Tuesday, 1 January 2013

Fagburn: Happy New Year


I hope it brings you as much joy as this song always brings me.

x
Posted by Fagburn at 14:25:00

2 comments:

  1. Kevin2 January 2013 at 08:05

    "The band were to abandon glammy nostalgia to enter more serious territory."Under One Roof" (1976) was a portrayal of a gay man disowned and later murdered by his father; along with Rod Stewart's "The Killing of Georgie", it was one of the few songs that tackled the topic of homophobia."

    Gosh! Powerful song too. Very brave for 1976. Here it is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkkEfQ62Dmc

    Billy ran away from his home to find away to live in peace
    His Mama didn't give a damn about him
    His Papa's on the run from the Police

    When Billy hit the city - the city hit Billy
    No one needs you when your down and out
    Then one kind guy with the painted eyes
    Picked him up and bailed him out

    Under one roof sharing one room
    Nobody cared about them under one roof
    Sharing one room daring the world to part them

    Billy found it hard to find a job to make some pay
    All day looking round getting me down I was being turned away
    And Johnny was the only one who didn't talk down
    To Billy from up above and for the first time in his life
    Billy found out what it felt like to be loved.

    Under one roof sharing one love
    Nobody cared about them under one roof
    Sharing one love daring the world to part them.

    Somehow Billy's Papa found out all
    about the style of Billy's life
    And it didn't take long before he

    came round and he had a knife
    He cut up Johnny stole all his money
    He called him all the names that he could find
    Said he'd wait for Billy at the factory tomorrow
    And show him what they do to Billy's kind.

    Under one roof sharing on love
    Now the whole world knew about them
    under one roof
    Sharing one love daring the world to part them.

    Johnny said 'Billy we can run away from the world no more
    I'm gonna fetch my daddy
    I'm gonna show the world who I'm
    living for and if I lose my job
    If I lose my life you'll know one thing is true
    He can take away anything from me
    But he won't take me from you.

    And at five thirty dead his daddy waited at the factory
    For him to come and how it did degrade
    Him he cut him and he slayed him
    And spat on him in front of ev'ryone
    As Billy lay dying his Papa started crying
    Because the parent through him he became
    And all because the person who has the first to give him love
    Had been a man.

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  2. Fagburn2 January 2013 at 08:37

    Wonderful!!!

    As all the Rubettes did was.

    Cottage Love anyone? *

    x

    * Nother band, so don't right in.

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