70’S MUSICAL DESERT

 

The forties

Brought us swing

The fifties

Brought us rock and roll

The sixties

Brought us the Beatles

The seventies

Brought us bugger all

THE SIXTIES

 

The sixties, what a decade

I was only five, when in 1960

The Beatles hit the scene

And the following year

JFK took office as President

In 1962 a very significant appointment,

That of Alf Ramsey as England Manager,

Who brought us the Wingless Wonders.

The reborn Manchester United

Rising phoenix like from the ashes of Munich

Won the FA Cup in 1963.

In 1964 I held hands with Carole Duffy,

A very wonderful event at the time,

1965 saw United win the League title

And the mini skirt first appeared

The latter was less significant when I was 10

Then in 66 England won the world cup

(And yes the ball did cross the line)

United won the League again the following year

And then fulfilling the dream,

So cruelly crushed 10 years before,

Manchester United won the European cup in 1968.

1969 was famously the year

That Linda McMahon first kissed me

Oh and Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.

For me it was a decade of dreams coming true

A time when I thought life just couldn’t get any better

And I was right, because then came the 70s

BOWES PARK 1920

 

London’s north was once my home

Before the countrywide I’d roam

I dwelt in London’s north it’s true

In postal code N22

It’s forty years now since those days

And thing have changed in many ways

Take Tele-com's for examples sake

No direct dial calls could we make

No mobile phones or call waiting

No answer phones or message paging

The best time then to speak with friends

Was After 6 and at weekends

Even numbers then were differ-ing

No eleven-digit number-ing

Numbers then were much more classic

Though lines did have a lot more static

The phones were much more practical

And not some fashion article

And we Answered calls with more panache  

Not impolite nor curt nor brash

Wed Pick it up and say Hello?

Bowes park one nine two oh

THE SIXTIES

The sixties, what a decade
I was only five, when in 1960
The Beatles hit the scene
And the following year
JFK took office as President
In 1962 a very significant appointment,
That of Alf Ramsey as England Manager,
Who brought us the Wingless Wonders.
The reborn Manchester United
Rising phoenix like from the ashes of Munich
Won the FA Cup in 1963.
In 1964 I held hands with Carole Duffy,
A very wonderful event at the time,
1965 saw United win the League title
And the mini skirt first appeared
The latter was less significant when I was 10
Then in 66 England won the world cup
(And yes the ball did cross the line)
United won the League again the following year
And then fulfilling the dream,
So cruelly crushed 10 years before,
Manchester United won the European cup in 1968.
1969 was famously the year
That Linda McMahon first kissed me
Oh and Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.
For me it was a decade of dreams coming true
A time when I thought life just couldn’t get any better
And I was right, because then came the 70s