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Jan 2019
7:30pm, 20 Jan 2019
28,616 posts
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Derby Tup
Epic work Glenn epic
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Jan 2019
7:32pm, 20 Jan 2019
774 posts
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12barDavid
Thanks for not giving the game away GlennR.
Let's see if anyone else knows.
If not, next time I come up to Cambridge to visit my daughter, I'll buy you a pint in the Earl of Beaconsfield.
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Jan 2019
7:47pm, 20 Jan 2019
28,617 posts
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Derby Tup
# prog pub ?
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Jan 2019
7:51pm, 20 Jan 2019
11,598 posts
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Rosehip
I think I know it too 
Never been to that pub - but Cambridge isn't far away
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Jan 2019
7:08am, 21 Jan 2019
110,309 posts
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GregP
I googled, and got "In their coats and their ties" - and yes, I bought the album too, but not when it was first released, I suspect - probably three or four years later.
Good clue
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Jan 2019
7:11am, 21 Jan 2019
28,621 posts
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Derby Tup
When I googled lyrics were different too
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Jan 2019
9:04am, 21 Jan 2019
777 posts
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12barDavid
Yes, that's right.
If I remember correctly, the record company weren't happy that a couple of suspects were named in the song. They were worried that they might get sued. So they asked the writer of the song to change the lyrics, leaving out the names of the suspects.
Needless to say, the song had already been recorded, so the writer apparently changed quite a few lyrics & rerecorded the song.
So yes, that line that Ive quoted is from the second recording. The original did indeed say, "All the criminals in their coats & their ties."
I'll see if anyone else comes up with the song title & singer before revealing all tonight.
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Jan 2019
7:00pm, 21 Jan 2019
779 posts
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12barDavid
Okay, so it was Hurricane by Bob Dylan from the album Desire, released in January 1976.
I'm not a great lover of using Google, as personally, I think it's akin to cheating, but let's face it, none of us are getting any younger.
So, referencing my post above, I did a double check. Bob Dylan wrote the original lyrics in July 1975, but did change them at the record labels request in October 1975. This didn't however stop a legal action by one of the witnesses. It was dismissed in court though.
Has anybody else on this thread got anymore obscure lyrics we can rack our brains out trying to guess who the singer was & the song?
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Jan 2019
7:46pm, 21 Jan 2019
110,347 posts
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GregP
"Paper late!" cried a voice in the crowd.
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Jan 2019
9:05pm, 21 Jan 2019
5,021 posts
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Dai Bank
The village square stands quiet, the curfew still in force
The streets are even clear of dogs and whores
Early 70s album track, dragged from memory so may not be 100% correct as I have not googled to check, saw them at the Capitol in Cardiff autumn 1972, great concert
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