Low D wrote:

Richardvoma wrote:If were all having a go - heres one for you
Dance Hall Days by Wang Chung
Good song or Bad Song?

My childhood memories say "good".

Richardvoma wrote:If were all having a go - heres one for you
Dance Hall Days by Wang Chung
Good song or Bad Song?

Iggy Lady wrote:

leadshoes wrote:That's an interesting take on that line. I can see it, especially since that's basically my daily quandary already... where has the time disappeared to and what the hell's it all about?

..................Time Flies By When You're the Driver of A Train.....................

leadshoes wrote:That's an interesting take on that line. I can see it, especially since that's basically my daily quandary already... where has the time disappeared to and what the hell's it all about?

leadshoes wrote:

kmurray105 wrote:

fermenter wrote:i always thought rainy night in soho was about shanne bradley and whisky, altho i did read recently ghosts help shane write songs ,hence the lyric " Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means"

the whisky bit sums this lyric up
Sometimes I wake up in the morning
The gingerlady by my bed

whatever it means i dont really care because it is possibly one of the greatest songs ever written ,get a lump in me throat everytime i hear it just for the sheer brilliance of the lyrics.

I had always believed the song to be about the end of a relationship. This perspective was colored I am sure by my having heard long ago that it was about Shanne.

I think the narrator in Rainy Night is reminiscing about a long past relationship. The beginning verses only really make sense if it's a person and not alcohol that he's talking about:

"I've been loving you a long time
Down all the years, down all the days
And I've cried for all your troubles
Smiled at your funny little ways

We watched our friends grow up together
And we saw them as they fell
Some of them fell into Heaven
Some of them fell into Hell

I also think that London Girl from the same EP is a companion piece about the same girl, since he's "Sucked along by a winter shower to stand beside your shining tower," so there's rain again, as well as a mention of Soho in the line just before. However, I also read about ghosts helping Shane write songs, including Rainy Night, so it might all really depend on what kind of ghosts were helping him.

soulfinger wrote:Repeal of the Licensing Laws is about Time.

kmurray105 wrote:

fermenter wrote:i always thought rainy night in soho was about shanne bradley and whisky, altho i did read recently ghosts help shane write songs ,hence the lyric " Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means"

the whisky bit sums this lyric up
Sometimes I wake up in the morning
The gingerlady by my bed

whatever it means i dont really care because it is possibly one of the greatest songs ever written ,get a lump in me throat everytime i hear it just for the sheer brilliance of the lyrics.

I had always believed the song to be about the end of a relationship. This perspective was colored I am sure by my having heard long ago that it was about Shanne.

fermenter wrote:i always thought rainy night in soho was about shanne bradley and whisky, altho i did read recently ghosts help shane write songs ,hence the lyric " Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means"

the whisky bit sums this lyric up
Sometimes I wake up in the morning
The gingerlady by my bed

whatever it means i dont really care because it is possibly one of the greatest songs ever written ,get a lump in me throat everytime i hear it just for the sheer brilliance of the lyrics.

mctoon wrote:Irish Rover is about a Dog - does that help