Fire up the heartland
Let the old Lion Roar
Watch em give those bleeding hearts what for
Saw a man on a screen
Tough sort of nut
Chamois leather face
And a laugh like a head butt
Monkey business as usual
They’re putting up a bigger fence
Summon up the fear of God
Gonna call it common sense
Hey hey the new tin drum
Little boy blue they\re coming for you
King of the hill and the queen of the slum
Look at them dancing
Dancing to the new tin drum
They enjoy a bit of free fall
Like to cut to the chase
Cut out the middleman
Mark out the race
And he talks a good game
He walks a fine line
A tankard and a tan
And a no vacancy sign
Monkey business as usual
They’re singing that familiar song
Better pray we can send em on their way
Or we’ll all fall down before too long
Hey hey the new tin drum
Little boy blue
They’re coming for you
Its fine for a few and its alright for some
Look at them dancing
Dancing to the new tin drum
Riffing on the empire
Sending out a brick bat
Burning little effigies
And welcome mats
Someone in the South East is losing their religion
And its salt meet wound
Cat say hello to pigeon
Blind votes scapegoats
How about that
Talking 26 million
To get em pumped on stats
Get the great back in the name
Get the homeys back to work
Send your heart to Jerusalem
Via Dunkirk
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John Drumbo French from Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band worked with Thompson on two albums along with Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser.
Those two French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson albums led me to this.
Also, Richard Thompson taught Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers) how to play the bass guitar in a band when they were both at the same school (Emil and The Detectives?).
With a career spanning 50 years and playing with two of my heroes (French and Cornwell) Thompson has produced a fascinating EP. yellowcakeuf6
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There's a similarity in song writing between Richard Thompson and Hugh Cornwell which maybe isn't surprising as they went to the same school at the same time, although Thompson is older.
Due to Thompson's association with John French of Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band I searched for his work on the Bandcamp app. French, Thompson and Cornwell all have albums on the app which I'm very pleased about. Only Thompson has released contemporary albums, much to his credit. yellowcakeuf6
Alec Bowman perfectly captures the dark soil under the pastoral world of British folk with this collection of melancholy originals. Bandcamp New & Notable May 12, 2020