Does anybody remember this song? I was listening to it earlier today; I forgot how much I love this jam.

Life in a Northern Town

A Salvation Army band played
And the children drank lemonade
And the morning lasted all day,
All day
And through an open window came
Like Sinatra in a younger day,
Pushing the town away
Ah -

(Chant)
Ah hey ma ma ma
Life in a northern town.

They sat on the stoney ground
And he took a cigarette out
And everyone else came down
To listen.
He said "In winter 1963
It felt like the world would freeze
With John F. Kennedy
And the Beatles."

(Chant)
Ah hey ma ma ma
Life in a northern town.
Ah hey ma ma ma
All the work shut down.

The evening had turned to rain
Watch the water roll down the drain,
As we followed him down
To the station
And though he never would wave goodbye,
You could see it written in his eyes
As the train rolled out of sight
Bye-bye.

(Chant)
Ah hey ma ma ma
Life in a northern town.
Ah hey ma ma ma
Life in a northern town.

I remember it! Good stuff...BTW, I've got a trance collection with a track ("Sunchyme"-Dario G.) that heavily samples it.

CandaceS said:

Really?

Got the 45. Very under rated. I remember seeing them on SNL.

superspaceboy said:

Did they have any other singles out besides "Life in a Northern Town"? If memory serves me correct, they were a one-hit wonder.

psychodelicide said:

I don't think any other singles really charted. They had 3 albums and broke up in 91. Nick (the lead singer) has worked cloesly with David Gilmor from Pink Floyd and helped on thier last album, The DIvision Bell (95)

superspaceboy said:

Thanks for the info.