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The original studio version of Sparks is a relatively subdued track. When they played the number live it always just took off. Always a highlight of any set. This is from Woodstock, but so many incredible live versions are available.
The original studio version of Sparks is a relatively subdued track. When they played the number live it always just took off. Always a highlight of any set. This is from Woodstock, but so many incredible live versions are available.
I wasn't really a fan but this was their best song. I liked its frenetic energy and remember singing it under my breath at the end of one of my A Levels shortly after it came out.
Is it worth it? A new winters coat and shoes for the wife And a bicycle on the boy's birthday It's just a rumour that was spread around town By the women and children, soon we'll be shipbuilding
Well, I asked her The boy said 'Dad, they're going to take me to task But I'll be back by Christmas' It's just a rumour that was spread around town Somebody said that someone got filled in For saying that people get killed in The results of their shipbuilding
With all the will in the world Diving for dear lives When we could be diving for pearls
It's just a rumour that was spread around town A telegram or a picture postcard Within weeks we'll be reopening the shipyard A notefying the next of kin once again Oh, it's all we're skilled in We will be shipbuilding
With all the will in the world Diving for dear lives When we could be diving for pearls
I have a particular attachment to this song because my father's parents and three of his sibling were born in Leith, and my mother went to the same secondary school as the Proclaimers, although many years before.