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Leicester's Trying To Tell Me Something

from Regardez, Ecoutez Et Repetez by MJ Hibbett & The Validators

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As originally written and recorded the second verse of this song ended by saying that the only pub from my days in Leicester bands that was still open for business as a venue was The Charlotte, but that it had changed so much since then that it was barely recognisable. I was worried about whether Phil The Soundman really did still work there, but was relieved to find him still in place when we supported Half Man Half Biscuit in late 2008.

My relief was short lived as only a few weeks later The Charlotte was declared bankrupt and closed down, apparently for good. I thus had to re-write and re-record that whole section on our very last recording session for this album, just before it was mastered. It was nice to have my point proven, but I'd rather The Charlotte was still open!

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It feels like Leicester's trying to tell me something
And that something is 'Don't come back'
They seem afeared that I'll return with my guitar
And so they are
Redeveloping my past
And if you think that that sounds paranoid
I would draw your attention to the fact
That one by one each pub I've loved or played above
Has been demolished
Or turned into some flats

Feels like they're trying to knock down my life in rock
I wish they'd stop
Trying to knock down my life in rock
I wish they'd stop it

The Magazine got knocked down to build Halls of Residence
The Royal Mail is now a parking lot
They roofed over the Pump & Tap
And walled over the stage
And they created office space from the Durham Ox
The Physio is derelict, The Angel is a house
The Spreadeagle's just a hole in the ground
The Charlotte's just stopped going
Though all that still remained of my days there
Was Phil who still did the sound

It feels like they're trying to knock down my life in rock
I wish they'd stop
Trying to knock down my life in rock
I wish they'd stop it

And so I went to see the Council
In the banana buildings on Welford Road
Wherein I found the councillor for planning applications
Looked like me with a goatee
He said Hello
I am the you from an alternate universe
Where you never moved on from the same old pubs
Stuck in the past you never had adventures
Or made half the friends you have
And also never fell in love

So I've come here to knock down your life in rock
Don't try to stop
Me as I knock down your life in rock
Don't stop


Published by Wipe Out Music Publishing

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from Regardez, Ecoutez Et Repetez, released May 11, 2009

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MJ Hibbett & The Validators London, UK

MJ Hibbett & The Validators have performed live on Radio One, had a Record Of The Year in Rolling Stone, an Album Of The Day on 6Music, released one of the first ever viral videos, toured the UK and Europe, featured in an Edinburgh Fringe Festival show, and recorded a science fiction rock opera, all while maintaining their complete independence from outside record labels. ... more

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