Saint Etienne - Like A Motorway

[@kdub10009]

My favorite Saint Etienne song...ever. memories..thanks for posting it.

[@linksgreen]

Different class! Cool music, style and Sarah is gorgeous in body and spirit.

[@cantforgetyou]

I love this song. Never heard before. I like the production.

[@kdub10009]

Ah this brings me back to 1994, when i was absolutely and utterly obsessed with this album, and particularly this song.

[@tnearing]

This song makes me wish I had been older in the 90s, so that I could have actually listened to Saint Etienne when they were popular... (born in 88)

[@gusbun]

She is so gorgeous

[@trackdaybob]

Brilliant. I love Sarah.

[@musicmadjenny]

Lyrics are poetic genius! 'She wears sad jeans'! 'He said her skin smells just like pebbles'! Brilliant

[@Stereolabdream]

Purley is rightly proud of you!

[@evilrobottolhurst]

@newforestroadwarrior - yes, climbing from J11, the A3090, across the Itchen and up the hill to J10, the A31. As Hong Kong Phooey said "COULD BE!" Wasn't this the road scheme where the infamous "Swampy" opposed the bulldozers?

[@haggaizohar3969]

contender for best lyrics ever

[@CrusaderBeach]

Cool song :)

[@turbo1964]

Excellent song. The melody is a cover of "Silver Dagger" which was reocorded by Joan Baez. I love you Bob, Pete and Sarah!!!!!!!!

[@durruti1936]

Yeah, the live performance from the Jools Holland show. Would love to see that again too.

[@axelusul]

Very under rated and mis-timed group, top quality in every sens, love their stuff. As to missing content on You Tube, seems like some corporate ass wipes have been scanning to remove any material they can, then they wonder why people start downloading bit torrent and limewire for illegal copies, slitting their own throats, instead of thinking outside the box.

[@newforestroadwarrior]

I think the motorway between 1:57 and 2:07 is the Twyford cutting on the M3, about 12 miles from Southampton.

[@evilrobottolhurst]

@stuporstar - love your username! I don't think I can imagine a person being "long" so my statement about the enthralling, colourful and too-short video fails to mention that I meant "anything that is like a motorway". This really is a great tune!

[@sebastian242]

Good old days of Heavenly Jukebox ;-) xsx

[@CastleSnowflake]

what were they like 80s or 90s so crazy

[@newforestroadwarrior]

@evilrobottolhurst Might well have been - there was a fair amount of opposition when the Twyford cutting was first mooted.

[@oldflashy]

Anyone got an idea why la poupee qui fait non was busted off KZbin?

[@stuporstar]

@evilrobottolhurst She said "LIFE was like a motorway", not a person.

[@TouringMars]

Interesting! The vocal melody is also identical to "Fair And Tender Ladies" by Gene Clark on the compilation album "Flying High"...

[@uber1and]

yeah i was just going to mention that. i heard this on the radio for the first time in years and thought, hang on a minute... this is silver dagger! Prefer the Dolly Parton version myself ;-)

[@uber1and]

don't forget this is merely a reworking of 'silver dagger' - a traditional country song. it is brilliant though. ... but dolly parton's version is the best.

[@Betoalsaber]

muy bonita la cantante y la musica. es mejor que el odioso regueton

[@spoilt666]

Choice

[@armadillo01]

I don't know, Heavenly were a good label. The Saints' rep will be seriously revived in the near future (in their favour). That is inevitable.

[@evilrobottolhurst]

Beautiful song. So to be like a motorway you must be dull, grey and long. The video doesn't really achieve that! lol

[@wot2wot2]

wrong use of the word "stalinist".maybe western capitalist corporate compartmentalisation