Yesterday, on't radio, there was the the latest episode of a rather odd series called " Glan Don" ... about a strange, ghost-infested Welsh coastal village. Having had a few ghostly experiences myself, I'm always keen to frighten myself shitless yet again. I only listen to it because there are occasional bits of Welsh ( darnau achlysurol o Gymraeg). Just after someone had mentioned "dannedd rocks" ( teeth rocks) ( you can guess what they're like) there was a night scene .... and in the background .... wait for it ... there was a Nightingale singing. ER ..... not very likely I would think. No. On the cold, windswept Welsh coast. Nah ! I think "they" do it deliberately to get "us" going. They show you a Barn Owl, then you hear a hooting noise. Someone in a soap walks down Shit Street, Liverpool 8 and we hear a Dartford Warbler chuntering in the background. You're watching a detective story, and everywhere they go a Willow Warbler follows them around ... the same bloody Willow Warbler at that. What fun ! Simple amusements !! It's got to be them having a laugh, surely. I hope so anyhow. Plus, I believe there are people who keep a TV bird list ...it's probably fantastic fun to do ... but they have a bit of a dilemma with silly stuff like that going on. If you are watching Corry and you hear an Olivaceous Warbler singing outside the pub, do you tick it or not ? And what about those Jungle scenes in Tarzan films ... how do they ID all those noises?? Have they got huge shelves full of Cds of all the bird utterances in the World ? I know not. But I hope so .. it would certainly keep them out of mischief learning that lot. Well, , I hope you'll be looking out for more of these anomalies .... and in the meantime, here's a very sad and beautiful song ... Racing in the Streets.... "Some guys they just give up living And start dying little by little, piece by piece Some guys come home from work and wash up And go racin' in the street" Us lot go "birdin' in the street " instead ... it sounds pretty tough, eh !! And we don't do the soppy washing up first either ... no way ! Huh ! I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a three-ninety-six
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot Outside the Seven-Eleven store Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch And he rides with me from town to town We only run for the money, got no strings attached We shut 'em up and then we shut 'em down Tonight, tonight the strip's just right I want to blow 'em off in my first heat Summer's here and the time is right For racin' in the street We take all the action we can meet And we cover all the northeast state When the strip shuts down we run 'em in the street From the fire roads to the interstate Some guys they just give up living And start dying little by little, piece by piece Some guys come home from work and wash up And go racin' in the street Tonight, tonight the strip's just right I want to blow 'em all out of their seats Calling out around the world, we're going racin' in the street I met her on the strip three years ago In a Camaro with this dude from L.A. I blew that Camaro off my back And drove that little girl away But now there's wrinkles around my baby's eyes And she cries herself to sleep at night When I come home the house is dark She sighs, "baby did you make it all right" She sits on the porch of her daddy's house But all her pretty dreams are torn She stares off alone into the night With the eyes of one who hates for just being born For all the shut down strangers and hot rod angels Rumbling through this promised land Tonight my baby and me, we're gonna ride to the sea And wash these sins off our hands Tonight, tonight the highway's bright Out of our way, mister, you best keep 'Cause summer's here and the time is right For racin' in the street Questions which must be asked ... [1] Why do they have to do the washing up first ? [2] If he blows them off in his first heat ... what's he going to do for the rest of the evening ? [3] Exactly how "little" was that girl ? Laws vary from state to state. [4] If she's "alone in the night" how does he know that she's "staring" ? [5] What's he going to do about it if that "mister" doesn't keep out of his way? Eh ?
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