Mr Sifter sold me songs, when I was just 16
But now he stops at traffic lights, but only when they’re green
Truly awful lyrics, but that didn’t stop them helping Sifters Records in Didsbury, just outside Manchester, from becoming famous after its name check in Oasis’s Shakermaker single.
Rumour has it that the lyrics were penned by […]
Oasis - Shakermaker
March 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: singles
The Fall - City Hobgoblins
February 24th, 2008 · No Comments
From The Fall’s City Hobgoblins:
So Queen Victoria
Is a large black slug in Piccadilly, Manchester
Click on the thumbnail (right) to see the large black slug in question - Edward Onslow Ford’s Queen Victoria Monument in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens (a 2 minute walk from Station Approach).
The 1901 (also the year of Onslow Ford’s death) Grade II […]
Tags: miscellaneous
Elbow - Station Approach
February 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment
An hour and a bit down the Hope Valley Line from Coles Corner is Manchester Piccadilly station, the road up to which provided the inspiration for Elbow’s Station Approach, the opening track to their 2005 album Leaders Of The Free World.
Recorded at Blueprint Studios in nearby Salford, Elbow’s Guy Garvey told the NME (see Powderblue) […]
Tags: albums