Europe Mystery Auction - 3/29/10

[snapyou]

piranha,just click on the "tree" icon and you should be able to upload from you 'puter.



"Five miles out of London on the Western Avenue

Must have been a wonder when it was brand new
Talkin' 'bout the splendour of the Hoover factory
I know that you'd agree if you had seen it too
It's not a matter of life or death
But what is, what is ?
It doesn't matter if I take another breath
Who cares ? Who cares ?

Green for go, green for action
From Park Royal to North Acton
Past scrolls and inscriptions like those of the Egyptian age
And one of these days the Hoover factory
Is gonna be all the rage in those fashionable pages"

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[thepiranha]

Wow! I know my music, but I'm completely at a loss. The Kinks? I can google it, but I'm not going to do that yet.

[snapyou]

piranha,that's Elvis Costello for you !

Here's another one of his :



"They sounded the "all-clear" in the occidental bazaar
They used to call Oxford Street
Now the bankrupt souls in the city

Are finally tasting defeat ...



From the gates of St. Mary's, there were horses in Olympia
And a trolley bus in Fulham Broadway
The lions and the tigers in Regents Park
Couldn't pay their way
And now they're not the only ones "



He got that one right !

[thepiranha]

Not a huge Elvis Costello fan, although I did see him in concert five or six years ago and he put on a great show. You certainly picked two obscure songs that would be known only to Elvis fans.