heaven's ceiling
Shooting dice and double-dealing
King of the New York streets
Each time I jumped behind the wheel
Of a pin-striped custom Oldsmobile
The guys would bow and the girls would squeal
King of the New Yrk streets
Local bullies I deflated
Back street jive that I translated
Top Ten girls were all that I dated
King of the New York streets
I didn't need no bodyguard
I just ruled from my backyard
Living fast, living hard
King of the New York streets
Well, I was wise in my own eyes
I awoke one day and I realized
You know this attitude comes from cocaine lies
"King" Of The New York Streets
Dion
I posted him singing this song on a different thread a few months ago, I think it is wonderful.
Brown Sauce - I just wanna be a winner
Pre-dating Half Man Half Biscuit by several years, this Supergroup featured Noel Edmonds, Maggie Philbin and Keith Chegwin. I think the song was a top 20 smash hit.
The song namechecks several TV presenters, including Frank Bough.
bet that got right up his nose...
Talking Wag Club Blues
The Bard of Barking says it better than I can so I will shut up
The place is full of ear'oles
That hang on every word that they speak
Who believe what they write about themselves
Week after week after week after week
(I don't know how they get away with it
They should be ashamed)
Well if it's all so bloody beautiful
Take it home and have it framed