Sundays Song # 107 |
Pedro |
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COMSUBBBS Posts: 2974 Location: Liverpool, England | Subject: Sundays Song # 107 Here is a song about the River Tyne in north-east England. At a constant point in my years, this area was a great industrial powerhouse of the nation. They built spectacular ships, had vast steel mills and huge coal pits bringing prosperity to Newcastle and other ports along the Tyne River. Then the usual numbskull politicians got into the act and mistakenly decided they were no longer relevant and shut down those vital industries one by one. Now all that remains are destroyed communities within a beautiful landscape, but unfortunately, the people left behind cannot eat scenery in order to survive with any dignity. Performed by Jimmy Nail, a local lad, and accompanied by Mark Knopfler, another famous son of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_519h95XFs Pedro | ||
Bob Mahon |
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Great Sage of the Sea Posts: 932 Location: Milford, PA | Subject: RE: Sundays Song # 107 Och, Laddie Boy, my eye is leaking. | ||
Thomas Courtien |
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Master and Commander Posts: 1890 Location: Patterson, New York | Subject: RE: Sundays Song # 107 Good song...added it to one of my play lists. Most of the ship yards and factories are gone here in America too. If one thinks about it too long, it becomes depressing. | ||