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8 May 2002, 16:05

The Lyrics in Sooner Than You Think:

"Your country is a wonderful place It pales my England into disgrace"

Does anyone know which country "Pales England into disgrace"?

8 May 2002, 16:36

Originally posted by Mark Cunningham The Lyrics in Sooner Than You Think:"Your country is a wonderful place It pales my England into disgrace"Does anyone know which country "Pales England into disgrace"?

Take yer pick :evil4: Only kidding guys Often wondered about this one mesel :nod: Maybe Jarvo, Timbo or Johan can help us out here;)

8 May 2002, 19:04

good question!!!!!!!!!! :D

8 May 2002, 19:16

Q: Which country?

A: The answer can actually be found hidden in the track that precedes it on the album - "Elegia".

:D

9 May 2002, 03:46

I've got a very early version of this from Zurich in 1984 and Barney seems to be making the lyrics up on the spot and it's all about Switzerland. Most of these lyrics got dropped but that line seems to have stuck.

9 May 2002, 04:33

It was indeed Switzerland - many of the 84 tour versions have the line "Switzerland is a wonderful place, it plaes my England into disgrace". Despite this, he still slagged it off in an interview around the same time, legendary Barney irony perhaps ?

9 May 2002, 04:50

Jeez...and here for all these years I thought it was the states...

seeing as we have better drugs...hehehehe

:evil3:

9 May 2002, 04:53

I believe he's singing about London, or perhaps Luton - the South of England at the very least.

And when he sings 'pales MY England' Barney's obviously referring to 'his' special little bit of England, ie. the North: whippets, flat-caps, clogs, rain, etc.

QED: the South pales the North 'into disgrace'

9 May 2002, 05:11

Originally posted by El Jarvo I believe he's singing about London, or perhaps Luton - the South of England at the very least. And when he sings 'pales MY England' Barney's obviously referring to 'his' special little bit of England, ie. the North: whippets, flat-caps, clogs, rain, etc.QED: the South pales the North 'into disgrace'

Since when has buying drinks in London (or Luton :)) been so much more reasonable ?

9 May 2002, 07:32

Originally posted by El Jarvo I believe he's singing about London, or perhaps Luton - the South of England at the very least. And when he sings 'pales MY England' Barney's obviously referring to 'his' special little bit of England, ie. the North: whippets, flat-caps, clogs, rain, etc.QED: the South pales the North 'into disgrace'

Oi, ye cheeky get! I've not worn a flat cap in years! :p

9 May 2002, 07:53

Originally posted by El Jarvo I believe he's singing about London, or perhaps Luton - the South of England at the very least. And when he sings 'pales MY England' Barney's obviously referring to 'his' special little bit of England, ie. the North: whippets, flat-caps, clogs, rain, etc.QED: the South pales the North 'into disgrace'

LUTON!? ya havin a laugh aint ya mate!! you ever been there.. its a &^%* hole!!!!!

My ex went to Uni there, my god its grim.... :nonono:

9 May 2002, 08:01

Ouch! Flat cap comin 'atcha, Odd Job style!!!!!!!

Seeing as this song is a mid-80s number, and Thatch was in full flow, its not surprising the Bernster's a bit pissed off about his country. But then on Low-Life, he sounds pissed off about pretty much everything......

9 May 2002, 08:39

Originally posted by -I:D- > Originally posted by El Jarvo> I believe he's singing about London, or perhaps Luton - the South of England at the very least. > > And when he sings 'pales MY England' Barney's obviously referring to 'his' special little bit of England, ie. the North: whippets, flat-caps, clogs, rain, etc.> > QED: the South pales the North 'into disgrace'>

LUTON!? ya havin a laugh aint ya mate!! you ever been there.. its a &^%* hole!!!!!

My ex went to Uni there, my god its grim.... :nonono:

I was Born & Bred there, Inta Don.

Mind, your bird must be thick if she ended up there at Uni. ;)

9 May 2002, 09:11

Originally posted by -I:D- > Originally posted by El Jarvo> I believe he's singing about London, or perhaps Luton - the South of England at the very least. > > And when he sings 'pales MY England' Barney's obviously referring to 'his' special little bit of England, ie. the North: whippets, flat-caps, clogs, rain, etc.> > QED: the South pales the North 'into disgrace'>

LUTON!? ya havin a laugh aint ya mate!! you ever been there.. its a &^%* hole!!!!!

My ex went to Uni there, my god its grim.... :nonono:

My mate ended up at uni there too (out of a lack of anything better to do I think!), and has many a grim tale to tell.....to be fair, it must be bad if it she legged it straight back to lovely 'still living in the Depression' Gateshead after only a few months.....

Then again, maybe she was just missing her whippet and her pigeons ;)