Liverpool has taken the title of City of Culture

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Paul Garfield

Re: Liverpool has taken the title of City of Cultu

Post by Paul Garfield »

Should've gone to Newcastle Gateshead. Great town, lovely people, no McCartney.
Elton Dong

Re: Liverpool has taken the title of City of Cultu

Post by Elton Dong »

Waterloo fucking station! as you so nicely put it and the 'Liverpool' Waterloo
are right next to the river Mersey and the song says nothing about Terry and Julie using a bridge ...all together now ...'Terry across the Mersey'
they meet at the station and they cross over the river .

If you want a bridge ill play it for you .......
David Watts

Re: Liverpool has taken the title of City of Cultu

Post by David Watts »

Blimey, you're not going to let this one go, are you!?

And Return To Waterloo? Perhaps they flew there?

But of course you're right - Ray Davies wasn't standing by Waterloo Bridge in the programme I saw - he was sailing on a ferry boat. Still, it's easy to confuse the two?

By the way, is that the Liver Building you can see on fire in Gone With The Wind?
elton dong

Re: Liverpool has taken the title of City of Cultu

Post by elton dong »

Nice try but what's "Return To Waterloo" go to do with it ? this is nothing to do with my orig point, and its only used as a name for a totally different project ,Starring Ken Colley as "The Traveler" not Starring Ken Colley as "Terry"

1 In HIS book (X-ray) Ray Davies says that Waterloo Sunset is about
Liverpool

2 In Person he has stated to an audience that its about Liverpool !

3 Liverpool has a Waterloo ,a Dirty old river , Taxi's ,and people called Terry
and Julie......shock horror

You Hollies fan's are all the same mate ....
The Last Word

Re: Liverpool has taken the title of City of Cultu

Post by The Last Word »

Hasn't it's new multi-million arts centre (the name escapes me) been something of a failure though? This is a culture thing, after all.


The Last Word
David Watts

Re: Liverpool has taken the title of City of Cultu

Post by David Watts »

Hollies Fan? I should say not!

So you deny that Ray Davies decided to make the song about HIS city after hearing Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields? It may be so, but I for one have heard, and read, him state it otherwise on more than one occasion.

Good heavens above, this is really turning into a silly arguement and no mistake. Like I say, if Ray Davies was standing on a Liverpool ferry while reminiscing about the importance of Waterloo, I'd have to accept it. As things stand, the song is set in London.

PS - is Waterloo station in the Liverpool suburb really swarming with people 'like flies' in the evening?

Actually, don't answer that - I'll probably be told that the people who live round there have wings and six legs.
steve56

whats wrong with the hollies?

Post by steve56 »

they toured in the early days with the kinks,dave clark was 1 big ego trip though,the searchers were good too wasnt they from liverpool?
Elton Dong

Re: Liverpool has taken the title of City of Cultu

Post by Elton Dong »

I am 'Denying' nothing iam quoting the man's own book .......der

" but I for one have heard, and read, him state it otherwise on more than one occasion."

Its the Read part that need's a quote 'old bean' or at least a referance ?

or did it blow away while you were standing on your bridge talking to Ray ?

Sorry about the Hollies ...it's Herman's Hermit's isnt it ?

p.s Waterloo Liverpool has a lot of office workers !

Inspiring eh ! well it was for Ray.
David Watts

Re: Liverpool has taken the title of City of Cultu

Post by David Watts »

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Hope it's clickable. Listen to his soundfiles.

I really can't think of anything else to add other than what you've already said - Waterloo was inspiring for Ray. Why would he have been anywhere near Waterloo in Liverpool?
Elton Dong

Re: Liverpool has taken the title of City of Cultu

Post by Elton Dong »

No thats about sunset at Waterloo now (20.3. 2002 )
This the track listing from the gig i quoted him from (1.11.2002)

Ill do you a tape if you want ,Ill also Photocopy the passage from the book but you dont seem to have an e-mail address so mail me and ill send you a copy.
er ...did i mention the book was by Ray himself !

and check the view from this !



Didnt deny the Herman's Hermit's then hey 'into somthin real good' ?
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