Verbosely paraphrased lyrics quiz - B

[undyingking]

How would you assess my inferior musical performance -- would you boycott it?

And for a bonus:

A wealthy metropolitan appreciated his fortune but found his life generally hollow and unhealthy.

Comments

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

53°35'N, 02°26'W
53°34'N, 01°27'W
53°50'N, 02°13'W
53°50'N, 02°11'W

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

They all seem pretty close together... I don't think it's "New York, London, Paris, Munich" :-)

[metame.livejournal.com]

That'd be "It's Grim Up North"

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, of course. Good one!

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

...Manchester Airport, Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne... somewhere else in Ashton-Under-Lyne?

Is this a rare Half Man Half Biscuit B-side?

Before I looked them up, I thought it might be 'A13' by Billy Bragg, which lists a load of towns in Essex.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

What a great song that is. "It starts down in Wapping / There's no stopping".

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

Go motoring on the A Thirting... genius

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

Hmm, one of us has been misled by the interweb. The locations should be Bolton, Barnsley, Nelson, Colne

[thecesspit.livejournal.com]

No Grimsby? Certainly a set of grim towns...