Last night at the New Drovers
Friday, October 1, 2010 Hat-tip to Jon Tregenna who runs the David Garland Jones comedy drama channel on YouTube which I wrote about last month. Jon now writes to draw my attention to his new video and explain how it came about:
Until last month I ran a bar for an old pal of mine, but his ill-health has sadly meant that the pub has had to close.
After hours people could light up - to hell with the ban! However, like every other pub that had a smoking clientele we struggled pre-11 o'clock.
The song is by my band, The Mams, and the lyric was written about the pub:
"Lock the door and we can have a little smoke, yeah
Like it's still the good old days ..."
These places and these times are fast disappearing in this controlled and sanitized fun-free world.
Shame ...
You can watch the video HERE or click on the image above.
Reader Comments (1)
"These places and these times are fast disappearing in this controlled and sanitized fun-free world............"
Beautifully put !
Mind you, They DO have their own sense of 'fun': a low-cholesterol diet, and jogging sweatily around the block at 6 am with knee-protectors and a cyclist's skid-lid on (you can't be TOO careful, after all). Fair play to 'em. I only wish they'd get it into their dense little skulls that other people (like me, for example) have other ideas on the matter.
There's room enough in this world for the Convent AND the Bordello, surely ?
(Though I've no experience of either)