Cathy Lesurf, lead singer of English folk band Fiddlers Dram has admitted that the day they went to Bangor back in the summer of 1979, it was in fact overcast and the day was largely ruined by a constant drizzle.
Cathy, a 57 year old mother of four who now rears long-haired alpacas on her Somerset farm remembers the day vivdly
'Didn't we have a lovely time the day we went to Bangor...did we bollocks' fumed Cathy when pressed on the matter 'it was an absolute fucking nightmare I can tell you. Have you ever tried walking round Bangor town centre in a kaftan and a pair of open toed sandals in the pouring rain?
A fucking nightmare.
It was chucking it down when we arrived and it just went from bad to worse as soon as we got off the caravan.
I seem to remember there were a few people hanging around the town square, so we thought it might be nice to play something. But soon as we started singing the 'Daytrip' song we got bottled off stage and chased round the back of the library car park by a gang of lads from Wrexham.
Then they just stood around laughing at the size of Alan's bowd psaltery and then somebody tried to grab my bodhran. It was all getting a bit scarey but they ran off when I threatened them with some lentil quiche.
Then we went walking along the pier but by then Jack had drunk all the cider and he threw up all over the brass band when somebody offered him some jellied eels. Then Elsie went missing and we found her doing tricks with a pair of coconuts round the back of the ferris wheel.
So we hired a paddle boat and went for a trip around the jetty but when Flo dropped the paddle we got swept out to sea and had to be rescued by the ASR
On the way back home Jack got pulled over for drink driving and we had to walk the rest of the way.
Even the racing was called off due to a waterlogged course.
The only good thing about the whole day, just like the song said 'we got it all for under a pound' which was quite true...in fact I believe that still holds to this very day.
You can have a whole day out in Bangor and still come home with change from a pound.
Yes, it really is that shite.
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'Bangor was shite' admits lead singer
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edward hack
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virtuallywill
offlineMemberMore song based comment needed, excellent.
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Oxbridge
offlineMemberWith permission, Mr Hack, my stab at an edit:
Day Trip to Bangor was actually complete crap, admits folk legend
Cathy Lesurf, former lead singer of the English folk band Fiddler's Dram has admitted that the day they went to Bangor back in the summer of 1979 was not in fact 'lovely' at all. In fact, the whole day was a miserable experience from beginning to end.
'For a start it was overcast and the day was ruined by a constant drizzle,' admitted Lesurf, a 57-year-old mother of four who now rears long-haired alpacas on her Somerset farm. 'Have you ever tried walking round Bangor town centre in a kaftan and a pair of open toed sandals in the pouring rain? What a fucking nightmare.'
Lesurf also recalled that as soon as the group got off the caravan a few people were hanging around the town square. The percussionist thought it might be nice to play something for them, but as soon as they started, a gang of lads from Wrexham bottled them off the stage and chased them around the library car park.
'Then they just stood around laughing at the size of Alan's bowd psaltery and then somebody tried to grab my bodhran. It was all getting a bit scarey but they ran off when I threatened them with some lentil quiche,' she told reporters.
At this point, the group decided on a walk along the pier but by then Jack had drunk all the cider and he threw up all over the brass band when somebody offered him some jellied eels. Later, Elsie went missing and the guitarist found her doing tricks with a pair of coconuts round the back of the ferris wheel.
'So we hired a paddle boat and went for a trip around the jetty but when Flo dropped the paddle we got swept out to sea and had to be rescued by the ASR. On the way back, Jack got pulled over for drink driving and we had to walk the rest of the way,' she concluded ruefully. 'Even the racing was abandoned because of a waterlogged course.'
The only true statement in the song was that it all cost less than a pound, which the whole group saw as symptomatic of how awful Bangor was. While apologising for misleading folk fans, Lesurf added that the group's original intention was ironic.
'We only realised too late when the song was successful that it was being taken at face value, but what could we do?' Lesurf said. 'I mean really, 'Bangor' and 'lovely time' in the same sentence. Did no-one think about that for a second? Durr.'
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edward hack
offlineMemberMany thanks Oxy - nicely done (cheque in the post).
Just got back from a long weekend in Shropshire (my dear old mums 80th birthday party combined with England v Germany - fantastic - pity we had to drown our sorrows though, but then she's not 80 every day)
I was told (by my mum) that the bad language spoilt it and it should be cleaned up and made fit for human consumption and I'm not to swear like that again.
So that edit comes in very handy.
I can pretend I did it when I got home.
She will approve of it now.
Weird to think that in the summer of punk that a folk song ride so high in the chart.
But then it is infuriatingly catchy.Only been away from NB for 48 hours - soon as your back's turned there's a sending off and a resignation
Posted 2 years ago # -
The All New Jeni B
offlineMemberI love both versions boys.
But by God, how do I get the sodding song out of my head?Posted 2 years ago #
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