Ha! Anyone remember this? In the pub this afternoon my brother was going to the bar and my mate Cooperman asked for a pint of Hooky to which my brother suddenly blurted/sung out "Hooky's by the jukebox doing his splendid to entertain!" I was taken aback and said bloody hell, how on earth did you remember that song?
I have the 12" of this from way, waaaayyy back in the day 1990 ish. Them were days, travelling up to Blackpool and/or Manchester for weekends on the piss. Seems a lifetime ago now.
"Manchester,Manchester EnglandManchester ill always love you!Buildings of grey on a liquid sky turns the day into nightThe bars are filling with fighting IrishSmug young married couples dressing down for the weekendPert shop girls and typists tip tapping into blaring dancehallsHard faced villains dressing up for the drinking clubs while surburbia sits watching televisionBouncers in tuxedos with butterflies round their necksLove tattooed on the right hand and hate on the leftStone Roses just like angels - heaven is this niceFancied by the shop girls admired by the sweatshop boysSo we're sitting in the snug bar waiting for Jase the aceHookys by the jukebox doing his splendid to entertainLook at Tony Wilson live on Channel 4Vote for Rodney Marsh cos Best's on sale againI hear a song by Stephen Patrick, a crocodile tear paints the deadEverybody starts shouting "hang the dj!" so he puts on 808 State instead (instead)I see your face at the Hacienda (Hacienda)And your life is torn in twoI see your head that flies the Happy MondaysAnd a lonely girl called youA lonely girl called youManchester,Manchester EnglandManchester ill always love you!Manchester,Manchester EnglandManchester ill always love you!
(REPEAT 6 OR SO TIMES TO FADE)"
Listen out for the sample from NO's Round & Round (12" mix)
