I was 18 in 1979 when this song first came out, and yesterday the tune popped in my head. Don't know how or why, as I doubt it's ever been played on the radio in Perth (Western Australia) since then. I love these "novelty tunes." This tune has a nice lilting sound to it, and the female lead singers voice is perfect. The lyrics are funny too!!
I was 29 in 1974 ..... some years later having holidays in Ireland - Clifden 'Nula' was sitting at the piano in Clifden Hotel and ..... never forget!!!! her playing this song!! made me and my soal smile happily ...
A funny thing is it just popped into my head for some reason. Your right, as I'm from Perth too we have not heard it on the radio for years. As I get older I truely appreciate a beautiful voice and this lead singer ticks the box. Wonderful memories. Thanks for sharing
I remember playing this over and over on my dad's record player. It must st have done my parents head in! I was only 3 or 4 years old so they never let on if it was driving them mad!! Great Memories!
I’m thinking it’s a 6/8 time signature Stress is on 1st and a bit less on 4th beat of the eighth notes Gives feeling of continuous motion,like merry-go-round Also,Wreck of Edmond Fitzgerald is written in this time signature....again,the waves of the Great Lakes giving the feel of continuous motion Also,Billy Joel “Piano Man”…..easy to hear the 6/8 identical time signature as “Bangor”
@@yippeekiyay9219 Thank you for that last bit, very nice of you. Understand from my perspective what my nan's feelings were and how going back to work at the mill was always in the back of her mind however a good day she was having. Given that, are you prepared to see where I was coming from or are you just a silly little online warrior who would never have retorted to my words the same way face-to-face? Pray tell, because it's either one or the other. Be brave and admit or be cowardly and attack via this anonymous medium.
The release was shrouded in controversy after reports that the song was actually inspired by a trip to Rhyl, another town in North Wales. It was rumoured that Bangor was chosen as the lyric due to it having an extra syllable that flowed better with the song. There were rumours of an outcry among local councillors and businesses in Rhyl about the missed opportunity for tourism which would have been generated. Cook stated that the song was specifically written about Bangor.
This ia a fantastic vocal performance. This song would be very difficult to sing...very wordy and not a lot of time to draw breath. It would need a good technique!
In reality the idea of a day trip to Bangor from NW mill towns was not possible, it was way too far in the days when a day trip cost a pound . Even Blackpool was a long haul with a stop on the way usually Squirrel Inn.
went there a few days ago. What a dump. Full of turkish barbers laundering money, nail bars, vape shops, mobile phone shops. on and on it goes. totally soul destroying. It was nice back in the day 70s and 80s but not worth a visit now.😢
Oh, and btw, in these Orwellian days, I reckon the bloke in the middle at 0:22 would now be arrested for 'cultural appropriation', heinous crime that it is.
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You can't get much more 70s than this.
So English, nothing offensive about its wonderful lyrics and melody are so nostalgic.
Comment co tinued.... a grandma and listen with my grandchildren...who find it really nice too
When I first married my English husband, at the time, I thought this song was really cheerful and wo derfull, I am now
Love this song makes me smile .I can see in my mind everything she is singing about . ❤️
I was 18 in 1979 when this song first came out, and yesterday the tune popped in my head. Don't know how or why, as I doubt it's ever been played on the radio in Perth (Western Australia) since then. I love these "novelty tunes."
This tune has a nice lilting sound to it, and the female lead singers voice is perfect.
The lyrics are funny too!!
Remember the song well. We are the same age. 😁.
I was 29 in 1974 .....
some years later having holidays in Ireland - Clifden
'Nula' was sitting at the piano in Clifden Hotel and .....
never forget!!!! her playing this song!!
made me and my soal smile happily ...
A funny thing is it just popped into my head for some reason. Your right, as I'm from Perth too we have not heard it on the radio for years. As I get older I truely appreciate a beautiful voice and this lead singer ticks the box. Wonderful memories. Thanks for sharing
😅
Same age as you. Is she an Aussie singer ?
I remember playing this over and over on my dad's record player. It must st have done my parents head in! I was only 3 or 4 years old so they never let on if it was driving them mad!! Great Memories!
Great, hilarious, so wonderfully English
*Welsh
Happy memories of that song.
English folk and great voices
The time signature for this is so different to other tracks, her voice is amazing
I’m thinking it’s a 6/8 time signature
Stress is on 1st and a bit less on 4th beat of the eighth notes
Gives feeling of continuous motion,like merry-go-round
Also,Wreck of Edmond Fitzgerald is written in this time signature....again,the waves of the Great Lakes giving the feel of continuous motion
Also,Billy Joel “Piano Man”…..easy to hear the 6/8 identical time signature as “Bangor”
It's like a folk type ska beat slowed down
Wow memories. An Adelaide radio station at the time came out with a song called Day Trip to victor it was as funny as this.
Absolutely amazing 🥰🥰🥰
This is a great song
I wasn't much more than a toddler when this came out, but I've never forgotten it
was one of the first records i bought, still got it
Cathy Lesurf's got the voice of an angel, she's 69 now and released a solo album 'Surface' in 1985 according to Wiki..:)
Sounds alot like maddy prior. Steeleye span.
@@melgrant7404 Yes she does.
Also sang on Fairport's comeback album in 1987.
Such a tune
We used to sing this in our school assembly in primary school.
Happy memory. 😁😁😁
"I laid on my back & opened my crack & drank a bottle of cider". 😃🇬🇧
great song ha thanx for the upload
A shout out for the rather impressive afro!
Loved it and the album had a huge crush on Cathy at the time
Always reminds me of Margate and dreamland in the 60s
Beats the costa brava and all that old palava
Christ. Margate was a hole back then, full of nonces.
Always thought this song was a lot older than 1979
I remember going on a coach trip to Bangor. Back in 81 all the coach was singing this.
The Jasper Carrot version is my favourite. It’s hilarious 😂😂
& I bet jasper carrots version is rude
@@smithchris1955 "the day we went to blackpool" its on YT somewhere 😉
I can't listen to this without thinking of Jasper Carrott's version
Loved his version
The song was actually about Ruele, the situation inland from there was a very occult membership used by the military in the Second World War
think this was the first record i bought, was 7 at the time, still got it 😁
Tom Fenner of Micro Disney on drums.
A lovely upbeat tale of a day off? No, the last verse tells us of their brief respite from the torture back in those days.
Yes, it's an upbeat song of a day off, misery guts.
@@yippeekiyay9219 Thank you for that last bit, very nice of you. Understand from my perspective what my nan's feelings were and how going back to work at the mill was always in the back of her mind however a good day she was having.
Given that, are you prepared to see where I was coming from or are you just a silly little online warrior who would never have retorted to my words the same way face-to-face? Pray tell, because it's either one or the other. Be brave and admit or be cowardly and attack via this anonymous medium.
You have to be British and a certain age to appreciate this UTFT
I am in the US and have loved English folk/folk-rock for over 50 years. Love this!
Great stuff😅
Good days !
She’s hot 🤔
I want that guys hair at 2:41
only if you want someone to balance a lump of custard on the top you won't notice all day
Good 👍
wonderful , not far from Canarvan where movie the keep
Belated Music Hall banger
Good 👍☺️🤠😊😘😽
Bangor, North Wales no Ferris Wheel and funfair unlike Rhyl.
Great stuf
Great cockney accents
The question that has echoed through the years, Bangor, Cymru or Bangor, Ireland?
Cymru.
The release was shrouded in controversy after reports that the song was actually inspired by a trip to Rhyl, another town in North Wales. It was rumoured that Bangor was chosen as the lyric due to it having an extra syllable that flowed better with the song. There were rumours of an outcry among local councillors and businesses in Rhyl about the missed opportunity for tourism which would have been generated. Cook stated that the song was specifically written about Bangor.
@@philtorpey There's only one Bangor. Cymru am byth.
@@johnwalker2826 - nah! There’s two, the beautiful Bangor in Northern Ireland!
It's Bangor, Maine. USA. Okay I'm kidding ! I'm so sorry. Maine is still nice though.
I wonder if this song refers to the part of the country where there are also horse races at Bangor on deeside
It’s the bigger Bangor in Gwynedd, although actually inspired by a trip to Rhyl, but that didn’t work in the song.
Bangor aye
This ia a fantastic vocal performance. This song would be very difficult to sing...very wordy and not a lot of time to draw breath. It would need a good technique!
I have always wondered which Bangor this song is about. Is it the one in Wales or in Northern Ireland?
It's actually Bangor Wales, the story is that they had been to Rhyl but they needed a name with two syllables for it to work hence Ban-gor
In reality the idea of a day trip to Bangor from NW mill towns was not possible, it was way too far in the days when a day trip cost a pound . Even Blackpool was a long haul with a stop on the way usually Squirrel Inn.
, If this was released today for Eurovision Song Contest it would win... Shame no ones done another version of this in the same style.
This is soooo English!
But the song is about a day trip to Bangor, North Wales!😂
Actually Bangor is a terrible place to live.
No
Which one ? 0:24
@@notaYEC1955 All of it.
@@eleanorhogan8643 Bangor North Down or Bangor North Wales ?
@@notaYEC1955 North down
Isn't that Luke Kelly of the Dubliners playing in the background?
Is it actually live or the usual TOTP fakery?
Absolute toss
So why the 4 standing alongside the singer, the drummer and the idiot (0.32) on the keyboard? None of them were in the original.
The keyboard player was.
I preferred the original, Didn't we have a lovely time the day we went to Broadmoor
went there a few days ago. What a dump. Full of turkish barbers laundering money, nail bars, vape shops, mobile phone shops. on and on it goes. totally soul destroying. It was nice back in the day 70s and 80s but not worth a visit now.😢
Something disturbing about this song re the lyrics and the singing…could/should be included in a horror movie…
Oh, and btw, in these Orwellian days, I reckon the bloke in the middle at 0:22 would now be arrested for 'cultural appropriation', heinous crime that it is.
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