Liverpool, Capital Of Culture for 2008

Bricking Up The Mersey

Posted by Stephen

So it seems I’m writing about coming back to Liverpool again. Alex and I have just come back from three weeks around Italy, Corfu and a day in Albania. Always leaving, always returning.

You most likely haven’t heard it yet, but Ringo Starr has just written a song about leaving Liverpool for his new album. Interestingly, his album is entitled “8″ and seems to correlate to the Liverpool 08 European capital of culture events. However, he claims they are totally unrelated and somewhat ironically, due to his performance of this song at the opening ceremonies, Liverpudlians feel that Ringo is no longer “related” to their home town. The chorus goes, “Liverpool I left you, but I did not let you down”, but with too much emphasis on the leaving part for Liverpool’s liking. Anyhow, the scouse people are a very proud breed and you mustn’t place it in the shadow, no matter how much the locals berate it for all its faults. (”What the hell are you doing in Liverpool Lad, its shite over ‘ere?”, they say me when I tell them where I’m from).

Source : Du Grand Duc aux Bisons
Author : Le Grand Duc
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