{"id":11885,"date":"2014-07-13T20:15:45","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T20:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=11885"},"modified":"2026-03-24T21:33:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:33:41","slug":"do-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=11885","title":{"rendered":"A few English Tunes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4 \u00a0<strong>Dido\u00a0\u00a0\u21d3 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1TO48Cnl66w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Thank You&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u2190[\u00abNo Angel\u00bb_1999]<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>H<\/strong>er biggest break arrived in 2000, when rap superstar Eminem sampled this track\u00a0for the chorus of his hit single <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=224&amp;v=aSLZFdqwh7E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00ab<\/a><\/strong><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=224&amp;v=aSLZFdqwh7E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stan\u00bb<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xLZ34J01FG8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My tea&#8217;s gone cold, I&#8217;m wondering why I got out of bed at all<br \/>The morning rain clouds up my window and I can&#8217;t see at all<br \/>And even if I could it&#8217;d all be grey, but your picture on my wall<br \/>it reminds me that it&#8217;s not so bad &#8211;\u00a0it&#8217;s not so bad<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I drank too much last night, got bills to pay &#8211;\u00a0my head just feels in pain<br \/>I missed the bus and there&#8217;ll be hell today &#8211;\u00a0I&#8217;m late for work again<br \/>and even if I&#8217;m there, they&#8217;ll all imply that I might not last the day<br \/>and then you call me and it&#8217;s not so bad &#8211;\u00a0it&#8217;s not so bad and<br \/><strong>I want to thank you for giving me the best day of my life<\/strong><br \/><strong> Oh just to be with you is having the best day of my life<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Push the door, I&#8217;m home at last and I&#8217;m soaking through and through<br \/>then you handed me a towel and all I see is you<br \/>and even if my house falls down now, I wouldn&#8217;t have a clue<br \/>because you&#8217;re near me and<br \/><strong>I want to thank you for giving me the best day of my life<\/strong><br \/><strong>Oh just to be with you is having the best day of my life &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4 \u00a0&#8216;Weapon of Choice&#8217; \u00a0[2001]<\/h5>\n<p><strong>Christopher Walken<\/strong>\u00a0dances to the beats of\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fatboyslim.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fat Boy Slim<\/a>\u00a0\u2193\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 13px;\">This clip took home several MTV Video Music Awards and a Grammy for Best Short Form Video.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wCDIYvFmgW8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Break, eject, eject, eject . . . \u00a0Break, eject, eject, eject . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t be shocked by the tone of my voice &#8211;\u00a0Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice<br \/>Don&#8217;t be shocked by the tone of my voice &#8211;\u00a0Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice, yeah<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the sound of my voice &#8211;\u00a0You can check it on out, it&#8217;s the weapon of choice, yeah<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can blow with this or you can blow with that . . .<\/strong><br \/>Or you can blow with this or you can blow with that<br \/>Or you can blow with us<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can blow with this or you can blow with that . . .<\/strong><br \/>Or you can blow with<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oF5cBoAV5Ys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9846\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ChW.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ChW.jpeg 193w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ChW-110x150.jpeg 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walk without rhythm, it won&#8217;t attract the worm<br \/><strong>Walk without rhythm and it won&#8217;t attract the worm . . .<\/strong><br \/>If you walk without rhythm, you never learn, yeah<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can blow with this or you can blow with that . . .<\/strong><br \/>Or you can blow with this or you can blow with that<br \/>Or you can blow with us<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can blow with this or you can blow with that . . .<\/strong><br \/>Or you can blow with<\/p>\n<p>Organically grown through the hemisphere I roam<br \/>To make love to the angels of light, yeah<br \/>And my girl, I guess you just don&#8217;t understand<br \/>It&#8217;s gone beyond bein&#8217; a man<\/p>\n<p>As I drift off into the night, I&#8217;m in flight<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4 \u00a0&#8216;Confusion The Waitress&#8217;<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">from \u00a0\u00ab<em>Second Toughest In The Infants<\/em>\u00ab, \u00a0the fourth album\u00a0by \u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.underworldlive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNDERWORLD<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0(1996)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B2OY58VDs6U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>you can do anything you want<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>you can be with anyone<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>you can go anywhere you want<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said you can say anything you need<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said you can be anywhere you feel<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said just pick up the phone<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(???)<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(confusion the waitress)<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said dont go dark on me again<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said the silence in the silence<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I see you my confidence<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said loophole how are you<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said oh no once again the superstar<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said he loves you but can you name me his children<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said oh the god you lost again<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said the colour of your boyfriend<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said get out of bed and answer the phone<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said in the belly of st pauls again<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said goodyear rubber man<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said im smiling with the sun<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said two years is a small price<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said loophole how are you<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said once again the superstar<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said look at the size of it<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said you can do anything you want<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said you can be with anyone<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said you can go anywhere you want<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said you can say anything you need<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said you can be anywhere you feel<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>she said just pick up the phone<\/strong><\/address>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thechemicalbrothers.com\/#p=home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-35708\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ChemB.jpg\" alt=\"ChemB\" width=\"156\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ChemB.jpg 156w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ChemB-150x119.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a4 \u00a0The video for The <strong>Chemical Brothers&#8217;,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00abDo It Again\u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0takes place in\u00a0Morocco\u00a0and is centered around a little boy and his older brother. The younger boy has a tooth ache and must have his tooth removed but he escapes with his brother, whom he begs not to let anyone take his tooth away. Whilst walking through the desert, a cassette tape falls from the sky. It is noteworthy that the writing on the tape is \u00abChemical Brothers\u00bb in\u00a0Arabic, although the translation is not quite accurate. The brothers get a tape player and once they hit play, the music causes them to dance uncontrollably. As they bring it back home, they see that anyone who hears the music starts dancing too. By hitching rides on cars, motorcycles and on top of buses, they travel to a larger city into a market where they use the hypnotic music to help them acquire money to get the boy&#8217;s tooth fixed!<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;Do It Again&#8217; \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0[\u00abWe Are The Night\u00bb_2007]<\/h5>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UVrwzjtBHq0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[Repeat: x4]<br \/><strong>I&#8217;ve seen this pumped thing electric,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[Repeat: x4]<br \/><strong>Do it again,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[Chorus: x4]<br \/><strong>Oh my God what have I done,<\/strong><br \/><strong>(Do it again),<\/strong><br \/><strong>All I wanted was a little fun,<\/strong><br \/><strong>(Do it again),<\/strong><br \/><strong>Got a brain like bubblegum,<\/strong><br \/><strong>(Do it again),<\/strong><br \/><strong>Blowing up my cranium,<\/strong><br \/><strong>(Do it again).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Turn off my robotic brain,<\/strong><br \/><strong>All my thoughts are all the same,<\/strong><br \/><strong>(All insane).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[Repeat: x4]<br \/><strong>Do it again,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Paint my face and bang my drum,<\/strong><br \/><strong>Hold my bone up to the sun,<\/strong><br \/><strong>Bang my drum and paint my face,<\/strong><br \/><strong>On my plane to hyperspace.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[Repeat: x4]<br \/><strong>Do it again<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[Chorus]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Turn off my robotic brain,<\/strong><br \/><strong>All my thoughts are all the same,<\/strong><br \/>(All insane)<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a4 \u00a0&#8216;Original&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong>\u2193\u00a0A song by\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Leftfield\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leftfieldtour.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leftfield<\/a><\/strong>, released \u00a0in 1995 and featuring\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Toni Halliday\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toni_Halliday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toni Halliday<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on vocals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ix4958gcmyg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"textblock\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Sonically we&#8217;re in control<br \/>We&#8217;re the diamond in your soul<br \/>Images come thick and fast<br \/>From the future, from the past<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The film starts, the film ends,<\/strong><br \/><strong>Nothing is said in between.<\/strong><br \/><strong>Just sudden moments from someone else&#8217;s story,<\/strong><br \/><strong>Will it ever be the same again?<\/strong><br \/><strong>Hours filled with conversation, no attention paid.<\/strong><br \/><strong>Too distracting convention, no need for friends.<\/strong><br \/><strong>Will it ever be the same again?<\/strong><br \/><strong>Will it ever be the same again?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You&#8217;re original, with your own path<\/strong><br \/><strong>You&#8217;re original, got your own way (x2)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Will it ever be the same again? (x2)<\/strong><br \/><strong>I need to hear that again<\/strong><br \/><strong>Because a dream starts, and a dream must end.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My mother told me, don&#8217;t ever change<\/strong><br \/><strong>You&#8217;re original, in your own way<\/strong><br \/><strong>My mother told me, don&#8217;t ever change<\/strong><br \/><strong>You&#8217;re original, got your own path<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You&#8217;re original (x2)<\/strong><br \/><strong>Will it ever be the same again? (x2)<\/strong><br \/><strong>I need to hear that again<\/strong><br \/><strong>Because a dream starts, and a dream must end.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You&#8217;re original \u00a0. . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/h5>\n<p><a style=\"text-align: justify;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7epsKzky3aI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10155 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/The.gif\" alt=\"The\" width=\"160\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/The.gif 160w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/The-150x134.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a4 The THE\u00a0 \u21d2 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K0LEfIGzvyU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00bbSlow Emotion Replay&#8217;<\/a> \u21d0[\u00abDusk\u00bb_1992]<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thethe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The THE<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0are an English musical and multimedia group that have been active in various forms since 1979, with singer\/songwriter\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Matt Johnson (singer)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matt_Johnson_(singer)\">Matt Johnson<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0being the only constant band member.\u00a0Matt Johnson was born in London&#8217;s East End in 1961. At age 17, \u00a0he formed <strong>The The<\/strong> by placing a \u00abmusicians wanted\u00bb ad in England&#8217;s New Musical Express. From the release of their first singles &#8212; on 4AD and Some Bizzare &#8212; Johnson&#8217;s passionate intelligence coupled with an accessible experimentalism marked out The The as something special,\u00a0periodically refreshed by a judicious change of personnel.<\/p>\n<address>The more I see, The less I know<\/address><address>About all the things I thought were wrong or right &amp; carved in stone<\/address><address>So, don&#8217;t ask me about War, Religion, or God Love, Sex, or Death<\/address><address>Because&#8230;. <strong>Everybody knows what&#8217;s going wrong with the world<\/strong><\/address><address>But<strong> I don&#8217;t even know what&#8217;s going on in myself. . .<\/strong><\/address><address>\u00a0<\/address><address>You&#8217;ve gotta work out your own salvation.<\/address><address>With no explanation to this Earth we fall\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0On hands &amp; knees we crawl<\/address><address>And we look up to the stars and we reach out &amp; pray<\/address><address>To a deaf, dumb &amp; blind God who never explains.<\/address><address><strong>Every body knows what&#8217;s going wrong with the world<\/strong><\/address><address><strong>I don&#8217;t even know what&#8217;s going on in myself . . .<\/strong><\/address><address>\u00a0<\/address><address style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Lord, I&#8217;ve been here for so long I can feel it coming down on me <\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>I&#8217;m just a slow emotion replay of somebody I used to be . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J156KV_NOq8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I&#8217;ve been waiting for tomorrow (all my life)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iandury.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5713\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/i_dury.jpg\" alt=\"i_dury\" width=\"200\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/i_dury.jpg 200w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/i_dury-150x147.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a4 \u00a0<em>\u00abSex &amp; Drugs &amp; Rock &amp; Roll\u00bb<\/em>\u00a0was a single by\u00a0<strong>Ian Dury<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>originally released in 1977 with \u00ab<strong>Razzle In My Pocket<\/strong>\u00bb as the flip-side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yxW10ygAs9M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>In my yellow jersey, I went out on the nick.<\/strong><br \/><strong>South Street Romford, shopping arcade<\/strong><br \/><strong>Got a Razzle magazine, I never paid<\/strong><br \/><strong>Inside my jacket and away double quick.<\/strong><br \/><strong>Good sense told me, once was enough<\/strong><br \/><strong>But I had a cocky eye on more of this stuff<\/strong><br \/><strong>With the Razzle in my pocket, back to have another peek<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Instead of being sneeky I strolled inside,<\/strong><br \/><strong>I put my thieving hand on something rude<\/strong><br \/><strong>I walked right out with a silhouette of nudes<\/strong><br \/><strong>&#8216;Hold on sonny&#8217; said a voice at my side<\/strong><br \/><strong>&#8216;I think you&#8217;ve taken one of my books&#8217;<\/strong><br \/><strong>Passers-by gave me dirty looks<\/strong><br \/><strong>&#8216;Not me mister&#8217; I bravely lied<\/strong><br \/><strong>We stopped by the window of a jeweller&#8217;s shop<\/strong><br \/><strong>&#8216;If it&#8217;s money for your lunch, I&#8217;d have given you a loan<\/strong><br \/><strong>Have you got any form, were you on your own?<\/strong><br \/><strong>Round to the station and we&#8217;ll tell the cops&#8217;<\/strong><br \/><strong>&#8216;I&#8217;m ever so ashamed, it was wicked and rash<\/strong><br \/><strong>Here&#8217;s the book back, and here&#8217;s the cash<\/strong><br \/><strong>I never stole before, I promise I&#8217;ll stop&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>&#8216;Crime doesn&#8217;t pay, you&#8217;ve got honest eyes<\/strong><br \/><strong>If we go to the law another thief is born<\/strong><br \/><strong>And I&#8217;ll get the book back, creased and torn<\/strong><br \/><strong>So return what you&#8217;ve taken and apologise&#8217;<\/strong><br \/><strong>I gave him back his nudie book<\/strong><br \/><strong>I said I was sorry, I slung my hook<\/strong><br \/><strong>With the Razzle in my pocket as the second prize<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m-H0uIH5HHQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/ThatsE.jpg\" alt=\"ThatsE\" width=\"388\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/ThatsE.jpg 388w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/ThatsE-300x84.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/ThatsE-150x42.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2191 \u00a0The Jam \u00a0\/ \u00a0\u00a0<strong>Paul Weller &amp; Noel Gallagher \u00a0<\/strong>\u2193<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zsmCb3r7HXg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A police car and a screamin&#8217; siren<br \/>Pneumatic drill and ripped-up concrete<br \/>A baby wailing, a stray dog howling<br \/>The screech of brakes and lamplight blinking<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That&#8217;s entertainment &#8230;\u00a0That&#8217;s entertainment<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A smash of glass and the rumble of boots<br \/>An electric train and a ripped-up phone booth<br \/>Paint-splattered walls and the cry of a tomcat<br \/>Lights going out and a kick in the balls<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I say that&#8217;s entertainment &#8230;\u00a0That&#8217;s entertainment<br \/>La la la la la, ah &#8230;\u00a0La la la la la, ah<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Days of speed and slow-time Mondays<br \/>Pissing down with rain on a boring Wednesday<br \/>Watching the news and not eating your tea<br \/>A freezing cold flat with damp on the walls<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I say that&#8217;s entertainment &#8230;\u00a0That&#8217;s entertainment<br \/>La la la la la &#8230;\u00a0La la la la la<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Waking up at 6 A.M. on a cool warm morning<br \/>Opening the windows and breathing in petrol<br \/>An amateur band rehearsing in a nearby yard<br \/>Watching the telly and thinking &#8216;bout your holidays<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That&#8217;s entertainment &#8230;\u00a0That&#8217;s entertainment<br \/>La la la la la, ah . . . \u00a0La la la la la<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Waking up from bad dreams and smoking cigarettes<br \/>Cuddling a warm girl and smelling stale perfume<br \/>A hot summer&#8217;s day and sticky black tarmac<br \/>Feeding ducks in the park and wishing you were far away<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That&#8217;s entertainment &#8230; That&#8217;s entertainment<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Two lovers kissing masks a scream of midnight<br \/>Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude<br \/>Getting a cab and travelling on buses<br \/>Reading the grafitti about slashed-seat affairs<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I say that&#8217;s entertainment &#8230;\u00a0That&#8217;s entertainment<br \/>La la la la la, ah<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2666 \u00a0SNAKEFINGER \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0&#8216;I&#8217;m Living In Vain&#8217;<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tww_zIJ5j8U\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m living in vain<br \/>I&#8217;m just watching the rain<br \/>I wanna get out<br \/>But I just don&#8217;t know how<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I used to have a girlfriend<br \/>Who gave me a valentine<br \/>At first it made me nervous<br \/>But then I think it made me fine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Because I&#8217;m living in vain<br \/>I&#8217;m just watching the rain<br \/>I wanna get out<br \/>But I just don&#8217;t know how<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I used to have a grandma<br \/>She always called me \u00abdear\u00bb<br \/>I never knew her purpose<br \/>I only knew her atmosphere<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Because I&#8217;m living in vain<br \/>I&#8217;m just watching the rain<br \/>I wanna get out<br \/>But I just don&#8217;t know how<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31051\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Snakefinger.jpg\" alt=\"Snakefinger\" width=\"252\" height=\"88\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u25ca \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedurutticolumn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Durutti Column <\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 (sic)<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RaTtG_DDzQ4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><strong>\u2190&#8217;Party&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<address><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cAwT-YBiEMc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36463\" src=\"http:\/\/www.englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/D_C.jpg\" alt=\"D_C\" width=\"227\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/D_C.jpg 227w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/D_C-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/address><address><strong>Dreams burnt out forever<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Dreams burnt out forever<\/strong><\/address><address><strong> This is a party<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;<strong>How did I get here<\/strong><br \/><strong> This is a party<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>How did I get here<\/strong><br \/><strong> Always left lying slumped in a chair<\/strong><br \/><strong> Wondering why the room&#8217;s so bare<\/strong><br \/><strong> Unable to leave<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Unable to stay<\/strong><br \/><strong> Turn off the light<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Turn off the glare<\/strong><\/address><address><strong> The girl I came with<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Lying drunk on the floor<\/strong><br \/><strong> I don&#8217;t remember her name<\/strong>\u00a0<\/address><address><strong>It doesn&#8217;t matter anymore<\/strong><\/address><address><strong> Still got her shoes on<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>She&#8217;s covered in her coat<\/strong><\/address><address><strong> Dreams burnt out forever<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Dreams burnt out forever<\/strong><br \/><strong> Abandoned to a silence<\/strong>\u00a0<\/address><address><strong>Screaming out of passion and pain<\/strong><br \/><strong> The sense of my loss<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Again and again<\/strong><br \/><strong> Abandoned to a silence<\/strong>\u00a0<\/address><address><strong>Screaming out of passion and pain<\/strong><br \/><strong> The sense of my loss<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Again and again<\/strong><br \/><strong> This is a party<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>How did I get here &#8230;<\/strong><\/address>\n<h5 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2666 \u00a0\u00a0<a id=\"watch-headline-show-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sydbarrett.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Syd Barrett<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u2193 &#8216;Effervescing Elephant&#8217;<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6C-VwP9YTaI?si=GpefnodveswF3Iel\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address>An<strong> Effervescing Elephant<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0with tiny eyes and<strong> great big trunk<\/strong><br \/>once whispered to the tiny ear\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0the ear of<strong> one inferior<\/strong><br \/>that by next June he&#8217;d die, oh yeah!<br \/>because<strong> the tiger <\/strong>would roam<strong>.<\/strong><br \/>The <strong>little one<\/strong> said: \u00abOh my goodness I must stay at home!<br \/>and every time I hear<strong> a growl<\/strong><br \/>I&#8217;ll know the <strong>tiger<\/strong>&#8216;s on the prowl<br \/>and I&#8217;ll be really safe, you know<br \/>the <strong>elephant<\/strong> he told me so.\u00bb<br \/>Everyone was nervy, oh yeah!<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3ydlriETtL8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9880\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Elephant.gif\" alt=\"Elephant\" width=\"173\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Elephant.gif 173w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Elephant-150x150.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/><\/a><\/address><address>and the message was spread<br \/>to<strong> zebra, mongoose, <\/strong>and the<strong> dirty hippopotamus<\/strong><br \/>who <strong>wallowed in the mud<\/strong> and <strong>chewed<\/strong><br \/>his spicy hippo-plankton <strong>food<\/strong><br \/>and tended to <strong>ignore<\/strong> the word<br \/>preferring to survey<strong> a herd<\/strong><br \/>of stupid<strong> water bison, <\/strong>oh yeah!<br \/>And all the jungle<strong> took fright,<\/strong><br \/>and <strong>ran around<\/strong> for all the <strong>day and the night<\/strong><br \/>but all in vain, because, you see,<br \/>the <strong>tiger<\/strong> came and said: \u00abWho me?!<br \/>You know, I wouldn&#8217;t hurt not one of you.<br \/>I&#8217;d much prefer something to chew<br \/>and you&#8217;re all to scant.\u00bb <strong>oh yeah!<\/strong><br \/>He ate the <strong>Elephant<\/strong><\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/h6>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a4 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/chris-rea-mn0000096744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Chris Rea<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u21d2\u00a0&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=abZlWqVeLzg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Road to Hell&#8217;\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u2193<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Stood still on a highway,\u00a0I saw a woman by the side of the road<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RdIAUTv8BOo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-41776 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/hell.jpeg\" alt=\"hell\" width=\"184\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/hell.jpeg 184w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/hell-150x115.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a><br \/>With a face that I knew like my own, reflected in my window<br \/>Well, she walked up to my quarterlight and she bent down real slow<br \/>A fearful pressure paralysed me\u00a0in my shadow<\/p>\n<p>She said\u00a0<em>\u00abSon, what are you doing here?<\/em><br \/><em>My fear for you has turned me in my grave\u00bb<\/em><br \/>I said\u00a0<em>\u00abMama, I come to the valley of the rich myself to sell\u00bb<\/em><br \/>She said\u00a0<em>\u00abSon, this is the road to Hell\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On your journey &#8216;cross the wilderness from the desert to the well<br \/>You have strayed upon the motorway to Hell<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Well I&#8217;m standing by a river<\/strong><br \/><strong>But the water doesn&#8217;t flow<\/strong><br \/><strong>It boils with every poison you can think of<\/strong><br \/><strong>And I&#8217;m underneath the streetlights<\/strong><br \/><strong>But the light of joy I know<\/strong><br \/><strong>Scared beyond belief way down in the shadows<\/strong><br \/><strong>And the perverted fear of violence<\/strong><br \/><strong>Chokes a smile on every face<\/strong><br \/><strong>And common sense is ringing out the bells<\/strong><br \/><strong>This ain&#8217;t no technological breakdown<\/strong><br \/><strong>Oh no, this is the road to Hell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And all the roads jam up with credit<\/strong><br \/><strong>And there&#8217;s nothing you can do<\/strong><br \/><strong>It&#8217;s all just bits of paper \u00a0<strong>flying away from you<\/strong><\/strong><br \/><strong>Look out world take a good look<\/strong><br \/><strong>What comes down here<\/strong><br \/><strong>You must learn this lesson fast<\/strong><br \/><strong>And learn it well<\/strong><br \/><strong>This ain&#8217;t no upwardly mobile freeway<\/strong><br \/><strong>Oh no, this is the road to Hell\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a4 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Squeeze_(band)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Squeeze<\/a>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pblSU5M1d1Y#t=38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Cool for Cats&#8217;<\/a> \u00a0[1979]\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1JAk_UZ7xF8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-35848\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/c_cat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/c_cat.jpg 184w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/c_cat-150x89.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a4 Dido \u21d3 &#8216;Thank You&#8217; \u2190[\u00abNo Angel\u00bb_1999] <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her biggest break arrived in 2000, when rap superstar Eminem sampled this track for the chorus of his hit single \u00abStan\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My tea&#8217;s gone cold, I&#8217;m wondering why I got out of bed at allThe morning rain clouds up my window 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