Down in the Tube Station at Midnight / So Sad About Us / The Night [7" VINYL]

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The single was backed by a cover version of the Who's song " So Sad About Us", and the song "The Night", written by Bruce Foxton.

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This sentence feels as if the only thing it wants to convey is their history together, namely, husband and wife. Despite having a BBC airplay ban due to its "disturbing nature," it became The Jam's second UK Top 20 hit. All the train had to be checked, to make sure no people were left sleeping on seats, no forgotten items.There is in my mind no song that expresses the harsh reality of prejudice and senseless violence so vividly. Cause they took the keys, and she'll think it's me" I view this as him stating that the thugs will then go to his house and cause great harm to his wife -- when she hears the door open with the keys, she will think it is her husband but rather it will be a Clockwork Orange. We've been asked whether "Somewhere Only We Know" is about a specific place, and Tim has been saying that, for him, or us as individuals, it might be about a geographical space, or a feeling; it can mean something individual to each person, and they can interpret it to a memory of theirs. The sound of an Underground train at the beginning and end of the song was recorded at St John's Wood Station. Some of the other guys that worked in the station would put some energy into their voices or put on a funny voice.

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It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives.John nodded at the train guard — he recognised him from the dozens of times he had seen him before but could not remember his name. Originally, Paul Weller had wanted to exclude the song from the All Mod Cons album, [2] on the grounds that the arrangement had not sufficiently developed during the recording sessions.

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An overflowing rubbish bin with discarded fast-food wrappers and fizzy-pop cans at the bottom of it. With the nostalgic sentiment and the overall tone of the song, I think Keane is attempting to express a Portuguese term known as 'saudade', which does not have a direct English translation but roughly means "that which we remember because it is gone.There's no way they'd lock him in, so the only explaination is that its a crime-scene and his body has not yet been moved. Phil from Antwerp, BelgiumThis song still sends shivers down my spine every time I listen to it, even after so many years.